The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-27

and the fires were kept brightly burning
until morning, most Of the camp
followers crowding up % near to the
tents as possible. After daylight the
grooms started of to recover our truant
steeds; these were secured and brought
back uninjured, and sahout 10 o'clock
Burmah returned with the news that he
had marked the brute down at last and
that one or both of Towards bullets had
wounded him the night previous, for
there was blood on his trail. Burmah
soon had his ''bundabust" made,
and as we now had about $50 beaters in
our train, We had every chance Of sue
cess; rockets, crackers, ETC., were served
out to them, and then they we're dis
patched TO Burmah under Q couple of
shikarrees to form line across the far end
of the ravine into which he had tracked
the man-eater, while we, shouldering our
rifles and accompanied by our spare gun
bearers, were taken to him, the various
passes considered necessary to guard.
Chakoos were Of course sent up into the
trees, and every preeaution taken TO pre-
vent our friend breaking away. Maj. 81.
was seated in the fork Of q tree COM
manding gully to the right Of the
gorge, up which it was thought the
brute might try and steal away, while /
was perched Oh rock (luckily sheltered
from the burning sun by an overhang-
ing tree) on an eminence jutting out
into 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 rock to climbing
a tree, as in the latter case you have not
the same facility in taking aim that you
have when standing on foot. After some
twenty minutes pause we heard the
beaters begin their work, and as the dis
tant cries and reports reached us, we
each Of us earnestly hoped that the hour
of the man-eater was come. On came
the line of beaters up the gorge, nearer
and nearer, and vet no sign Of the tiger
being on foot. The rockets hissed and
the crackers exploded IN the thick Jungle
ahead Of the line, while the din of the
tomtoms and the yells Of the beaters
were enough to deafen any one near
them, and yet no sign of the tiger. AL
ready had the line advanced almost to
within quarter of mih of our posts,
when ] noticed chakoo wave his tur-
ban and point down toward Maj. H.,
and in minute afterward I saw that |
officer raise his rife and take aim. It |
was some little time before he fred, and |
then two shots in quick succession were
by the welcome roar that told |
they had hit. Leaving the gully, up
which he had been trying to sneak away
unseen, he now returned to the main |
gorge, and made as if about to charge |
the line of beaters, but the chakoos
warned them, and the redoubled yells
and extra volIeys of crackers and rockets
drove him back again. He now, accord
ing to the signals from the chakoos, was
advancing between Howard and me, and
presently saw Howard's rife quickly
raised, and again were the shots
by the welcome roar. Turned
from his course, he made for the spot al
most on which l was stationed, as
could make out by the signals of the ex-
cited chakoos, but as yet l could not get
4 glimpse of him or even hear him. Sud-
denly my gun-bearer pressed my arm
gently, and pointed to clump of bush
IS not ten yards away, from behind
which he stalked, evidently hard hit, and
and as he stopped and looked over his
shoulder in the direction of the line of |
'eaters, his expression was anything but
At this second let him have
,wo shots about the point Of the shoulder,
which dropped him, but only for sec
md, for recovering himself, he attempted
charge; but his time was come, and he
,ad not strength to reach the top of the
'tone on which l was standing. He tried
t, but fell short, clung to the rock for a
'econd or two, during which time he re-
,eived two or more shots from me, and
me long one from Howard, which broke
lis spine, when he fell backwards and
Expired.