Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-08
A Fatal Tiger Hunt.

The London Times of the 18th Of June
contains the following Intelligence
has just been received of the death of
Mr.. George S. Dobbie, Mysore Revenue
Survey. at Shemogah, in the Mysore
territory, on the 9th Of May, from iuiu-
ries received on the I'd from tiger he
had mortally wounded. On the I'd of
May, while Mr.. Dobbie was in camp
near Malur, about twenty.seven miles
from Shemogah, he received intelli-
gence of tiger having been seen at
place about six miles distant; be at once
proceeded to the spot and commenced
beating the jungle in the usual manner.
The tiger broke from the Jungle at
place near where he was posted, and
Mr.. Dobbie fred, severely wounding the
beast, which skunk off into thicket
close by. On hearing the report of the
rife the beaters stopped beating. Mr.,
Dobbie called his peon, Syed Mustaffa,
to collect the beaters and bring them all
round to him, which occupied about half
an hour; he then remarked to the peon,
! have hit the tiger very hard, and he
has gone into that thicket, pointing to
one a short distance off. He then, with
the peon, proceeded toward the thicket,
picking up the track of the tiger by the
marks of blood on the ground. Cutting
their way through the Jungle they soon
came near the place where the creature
was lying mortally wounded; the peon
saw him, aud pointing to the spot, said,
He ia still alive. Mr.. Dobbie replied
cannot see him The peon again
pointing to the place where the wounded
beast lay, said Take care, sir, he is
looking 1T us, and is about to come at
us; and Immediately aiterward called
out, BE is crouchiug for spring, so
look outP Mr. Dobbie replied, can't
see him, but I'm all ready, and the next
moment the tiger charged. Mr.. Dobbie
fired both barrels of his rife (snap shots
and broke the forearm OF the tiger, but
did not stop him; the beast was very
bad from his wounds, and possibly could
barely see, for he passed between Mr..
Dobbie and the peon, almost touch
ing both of them. The former
struck the tiger while passing with his
discharged rifle, which caused it to turn
upon him, and during the desperate
struggle with the enraged animal which
ensued he tripped and fell and was i'm
mediately seized and bitten twice on the
right thigh. The tiger then left him
and fell dead before it had gone ten
yards. Mr.. Dobbie got up, looked at
the dead tiger and walked to the top of
the rising grounds, and from there was
carried back to his camp. He thought
but little of his injuries, and during the
next two days transacted his business.
On obtaining a palanquin and bearers
from Shemogah, for which he had sent,
he returned to that station on Wednes-
day, arriving in good spirits, apparently
doing we'll, and was considered by his
friends there almost out of danger. He
was slightly excited aud feverisb, and
was, therefore, not encouraged to speak
Of his encounter with the tiger. He
slept tolerably we'll, but awoke about 4
o CLOCK in the morning in a very excited
state, and, Notwithstanding all the efforts
OF those attending him, he rapidly be-
came delirious and died in about two
hours from the time of awakening. A
correspondent who knew Mr.. Dobbie
well writes; The State has lost an able
and promising young officer who was
devoted to his profession, and who never
hinched from his duty, however hard the
work might be. he was considered by
officers Of his own department as a very
rising man. He was keen and daring
sportsman, and had laid low many of
the feline tribe. Only few days pre-
vious he had killed tigress under SINH
lar circumstances to those now narrated.
He was man Of indomitable courage,
Of great physique; but what are these
against a savage beast like wounded
tiger2 The odds we're sadly against
him when he incautiously made his last
attack, A gloom spread over the place
where this sad accident terminatd the
career of one much beloved and esteemed
by those who knew him, at the early age
of thirty-eno