The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-11-20
A NICE COUNTRY.
How NAVIGATING TIGERS CARRY OFF
THEIR VICTIMS IN INDIA.

How NAVIGATING TIGERS CARRY OFF
THEIR VICTIMS IN INDIA.
The following eztra.t from n letter
written ty u Dundee gentleman. n,ai,ager
of the recently formed Ranganati tea gar
den in the Province Of Assam, shows that
the pioneers ~ ten planting have exciting
times In addition to their hard work:
RAEGaMATI. Nowgoiig. August i5.-It
il with great regret that fl'ave la report
sal orciirrencs that took place st Itanga-
matt three ,lats ago Three Meekir men
were cutting Jungle, preparatory To cut
ting "ut, when eft the garden on Nom
day aL,.ut ll:30a. M. Less than half an
hour afterward a tiger suddenly sl,rang
out, struck one Of tins men ablnw on the
head, which partially scaIped him. caught
him by the throat, aud dragged him ov
of right. f
That happened about four hundred
yards i'm front of the lines nfilh- Cacliarees,
six of whom saw, the whole occurrence.
Every one, Meekirs and Cacharets who
were working near, fed frum the spot,
aud two men came over two hours after
ward ani gave me information. Levirks.
Block we'll and lost no iin,e In going
over. We found nn.l followesl up the
track for over two hundred aud fifty yards
la the jungle, AMI came uInn The c"rl~e
minus ley II was too late To- get a
chang erected, as.there were no trees al
hand. aud, unfortunately, we couid not
manage To procure Isoiss,u' s. t..
Next day We went out Oh the Sema-
gonri 'hati, trlephanil, heat IN cirrlr-
rnind tile holy. which Lmi hern dragged
iilty yards further, nIiIhins hath legs. aud
in thick. hard jungle. "xei twenty feet ii'
height. We hung ai,out brating for
bouIs. bnt could neithe, hear nor see any.
thing of ihr tiger u was most annoying
that We lad I.o IsisoIl, for y letter chan's'
or,iestrnying this nian-eaicr cuuld not hr
had. lam getting ~ old cow tied every
evening at Tive etsv of the Jungle. In h"I~~
of his taking tile bait--thatis Is, coming k'r
:IIc COW, tneIai,ie us 90 shoot him. Tile
unfortunate Mrckir was one ~ my best
workers, regular in his alienGanre. and
generally giving me two .halrres' I+r
day
lie L. the fourth victim within the last
three months that llas fallen in this nisn,
eating tiger. aud all tile kills have taken
place within n mile ani ahslf ~ my
,s'miound nj Ranganaii. Tile r,ist"'r',ry
royalty fer tigers skull k twenty-five
ruIees. Levic aud will ourselves add
twenty-five, and have requested the
DEPUTY Commissioner tu grant my rulers
lin all one hundred r,ipersI for this brute's
tlestructioi,. Il seems that there are n
tiger aud iig-ress in the part of Rangs.
mnii which 1 am now CLEARING. How
ever. fortunately there h enough jungle
cut. fired aud ready fnr hoeing. 80 that
tile CacIIarees will not ie ,iciaine,ii in their
work.
The place aInnn,is with wild animals.
A panther carrird away dog fn,m the
,l,0r of c"olie's hut Gin tie linesl; wild
elephant chased the Merkirs from cutting
hanlons; and 1, myself. while walking
fron N"noi, suddenly found mysplf six
yards frum q full gruwn bear, which de-
tainc,l ne Tor about i've minutes. How.
ever. after the place is cleared, hoed aud
planted, there viii he small ruysr ieft.
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In Btsion the church bells rang lo an.
n"nnce the hour for opening The polls for
The vctpr.' ...s.
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