, 1879-07-31
HUNTING BEASTS TN INDIA.


HUNTING BEASTS TN INDIA.
An American NntHrn!tst's Experience In thu
misunderstanding Crocotltles Ia the River
JHni,In-1n thu at1uat of q lIcrsi OF f:tc.
Notwithstanding n Tiger Will, a Light
ltlnc.
RhthfMtr Cn7rrsUohdtnte Af1b lort SIN,
The exploring naturalist, Within T. Irornu.
day, who recently returned to Rochester after
au extended tour III tic Eastern Hemisphere,
las seen n1ld passed safely through series OF
thrilling adventures aiucc he set sail from Now
York In October, 1876. 10 started out accom-
panied BY t'Eof. Henry A. Ward, Of the Natural
sclcncc Museum aud Laboratory connected With
Rochester Un1ycrsty. The latter gentleman, In
whose employ Mr.. iIoruaday has been collecting
specimens IN natural history, left him Ut Jctldah,
mud won't south to Abyss!nta. nornadaY sailed
from 1cddall to Bombay In Fcbruory, 1877.
Thenco ho won't by rail to Allallabad, at tho
Junction OF tho lnuau Rivers Ganccs and
Jumnn. In that vicinity. un.l from flat time
until ho started back to America, manY 1t hts
exploits as collecting naturalist we're rcInarlsa-
bic.
The returned explorer was found id Prof.
Wards laboratory yesterday, and he gayc many
interesting "reminiscences Of bis long Journey.
"Wheu arrived In Alahalad,n sala MFR.
Hornaday, n cugared five natiyo boatmon,
each at n salarg Of 81 month, without board !;
lifted up un old bcow.boat, and sailed up tho
Jnmna 100 miles abovo Compore. Our cabin
aboard was comfortably fitted up, md In 1t We
had everything IN convenient shapc,-euns
hanging all over the walls, l,atcl,cts and ble
knlrcs scattered about pronliscuous1y, and In
The centrc q big barrel of brine fur preserving
tue skins from uie Eaytat6, or GanEctIc crocC-
dtlca, which II Wns oltr mission IT, SECURE. Thosu
native assistants Wcrt . littlo backward at FIRST,
but | put them through course Of training,
anl it wasn't lung bcluro they were the bcst
bontmcn ever saW. They would 70 anywhere
for 'ne-eEcn to the bottom Of tile rtycr-ik |
only Furnished them Al example. l ren,etnber
tile first eeroeollcs We saw up there. They !aY
on sai,d-bar at tic wuter'a edge, bas'sfn4: III
thc sun. Wo lnnt'cd upposi;o them, md i'm
proved IN opportunity to fire at d tre specimen.
Thr ball bit him In tlir neck, and his jnws llow
open rs thuugh sPrlnE ti,ltl been suddenly
pressed; hau instructed my men thai. when
eyer ball from my r!Ilo produced this elect,
they were to hasten forward unu grasp the
reptile by tue tall, to prevent his gct.
thug into tho ,watcr.' But ts,cy were not nc-
ttry wers backward. The crocodile made 10:
il,c water, but iIe soon came bacs aud showed
hlAbell upon the sand bar. | fired ngnFn, anu
tc ris!a ball tEls tinie sccmed 10 carry aouy nil
4r,,loils.ratiyc, and ti,rnshed his tail aroundd
lorclbly enuugh to leave ts mark Wilcruycr II
struck. Again my 1ncn wcre afraid, Eyun
after they liad taken hold OH the tall t't
eraeod!le, IN lis eontorltons, n'a,lase1 to pult
Tins valiishcd my (lrst crocodile. After shoot
Ing my no:t specimcn on lt,e opposite silu of
The water, touk uy large kn!fo In m,y mouth
al'd k'a't asIoss Tug stream with the men In
my wake. We Hlileu near enough tU ht all
but into the laws Of the ll,Ku reptile. While
we swan We were passing uErr t,Iu hurry forms
n1 ut'Icrs of th: same surt. THIS one VIZ were
fortunate enough u caplurc. ltu was 0avpn fcpt
ter. Alter this last 8uecessfui exploit the men
seemed to hare EnttBn entlrely orer their fright
shot anot!mr yrrS larEs crocodile trout my hid
Ing place bea,nd an exte,nporIzed rifle-plt. The
saMoar tn tisno 70 scu .'c game slide Into The
river. They actualty rushed luto tle H4tcr alter
him, caught hlln " the tali, nt,l dragged him
ashorc after intgnE ill;e heroas. The crocodile
tt.saily Killed hni with q revolver Slot. lie
measured len feet eight i,lccs ,lsnt 10 ole OF tl,o
spoclnens III nly cuscction. My little Maynard
rtf'e was not leaVy enough 10 Kill the largest Of
knnT!Ir .iat have The only; apec'tntns OF .l!at
sEGc!es now Ia Anler.cn. Enormous ynlturcs
tWteayrs rHt7tsj fnfcst uIl tint REGION
uuM Whenever no sKiNnca crocodile ue
might bo sure tim. plenty Vi Interested sEccta.
t'rs would wtlness the sceue. 1hc greedy
uirIs would ttl nlal haul al tlle pirccs OF lncat
l1at threw up In tile ulr 10 theul. They always
fo,lght over tvory norscl, ant all tut went
dowu cach otlirr's tlIruath III their greed. w
spent about a mouth u that point hunting
RaYlals. after which, fur Wfyout two weeks, WIS
hunting aute'opo, raVlnc deer, aud ordinary
slnull Katue alnl bII1!s.
~ then paeked Mnd shipped my collection Of
spcctHlCAs tu Calcutta. url from there wlilt to
Madras. where tilcse was nortl1ing but lnteuse
ary l!eal, famine, starvation, alnt death. Ths
'Tas III Aay ts!e hottgst scasos ot tho year, u,nt
hurried ut a. spstdt!y as possible On Journey
DT :sU tAtles, to ti1e NrtIghnrY Hills atid Urta-
where tho Southern India Ha.,Itarlum
10 located. Fsoul that potut started on ftty-
nlln expedition for spuEt IN The sltdi Aa1tat |
Iorest. My object was 10 hunt ln.ilan bison |
II hut forest, "hers ! was told ll'ey hctlisd |
III IaEEe numbers. Quo day N9ut Into the
unsle with MI ageu nattyu for my guide |
antt only eompanton. laa Heard That E,e was i J
.0od tE&cker, and felt quite willing to trust i
myself With HIN. Wa tiuk along lunch tn q /
3ag aud TWO guns, AtMt struck our euriy III ll,e
Aorntpg. Alter shooting All elk, all buryng |
lln 80 that i.r would not b. eaten by lhs wild /
boasts, ai,d Aring into = Iseri OF IIsoi, without
slteet, W. discovered the herd Of Wild ce-
3han1s, lie tlEst had ever seen. knew tIlat
his MA QUO OF tie Gpycrpntnt'a reserycd |
orests, and tlat \ fna Ut b00 rupees wus /
prescribed for such an oilenso ~ eyen shooting
Il Al elephant. Alter II brlef Interval thu
III iu 1!:e opposite direction to look for our
tag. VeEJ soon wa encountered u herd Of
:lephants agaiu. Evidently "ur course had
'een vlfcuitous. hut watched tAu hand
olne hcrd alore tnteutly to's time than be-
ore. Alter Starting sgalD, in AZ opposite
hIrd time: This sight was TO mo about tho
look upon tho wine when Il il red.o T1oso
csutlGul worries proved too stropE ttmptA.