The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-07
A CuriOusIy Told Tiger Story.

A paper published in India says
The following sensational story ofan en-
counter with tiger is supplied by Babu
Doman Chundel Chowdry, Zemindar of
Maldah: "On the morning, 9th Bhad-
dra, Kishen Lal and myself went with
five elephants to the Kaduband jungle,
four miles to the north of ROhanpOre.
My howda was on Makhna-Kishen Lal
had his on Dantal. At ga, NJ. we en-
countered tiger, and bang went two
bullets from my rifle, hitting stripes, l
suppose, on the loin and the belly, and
Kishen Lal hit him on the thigh. Most
probably the bullets did not break the
bones and the spotted foe took shelter
at some distance in the water of a hol-
low overhung with long CLASSY jungle
and was, of course, not visible. | at
once followed the game with n couple of
elephants, one being only a beater. Poor
Makhna. on which / which | was
mounted, unfortunately tell into the hol-
low, and, quick as lightning, the tiger
was on his back, biting him. l lost no
time in giving stripes two bullets in his
body, and yet the fight between the ele-
phant and tiger continued. The moment
was critical. The feat of remaining in
the howda became extremely difficult
With his trunk Makhna dragged stripes
down four or five times and the latter
made the bulky body of the former shake
right and left some fourteen or fifteen
times. During this struggle the mahut
fell on the ground frcm the elephants
neck but had the dexterity to mount his
back again and then to lodge himself on
the back of the howda, which shook so
fearfully at times it would come swing
ing to the ground. OF course, now, the
combat was 'hand-to hand. and lasted
for nearly an hour. The four remaining
elephants followed me at first, but what
with the struggle between their comrade
and st1ipes, and the roaring of the one
and the cries of the other, they became
uncomfortable, beat a hasty retreat and
took their stand more than sixty yards
off. Dear Kishen Lal tried his best to
come up to me, but the Dantal was too
much frightened to obey the mahut.
Chand Tare, poor creature, did after
wards cometoward me, but she was only
a beater and took her stand some fifteen
feet behind Poor Makhna was much
the worse for this singular combat and
fell PROSTATE on his right side, and
stripes. too, fell on the ground. The
tiger lay some four or five feet from me.
Not seeing me, my followers were
alarmed. They kicked up row, Kishen
Lal crying out uncle killed by tiger
To see me was impossible. Lying on
the ground / thought of God, pressed
against the howda, handled the rifle and
gave stripes "a bullet. 1t told upon his
neck, but yet he did not let go his hold
of the elephant, which was still lying on
his side, The contents of the other bar
rel emptied into the tigers back. He
then left Makhna and all was over with
stripes in an instant. The elephant was
on his legs. The mahut got upon his
hna, poor creature, had been hurt in his
trunk in ten or twelve places. The tiger
measured thirteen feet from the tip of
his nose to the end of the tail. This is
but faint outline of what actually took
place. Many tiger has fallen by my
rifle, but never in my life did l witness
such larai."