The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-29

south to the Annimallai Hills THE hunters par
adise(. That region abounds In elephants, IL
gere. bison. sambur deer, muntiac axis deer,
wild goats. wiidDoara, black bear three species
OF large monkeys. and great many smaller
animale. man could never no out there for
hills are high and rolling The forest omen the
air Is soft and balmy; the water is clear. and
there ts an agreeable lack Of both underbrush
hunting grounds IL the fact that no white man
can remain there two weeks without having an
attack OF Intermittent fever. When arrived
engaged Ave Of the natives-great strong, ain
envy Mulcors. whom knew would not hesitate
70 handle anything. eat anything. or do any
for the quarters where l knew the elephants
nboundcd in largest numbers At or near Tol.
likul we built three huts for our habitation. and
made preparations to open the siege. After we
had been there about two months, hunting
every day. saw n few tiger eigns. They were
hardly fresh enough TO give me any hope OF
seeing tiger. however.
One day. white we wandered along little
only about twenty-five feet in width the Null
GERS informed me that they had discovered in
the bed Of the stream the fresh tracks of large
tiger. They examined the tracks more closely
through the few inches OF water. and reiterated
their former statement that the tracks were
clearly fresh. After the Mulcers had compared
notes for u few minutes one Of them asked me
whether would dare with that small rifle to
would The H accr who Ss acted R as my snds
was In ne habit Of grasping hold OF my arm
h as we oo%d Slowly down tho
stream in dead silence. We walked for per-
haps half mile, observing frcsher signs OF
| claw marks in the moist sandy bank were
| ensily recognized. We came to sharp bend In
boos, just then the shikarre, ilny gudcl
| grabbed hold OF my arm with a grip like that Of
avise. He pointed through the clump Of 6am-
| boos and sure enough there was the lord OF tho
from me. across the bed OF the stream when
| that II wouldn't answer at all to fire then, The
| handsome beast turned to walk back. just at
the middle OF the stream he stopped. raised his
head. and looked straight at us. Those Rleam-
| ing eyes were beautiful. yet terrible to look
upon. at distance OF only thirty yards. As ]
| looked, and as the tiger glared. knew II was
at hts, left eye. fred. I didn't stop
get another cartridge into my gun as quickly
as possible. While i was loading l saw vivid
| pictures OF that tiger bouncing upon some OF
us and elnwing him in pieces. To my astonlsh-
| ment. not one OF tho frightened Mulcers holtcd.
had not missed my aim in shooting at a deer
dsG % SSi y as sSf9fS che me
head clear around to the left side and slowly
turning his body round and round Waiting
nS Ss "ES one asdi rFs s f%sd
nately l hit him just right. and he fell;
SGt SoW nnd N @ssa he Minute Ss with
my rifle at full cock and everything in
readiness. we approached the PROSTATE beast;
hard. Frothing and foaming at the mouth, he
| clawed and threw the gravel from where he lay.
| He died without a sound-a very unusual thing
| for n tiger to do. He measured feet around
| the jaws. Q feet 81 inches in length. and stood
| feet inches high at tho shoulders. His
weight was 495 pounds"
Coming home. l went from the Annimallai
/ forests TO Ceylon remaining there from Janu-
AIRY TO May. 1873 and collecting all sorts OF
specimens. Thence | went 10 Singapore and 10
Salangore. new native State where shot mi
third elephant the Malay peninsula and
Borneo furnished me much sport / went back
from there to China, visiting Hong Kong and
Caution. and from Yokohama, Japan. l sailed
for San Francisco"