Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-18

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mother had tried to sneak off ahead,
leaving her cub to take care Of itself.
Madame tried to shelter herself behind
that stump of tree, but this protection
proved inadequate, and she was polished
off.
A nobOb, in an unusual fit Of candor,
communicated to us that he knew q
likely place for tigers, and we trudged
off under his guidance. The dav was
very hot, not breath of wind, and owing
TO the many trees, ones umbrella was of
little use. The sal trees are by no means
umbrageous, and the sun beat down heav-
lily. Our guide took us along the bed of
mountain torrent; there was no cover
whatever, and we thought we were on
fools erand.
I was sitting down and listening to the
man behind me, who was explaining
rather apologetically that these hill men
phad no consciences, when the mahOut
said: Z" Ahib, bdgk, bdgh !" and pointed to
the ravine In the direction of my right
front.
There were some trees in the way, and
for the life of me / could not see the
beast. My elephant snufied and tapped
his trunk against the ground, and rather
looked to the rear, and these symptoms
became aggravated when the tiger came
out from under the trees and made off
some fifty yards ahead in the opening,
numbering along in a bovine canter. /
thought that the beast would go back to
the shelter of the raYine; and, = stops
are not supposed to fire without orders, I
did not think itadYisable to send bullet
after him; for, if missed, he would
never be seen again. However, he had
ne intention of stopping, and so blazed
at him, and missed.
Our shikaris next day came to camp
with wonderful story of how they had
seen a tiger and tigress, who, on their
approach, had leisurely retired to a
swamp not mile from the tents. Of
we started to the other side of this swamp,
with the pad elephants, to try and beat
through in their direction. One elephant
got stuck on her way across, and was in
dire distress, the tears rolling down her
cheeks. She had to 60 back and reeross
lower down. 1t was q swamp, and no
mistake; and might have harbored all
the tigers IN NopaL We could make
nothing of it.
Our elephants went in some fifty or
sixty yards, but could 90 no further; so
Welet of guns and fireworks and set fire
to the grass and bushes, in order to drive
away any game there might be near the
four hoWdah elephants. The Jungle
caught fire readily, and the cracking and
smoke and flames did ones heart good.
We ultimately drove out an immense
bear. A little further on tried to press
my way through the reeds, but it was
impossible; they were ten and fifteen
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ones finger.
It was not till afternoon that we got to
the spot where the shikan had found in
the sand the footprints Of three G. four
tigers. There was plenty of shade, and
water was not far of. The ravine broke
into three portions, at the mouth of
which we were posted. My elephant
stood level with the ravine, rather to one
side. We heard the monkeys chattering,
and Immediately knew for certain that
tigers were afoot. Just then l caught
sight of tiger stalking along the edge
of the high bank to my left, his back
and tail being all could see. On NOV
ing my elephant in his direction he
mended his pace and went ahead. 1
followed for short distance, but the
better advice of the shikari recalled me
to the others. He said, very truly, that
we could try for this animal afterWard,
with better chance of success.
On turning heard bang, bang and
found that they had come on two large
tigers and had fired at them right and
left. The male got of, and the female
was wounded, and killed when the others
came up.
Meanwhile others were hurrying of in
another direction, firing at something in
the grass. made tracks also, and We
came on a large cub after q chase of a
quarter of a mile. A lucky shotat thirty
or forty yards dropped her. We hunted
after the big tiger, but without success.
How he could have eluded US isa mystery.
On this we formed up line and turned
homeWard, going in the direction my
tiger had taken. The plateau was term
mated by 8 river flowing at right angles,
the grass on this plain being nowhere
higher than q mans head. We were
standing up, talking of our days sport,
the guns in their compartments, when
an elephant between my neighbOr and
myself stopped dead and shied; there
was trepfdatiOn among the pads, and
fair-sized tiger (the one had SEEM ran
across our front to the left, trying to get
away. The tiger then came half in my
direction and l fred with my double
mooth-bore, wounding him, it afterward
appeared, in the body. He then came at
my elephant; my two barrels were dis
charged, and before I could take up
second gun he had come within ten feet
of the elephant, crouched, and-stopped.
He then turned off toward our extreme
left, and finding some one in the way, he
made a desperate, hopeless charge right
at my friends elephant, and, as far as
can remember, he was in the ar when
he fred, hitting him in the head. His
attitude was like that Of a man taking
header.
On examination he was foUll to be
full-grown male.
During the night we heard tiger not
far from the house, not growing, but
utterino a kind of cry. They said this
beast was always loafng about the prem
ises. bankering after cart bulloeks. The
indefatigable shikari had seen footprints
in the sand leading down to the river.
The grass was high and thick, and we
beat for some distance, knowing that
came were in front, but not their exact
whereabouts. At length the line wavered,
and he pronounced that tigress had
broken back.
We turned to the right-about. She
was presently seen by the mahouts, and
fired at; but she ran on before us, the
moving grass indicating her position.
Here we stopped, and sent the elephants
out of the grass, and, after long detotlr,
beat up from where we had started in
the first instance. I remained as stop.
The monkeys chartered, AMI swung
from tree to tree, so we knew that she
had not gone far. Again, the line missed
her, and again they went back-this time
with success. She was driven to somo
twenty yards in front of my elephant,
and, as she put out her head and shoul-
der from behind some grass, L tired; AT
this instant she must have drawn back,
for. although she growled, she was not
hit. We thereupon got an easy shot, and
killed her with bullet through the body.
We had some trouble in securing this
our last tiger.
Success In Breeding Fine Stock.
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coming a successful breeder of live stock
unless he takes q pride in the business