The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-23
THE PRINCE OF WALES
several Exciting Hunts In the Juuv,..
of India
tDr. Russell in the London Times

i MuNbRAdHAT, FEB. IL The whole OF
g His Royal Highne5s' party left cam
l. together, Gen. Ramsey leading them
t WIN confidence Of success founded ON
r recent reports, to an immense extent Of
( praifie by the banks Of the river Deva.
e All members OF Gen. Ramsey's depart
Y ineht with him in the camp Joined. and
. tncfe was an immense array OF eIe-
plants, which formed line more than
: SIX hundred yards closely packed The
, prince generally occupied the centre OF
tme me, which advanced with its TANKS
sllghtIy thrown forward, guns being
sent on ahead to guard passes. Before
leaving several Of the suite visited
me shrine Of Nanuck Goroo, and
! 'olhd there several a8cetics and pill
Bt'uiS, VINO never came 10 look at tho
: royal shooting party. At IL 80 the Gle
phants crossed the Deya over q quick
aand, which yielded but did not break
ihen the beat began over q plain like
the bed Of a large river or dried M Inko
ia which were marshy places swarminG
WIN duck, tea and snipe. Ground 80
extensive required careful beating, and
II was done admirably, Gen Ransav,u
iieutenants, Mcdonald and others. aid
ed by MAJOR General Probyn directinp
.he operations Of the army Of elephants
In most mastery manner, 80 that II
was Impossible FOR any anlma! TO es-
/
tlEer II he were there, breaking
through. 1t was near o'clock when
| 1hc elephants gave notice of something
unusual in front The line had contract,
ed toward the village Of Mahoua Pore
Boreea. forming u kind of loop. with tho
/ prince IN tn" centre, near u small nultab
and cleared space. Suddenly the prns9
on the lcft moved, and tiger bounded
! in the direction Of the prince II mn
/ hnF Inc, "A
shot, and 10 give him chance thos-
VINO saw the tiger best called ont, "Do
not shoot" but just at that moment
some one fired on the princes left from
the other side OF the loop, and the tiger
bounded back before the prince could
see It well enough to shoot The beast
| charged on to the line OF the elephants
10 within a few. feet Of Major General
Probyn, receiving fire from the how
dahs as It went, and rolling over orsthe
grass in its dying agonies. A cautious
approach was made by the Shikarees.
who moved the grass aside and pecred
about, but 1t was all over splendid
male tiger, ten feet long, beautifully
marked, lay stone dead, shot through
the back Of the neck and head.
Feb. 20 On Monday, st. Valentines
Day, the princes camp Mt Tendah
where his royal hghness arrived on
Saturday, was broken up and moved to
II nullah, while the shooters. divided
into four parties we're dispatched in
different directions The prince took
with him Lord Alfred Paget, Lord
A.yiesford, Lord Charles Bereaford.
Major General Probyn, Mr.. Knollys.
Mr.. Rose, Of the Tenth Hussars Mr..
Hall, and yonr correspondent: and tho
party, led by Gen. Ramsay, moved
across The open country with fifty-two
elephants in line, killing bore. deer and
partridge till we reached the edge of
the jungle. where if was expected t0find
tigers. The grass was high and
thick and progress slow. To
ward the end Of the beat there was
agitation among the elephants and ex-
ritemeut among the occupants Of the
hOwdahS. The Jungle evidently held
large game, and presently sight was
caught Of two dark forms for moment,
but 1t was sone time before one OF these
became visible and was shot at and
killed 1t was II fine sloth bear, six
and half feet hong, weighing $50
pounds. Presently beast rushed from
the front Mr.. Mcdonald called out,
Tiger gone back" and the elephants
came into line and beat the Jungle once
more. The prince was placed I'm the
middle. In two or three minutes the
elephants near him gave way to some
and from the edge Of tho
Jungle, looking across % small
rivulet, | saw another bear between me
and the prince, crouched as il listening.
II ran forward, The prince fired and it
dropped, but got up again and rushed
out OF the jungle, charging an elephant
in it's way. Several shots were fred IA
it scrambled into the rivulet, and as 1t
near the bank it gave whine
pr moan and rolled over, struck by q
fatal bali from the Jungle. 1t was an
other sloth bear-a female Of extraordi
nary size and weight. These creatures
are exceedingly fierce and mischievous,
and Mr. Mcdonald had official knowl,
edge OF eight persons having been Killed
N two consecutive nights by one Of
them mi nrG|
On the 18th Of February the camp was
moved to Ooncho Gong. The prince
with General Ramsay and party went
,ff again after tigers, which were con
fideDtly expected to be found in certain
ungles. The prince came into the
e&4np with tigress, which had been
found with three cubs In thick graBs,
lust as she had struck down q deer.
The honor Of killing her was divided be-
Probyn, as the prince would not take
credit for his shot, which struck
the tigress in her first bound. She
eight feet and half, and was
very lanky a milch tigress. The
princes party also killed fine sloth
bear. On going up to her, two cubs
were found near the body. The animals
the elephants and men vicious
ly, but became quiet when they were
put up with their dead mother on a pet
elephant, They are now doing very
we'll. The tiger cubs got away. A
mailed anteater or manis, was also
brought In alive 1t could only be un-
cOiled by pouring water on its scales.
There were deer and sundries to boot
An exchange thinks that the prospect
pow is that the names Of the following
candidates will be presented before the
Republican National Convention ia
June for the Presidency, to-wit: Wash
burne, BristOw, Blaine, Hayes, Morton,
Conkling and possibly
Charles Francis Adams. The candidates
before the Democratic National Con-
yention will probably be Tilden, Sey-
mour, Thurman, Hendricks, David
Davis, Lamar and John Q. Adams.
The candidates before the National
Convention, at indianapolis,
will probably be Newton Booth, David
Davis, Peter Cooper, William ID. Kelley,
b. b. Washburne and Charles Francis
Adams.-N T. Hernld, March II.