, 1879-07-31

!crna1nou To have one shot at the biggest tilsker
70 nnl a. sort hcI u IT, ruined my entire expedition
oErdtl, Tut grown with high Grnss, 10 TINT had
Mtnple oppnrtunitg for satisfactory preparation.
lhn great herd catno hlowty along toward MIR.
,;,"3 HaSn particular beast waa swtngtng ,runs
Saratoga belle. The aIepilnnts camo, toAslng
Up great Inuchcs Of the 'salst-,lgh rrnss, a,ld
s"lnElnx It up tnlo their mouths. TO noyIce
t"oy presented! nil Imposing SPECTACLE.
old tusaor At whom hnit iongitElr directed uly
kaze OIL tho llrst lwn occus[ons was bel,,nd the
rcst OF the herd. fully decl1cd then to stak
fstn ~ n1'i hrnE him down With ny Maynsrd riao
& e fsSss Is Sss S ..n W t s a. ' dbst S:s*s e
my temptation must pnss close BY . larta trce.
near tue trunk OF which, Stood L hid my buly
bdhind It AMI nwnEtcd his approact. AZ lie
i%s.c,l 10 vas headed IN different direction
will, carrinec.whip euslly from wl,ore | stool.
hut, ~ It was necessary to 1odgo bali 10 bfs
brain 10 lava II tnkc effect, AMI rs he pscsontcd
q hsoadsido toward mic, know it WAS worso
than thar, mssIc;s @ %,, to i'rc. So, So lame, same out
herd. had never before realty known
what n Wild elephant wns, and appearances
would Indicate lint did not then. III follow
Tx ,Y .tat IL onu susker md kceol,g ny oyo upon
before was aware Of The direction | had taken
u where would bring up, found myaclf as
nearly Ia the ntdsL ot f'le herd as would 10
rInetnastor II 4 mcnoEerlc. At first tIIis fact
my standpoint. What II the elephants should
take u into their heads to rhl their 5aks Of tIie
'ntnsttcd grcst' TlIey had not ret noticed the
t'rescncc Of Tue unbiddcn guest, for ~ they
drown nny ordinary au,,ntss. l'ceause they
wero stupid enough not to see me, took It Tor
granted TINT they wero altogether stupid, and
! becamc rcassured. Soon I got withIu
,,'sss ,oucht t, that 4, & bal! in j,,t t!.c TEht
took q steady, deliberate atm, and blazeu
away, diseharging both barrels OF my llttts rlilu
at oncc. Then tried to climb tho tree from
behind which | shot, but I could not have
reached hight Of ten feet before the hIntl-
most OF Tint herd might l,avo reached atul DE-
inolfshcd mo, After 1 had climbed The tree as
IT, 1ar rs H. Wished turned an.l asxio.lsiy looked
0i the two rifle shots had proved disastrous.
The herd had .t,atnbled oil, meyer lestowliig a
second thouEht upon me, seemingly. Coming
down to Tic GROUND, | SOON ran acit,ss my old
nan ilan guide: lle was thoroughly terrified Mt
Ind laid myself Liable TO the line OF 5DO ru-
pccs, whether had killed the elephant or not.
Tie Government officials never heard OF my
ot!cnsc. for took tile precautfon to swear the
never reveal Il.
"a tigct-hunt that had camo the nearest to
being genuine adventure OF anything con-
nacted viz. my lnst expedition. After screro
attack q lever ct tic octacanund sanitar1um,
! packed and shipped my specimens aIu vent
couth to thu Annnalat Hills fthe huntcrs' paru-
dlsel That region abOunls In elephants, H.
Ecre' bison. sanbnr deer, nuntjag, axis deer,
wild goats, wild boars, blac4t hcar, three apc.
ctes Of lhrgo monkeys, and Ereat MANY smaller
animals. a 1nAri could never GU out there fur
q Iay without Beclng something 10 shoot ut,
The hills arc high mid rolling, tic torest open;
the atr Is soft and ba!my: tic winter IL clear,
brush and mosdnisoes. The only drawback
to these hunting grounds IL the fnct that
i.o white man can rcmnin there two
weeks without having mn attack OF inter.
tn!ttsnt fever. When arrived engaged lve
ccrs,, whom / knew would not hesitate to
handle anything, cat Anythfng, or do any
thing. Taking tlietr families along, We struck
for the quarters vhcrc knew tie elephants
Ifkul VIC built threo huts tor our hahtatIon, n,nl
tnado preparations to open the Siege. After wa
lltd been tllerc about tho mouths, hunting eY-
cry day, saw few tiger stgus. They woso
llaroly ifcsh enough TO give mo my hope OF sec-
lug tiger, hoWeveT.
"ohe tiav, whi!e VIC wandered nlon4 little
stream with sandy bed, shallow waters mud olly
about twenty-five feet in width, the Mulccrs
bed OF tho stream tIte fresh tracga ct large
tigpr. They examined tho tracks more c,Usuly
through thu few inches OF wntcr, ana reiterated
their former statement that tho tracks were
rlearly fresh. Alter tho Mulcers Ind compared
notes for fcw minutes, one OF them asked ,no
whether would tlaro With tint small ritu to
shoot at n tiger. l replied that certainly
would. The Alufcer who acted as my guide was
Il IN III sossi o d gsaseE noa aH, e ny when
lhet, as VIC followed slowly down tho stream III
lend silence. We wnlkcd for, perhaps lIalf q
.'te, observing frcsher signs Of Tic tiger at each
',ago ot progress. Hts c|aw-mark in tlIe sa,ldy
harD bend In tho stream whore there wns a
lump batmhoos. lust then the ShIkarre inv
:u!dc' grahhel hold Of my arm with grip Ike
hut OF a v'sc, ltc pointed through tho elump
ord or the forest in all hts glory! Iic was
Walking away from me, ncroes t1a bed Ut thu
troan', when ] caught the first glimpse Of
'sn', and knew that Il wouldn't answer
t ALI ali to fro then: TIC handsome beast
lie middle Of the streua lie atoppea, raiscd his
read, and Ioukcd strnlcht ut US. 1i,oso eleam- |
hE eyes were bcnuttfnl, yet terrible to look
lp9n, At distance Of only thirty yards. As l |
hen u: never. Taking careful, steady aim at
lis left eyc, fired. didn't stop to lu0k for |
he tiger; my iirst business was TO get another |
nrtrit!Ec into my Cnn as quickly as posslble. !
Yhlc was lea.t!ng saw vivid pictures ot that
tser bouncing upon some u us and clawlnE
1ta i, pieces. 10 my astontshmont7 not Que u |
lie frightened atulccrs t'ultei. / had not |
missed my aim IN shootn. ut a deer short
i,e m ; nrav'91sly. ''d got % ny seeona cartridge In
!c was IN the san1o spot, holding bis Head 4
!eaF round to the left elds, fntl slowly turn
ns his ootly round und round. Waiting I'll |
s neck GUNS around just, right, aatncd |
atcy, hit him just right, and ho fell. Not
moving whether he was Quad, rcIoa'ca am!
'atted minute. With my r;llc Mt taIl cock and