, 1879-07-31

~ His'uHnce W "aVc one sn6l NJ inc D1eEcst tuhkei
Rn scnt inc home bankrupt. Tii8 tnrcat was
oien, b1tt grown With hIgh grnss, 20 that hnti
Gmpc oi,nort',nitv for satisfactory pfeparst'of'.
The great herd cams slowly along toward mf.
Each particular l,cast VIVA swinging trunk
that would hold twtcn as mitch ~ the trunk of
Saratoga bcltc. Tie clcpllanta came, tcarng
up Ersat binecs Of =, the ,Fast.c grass, an.
they presented MI Imposing spectacle.
80, !" Fortunately Tor my nu.rpose. .. ile monstrous
oa ta.ksT # WHOM IN INIT innglgly ditsGtet
feat Of he horsl. fully decltled thc1, 10 sta'k
him and bring him duwn With my Maynard rl.le
IF No. 10 csllibra only. Ny guide ilad tctaknn
hitusclf to his heels. saw that tho object Of
1,cnr the trunk Of wltcl, Stood. L hti n,y body
behind It and awaited his .appsoneh. As he
l'assct he Wa. headed ii, different direction
than had antlcnated. ! could have struck hin,
i,nl, ~ It Wis necessary to lodge a ball Ia his
brain to have H. tnkc effect, mud rs ho presented
n hroadsttie toward mc, ktlcw IL VAS worse
thsn lam seeis y 10 re a 10 oomea qs s
hcrd. lad never belore really known
would indicate thnt did not sllcn. III follow
hin, did not notiee the others of t'is herd, md
before wns awatc Of The direction had taken
or wherc 1 woul.! bring up, ! found myself rs
nearly in the midst Of t1,e herd rs would 10
1iHEHhstcF III II t!lGHAEGLlGs 3Ak hEft tt'e !Aes
was not pleasant, ono 70 contemplate, FROM
my standpoint. What Il tho elephants ahoaft
Rku # Into stcir lieass TO rkl their rnnks Of the
slntnyitcd glcstI They iaaa mt Yet noticed the
moved Oil tic noisc silcY nado was sufficient 10
drown nny ordinary sounds. Bccause they
wesc stupid enough not to SEQ me, took IL for
srante TINT thcy weTo nitoGethcr Iss stupid, snl
front range Of The tusaer's head. aud 1
thought ttlat a bnll IL Just the right
riace In his forehead would drop him.
away. siisct.ares both barrels Of ny littia rids
at once. 1lcl. l tried to climb the tree fsomi
behind which I shut, but could not haye
reached hight Of ten feet before the hind
most of that herd might la!o reached and de-
inolsl,cd INC. After / had climbed The tree as
far US ! wished, turned anu anxlouslY looked
after tue herd; u was apparent tnt n.E elect
q the two rihr ahots had proved DISASTROUS.
The herd Ind shamblcd off, never bestowinE
second thought upon me, seemingly. Coming
tnwn to The grou,n, soon ran acruss my old
man guide. llo was thoroughly terrified at
yhnt bed done md ths great risk had TAKEN
necs, whether had killed the elsphnns or not.
The Government officials never. heard Of my
nfTcnsc, for took the psecautson To swear the
DID man by atl tia heathcn gods that he would
nerer rcvcal 1t.
"a ttecr.hunt Tint Ind camn the ncarcAt to
hcIng genuine nd7cuture OF anythlmg con-
Nsc.ed with MY last expedition. After sewers
NLL4Ek VI lb5Hf llIE CC{4CNNlNl14 S7lHlLAE1uLE
packcd and shipped 1n,y spes'neus aud uent
south to tho AnniIualial tlis (the hunters fara-
dtsol. That rcglon abouuds In elcphants, H.
Eers, bison. sninbnr deer. munttar, axis deer,
wild goats, wild hoars, black bear, three spe-
ries Of largo monkeys and great mnny smaller
nnsnnle. Il 1nl1l could never gu out there fur
a tlay without aecsug something TO shoot at.
