Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-04
TEE Bengal TIGER.

Marvellous are the escapes from tigers.
Col. Warren, of the BENGAL army. was
carried OF, but killed the tiger BY means
OF pistol re had with him. | believe.
Hld many other sportsnea have re-
covered after being severely uaauIed.
But the most extraordinary escare was
Captain Hits. who, wllils leading r.
s'artJ of police, was attacked b. = ro.efl
rlsn-eater IN the ioGzaise1 hills. and
hsd stsncup fight. The tiger piIiou-
ed MS right arCl to MS side, pat Dis pa VS.
on Hills shoulders, and stood over him
open-mouthed. while Hill endssyored
~ STRIKE him with his le3s arm over the
StRht shoulder. With a :.eEdish growl
the tiger snapped down ON his vic.iua's
neck, who fortunately fell at this mo-
msnt. Thus only the upper fapxs PEN
Grated, and the tiger tur1ed a complete
sone- saIit, AND Hneu the rnaii end tiger
laced each otker again the bipsd had
apparently been converted into quad
roPsd, e. lie was On his knees and
hands, and the biooi pouring down hrs
race and Lard gave hin, l have no
doubt, ci.bo.icai expression IT
All events the tiger seemed 10 think 80,
tor ne put his fali between his legs anu
ran for life. The tiger afterward Killed
q Karen. end was shot over tine body by
means of two guns tied near II, with Il
spring attached to the triggers, fastened
ACROSS tue patti be Was expocted by.
10 show the :udacity Of u tiger,
may briefly relate the following: Our
Thirty Sixth ativeInfantrylw was en- route
To borhainpore, aud an officer servant
who, with the mess kit, had. az is Of
ten the case, preceded the corps 10 the
next encamp,nent cround-was, just 1T
dusk, and close to the mess euard, Car
RED on the high road by a tiger. An
infant tl0 had i'll his arms when hs wis
seized was quito unhurt in the awful
rush that took place. Early the next
morning the tracks were followed by
three officers, and is the body had been
very little mangled, it was determined
10 Walt foI the tigers rstUrn. While a
platform was being got ready, one of
tue party went back, while tho other
two sat little way of to eat their lunch,
and tier gun barriers scattered about
collecting material for tho Iuachan.
while thus employed the tiger carried
on the body from their uidst, in open
day, and through not very thick brush
WOOD, without being observed. To fol-
low up was useless, as the body had
neither blood nor rags to .oaye trace
behind. Tigers vera So plentiful close
~ tho large town of Pegu, ia British
Burmah. that many traps were set for
them. In one, for lack OF something
better, Dr. Le Presle, assistant surgeon
OF For Mhjesty' a 9th regiment, placed a
duck, and caught big tiger. An officer
of tho commission, who WAS sleeping
with the doors and windows Of his bed
room opsn, had powerful bulldog,
which WIS chainsd to his bed, killed by
= tiger by his bedside. Whsn l was at
Banlong poor woman who was sleep
ing III the vor.ids of her house was
fearfdliy clswed, but not bitten nor
carried OF, by a tiger. When the plains
OF Shyiet are covered with water, tigers
ascend the hills, and are very plentiful
at Chsrra Poonghie, often leaving their
marks not only within the Confines
of the houses, but i'll the veraIdas
themselves, and no one dare venture
out at night without tom-toms and
torches. At Shillong we and the Sepsys
killed several on foot one year.