The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
KILLING A TIGER.
An'Exeiting Hunt-The Fate of a Man
Eater.
rom tue sydney "a AG,straiia) Town and Coun-

a Exciting Hunt-The Fate of a Ma,
from the Sydney (Australia) Town and Conn
try Journal.
A deep growl ahead of us. and a rps
tilng IN the bushes, announced we ver,
close on him, and in a few wards NOR
we came upon the mangled body of thf
unfortunate syce. The brute had moi
commenced to make a meal. b6in0
suppose, startled by the alarm sin the
camp OF course the groom was per-
lectly dead, the crushing blow which
ne nad received at the instan: of the tigers
| spring, driving some of the bones of the
Skull even through the skin of the neck
IA TACT he must have been dead when he
He'll over Howard. The body was carried
DacK 10 camp without any opposition on
the part OF the tiger, and the fires were
Kept brightly burning till morning, most
vi the camp followers crowding up as near
TO the tents as possible. After daylight tb,.
| grooms started off to recover our truant
sIeeus; these were secured and brought
PACK uninjured, and about 10 O'Clock
Durlnah returned with the news that he
nau marked the brute down at last. and
that one or both of Towards bullets had
wounded him the night preyious for
there was blood on his trail, Burmab
soon had his "bundabust' made, and as
we now had about $50 heaters collected
IN our train, we had every chance ofsuc-
Cess rocAels, crackers, etc, were served
out TO them, and then they were dispatcb-
ed to Burmah under a couple of shikar-
rees to form line acress the far end of the
raVlne into which he had tracked the
Inan-eater, While we, Shouldering our
Tlnes and accompanied by our spare gun
bearers, were taken by him to the various
passes he considered necessary to guard.
Chakoos were of course sent up into the
trees, aud every precaution taken to
prevent our friend breaking
away. Maj. II. was seated in the fork 0f
q ree commanding gully to the right
OF the gorge, up which it was thouSht
the brute might try and steal away, while |
l was perched on rock luckily shelter. |
gu from the burning sun by an overhang-
ing tree,) on an eminence jutting out in |
10 the gorge, and Howard was over on |
the opposite side of the ravine abreast of |
me, and about 100 yards distant; he, too,
preferred standing on the rock to climb.
ing tree, as IN the latter case YOU have
not the facility IN taking aim that you
nave when standing on foot. After some
twenty minutes pause we heard the beat
ers begin their work, and as the distant
cries and reports reached US, we each of
US earnestly hoped that the hour of the
man-eater had come. On came the line
OF Deaters up the gorge, nearer and nearer
and yet no sign of the tiger being on foot
The rockets Missed, and the crackers ex-
ploded IN the thick jungle ahead of the
llne, while the din of the tomtoms and the
yeliS OF the heaters were enough to
ieaIen any one near them, and yet no
'lgn Oh the tiger. Already had the line
nile of our posts, when | noticed -
'hakoo wave his turban and point down {
owards Maj. H., and in a minute after {
wards L saw that officer raise his rife '
lnd take aim. 1t was some little time 4
before he fired, and then two shots in q
luick succession were answered by the c
Welcome roar that told they had hit S
1eavlng the gully, up which he had been
rylng 10 sneak away unseen, he now re- |
u rhed 10 the main gorge, and made as L
ABOUT 10 charge the line of beaters: 4
ut tne chakoos warned them, and the re- u
Dubbed yells and extra volleys of crack
rs and rockets drove him back AGAIN e
lie now, according to the signals from
ne chakoos, was advancing between a
Toward and me, and presently I saw a
towards rifle quickly raised. and Ii
gam were the shots answered by the G.
'elcome roar. Turned from his course 81
G made for the spot almost on s.
men was stationed, as l could make v
Ut pJ the signals of the excited cha IL
COS, but as yet l could neither get W
llmpse OF him nor even hear him. Sud b
emily my gun bearer pressed NV arm b
emily, and pointed to clump of bushes Sc
Ot ten yards away, from behind which te
slowly stalked, evidently hard hit, la
Id, as he stopped and looked over his tu
BOULDER III the direction of the line of III
eaters, his expression of countenance til
as anything but amiable. At this sec tv
I'd l let him have two shots about the pt
'lnt OF the shoulder which dropped ii
m, but for only a second, for, recover IN
g himself, he attempted a charge; but al
5 time was come, and he had not III
rength to reach the top of the stone on er
men was standing. He tried it, but IN
u short, chung to the rock for second of
two, during which time he received q
o mere shots from me, and one long ST
e from Howard, which broke his fri
Inc, when he fell backwards and ex- ne