The Hills are high aial rolling, tic t.'rust opcn;
this nir Is soft a1nt ba!my; the watcr IL clear,
md there Is IN agreeable lack Of both ltudcr-
hruslt and mosatltucs. The only drawback
to these huntlng.gFounds is the faet that
no whtts Gan can rernotn there two
mlttent feser. When l arrived engaged fire
OF the natiyes--ercat, atsouQ, aincwy Null
GERS, whom ! knew would not hesitate to
,a rsGaE a2S e isuss an asas Or va 80 ..rasx ns
for the quarters where knew tic clcphAnts
abonndcd IN largest numbers. At ar nonr Tel
l!kul we built three huss tor our haOtatlon, and
lad been tllere about tho months, hunting cy-
cry day, saw a few tiger algns. They woro
hardly frcst enough to give mo any hope Of sce-
Ing 4 tiger, hnWevcr.
"One tlay. whiIo We wandered along little
streatn with sandy bed, shallow waters, and only
about twenty-five feet ia width, tho MulccGs
| informed me that they had discovered in the
| bed 0f tho stream tlla fresh tracks OF large
tiger They exn1niued tho tracks more closcIy
through the few inches Of water, ana rcterotuil
| their former statement that The tracks wore
clearly fresh. After tlu MnIcers had compared
whether l would tiaro with tllat small rltle to
| shoot ut tiger. replied that certainly
! would. Thu Atncer who acted as my guide was
IN ts habit oi crashing :, hold of my arm when
| then, Us We followed slowly down the atrcatn In
,lead silence. We walked for, perhaps, half a
nile. observing fscshes signs OF the tEer at each
sanF OF peogsss gssy lsconzs s wn e sn
s!,arp bend In the stream where there was
| cswmp ban.hoos. Just then the sh!karso tiny
guldol grabbed hold Of my arm With grip like
tlut OF n wise. lie pointed through tho clun,p
lord of the forest In ali his Eloryl lie was
walking away from me, acsoss the bed OF thu
stream, whea caught the tsst glimpse Of
turned to walk back. Just ut
.Ae middle Of t.le stream lle atopncd, riscd his
head, md lonked straight at u.s. Thoso glcam-
upun, at u distance Of onlY thirty yards. rs
looked, atut ms thu tiger Elarell. I knew 1t was
then Q: never. Taking u careful stcady aim at
lie tiger; my .zss husIness wss 10 vct auotacs
cnrtritKc fnto my Gun as quickly as possible.
| While was Ica.lfng saw vivid pictures of that
ttscr 1'ol:nelng Upon some q Us and clawing.
| h!m In pfGccs. TN my nstOnshMent, not one OF
.hs frightened Mulcess taste.I, l had not
missed my aInn 10 ehoottr. at a deer short
/ ttmc nfcsionsly. got nly second cnrtsdgu in
tIc rtfle. r',eu looked aeatn for Tie tiger;
| tlE "an ~ LAa cHAl9 pputf 3tAtAtkH Ale NSkA
clear round to the left side, an,i slowly turn
ii!g hts boiy round und round. Waiting tIli
his neck canic aroan' just, right, l aimed
III '!'t tne neck nonc,, aanl ilecd. For.u-
nateIy, hit him just right, aud lse fell, Not
knowing who,hcr he was dcad, rcioaicl a1u!
waited 4 minute. Will my rle ut lull cock aud
everything In readiness, we approached lllr
pros trat beast. Ito lay there III dying condt-
lion. Dur ls tGd hard. Frothsng nu.l foam
hlg at ibn mouth, he clawed nnA throw thu:
eruyel from wherc l,c Eay. Lie died without n
| scu,ld,-n yory UNUSUAL thing for tiger to do.
| lilo measured three fcct nrount The jaws, nHn
feet eight and o lialf uchcs ~ length, and etuud
three feet seven inches high at thu shoulders.
| Ills weight Was f6 pouuds.
"Comtng home, went from the Annmalla
forests To CevIon, rcilaiuiug there from Jauu-
| mr. to May, 1879, anh collecting MI sorts ot
| specimens. 1'tle,lcG'l wenl to Singapore uau 10
Saancorc, new native State. whcra shot my
third elephant. 'rhe Ma!nY pennsula ami I}ornco
furnished ,no n'lsch apnrl. ! went back nom
l!ltru to ChInn, visiting llong Kong and Cal1ou,
n!nl from Yokohama, Japan, l sailed for 6an
| Francisco"