Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-27
SNAKE AND TIGER.

A gentleman, tiger-hunting IN the Jungles
of India, gives the following description OF
a thrilling night-scene he once witnessed.
A woodman, he says, had been killed by a
tiger. While beating up the jungle, we
came upon the body. Knowing that the
tiger would return for its prey at night, l
insisted that the woodman's body should
lie there, while l and my Indian servants
took up our positions to wait and watch
for his coming, that might shoot him.
It must have been about ten o'clock, and
I was doing, when my arm was grasped oy
Chiniah. The moon was shining, and look
ing round, 1 found Chiniah's teeth chatter
ing, and his face as pale as corpse. The
other man, with his hands over his face, sat
trembling. I then looked in the direction
where Chiniah's Mortified gaze was fixed,
and I, too, was taken aback. The body OF
the wood-cutter was slowly moving to and
fro, the arms and legs occasionally lifted up,
whilst no agent was visible. 1t made my
blood run cold, and 1 felt sensation as II
cold water was being poured slowly down
my back along the spine. The contortions
continued, and 1 knew not what to make OF
them. "Did I not tell you, Sahib," whis-
pered Chiniah, chow wrong it was to sit up
over the body of Hindoo? We should
have carried him to the village and had him
burnt, but now we are all dead men; he
will arise presently and kill u.s."
"Hold your tongue, you fool" L replied.
''The dead do not come to life again in this
world; there is some trick being played
upon u.s."
Here iackal came along the ravine and
out into the open, and approached the
corpse, but getting within few yards, put
his tail between his legs, and with fright
ened cry of the Pheeal, ran for his life.
"Will you believe me now, sahib? said
Chiniah.
was getting nervous. The body moved
Backward; its face before hidden, became
exposed. There was not a sound. My two
followers had succumbed. 1 believed they
had tainted. Watching intently, l saw
glide across the chest of the dead man the
head of an immense rock snake. 1t was
wider than large plate across, and its
tongue was licking the corpse all over. The
movements of the limbs were now fully eX-
planned. My feeling of horror disappeared.
The movements of the snake were inaudi-
die, but could see the disgusting process OF
covering the body with saliva. We waited
patiently, feeling that the tiger would make
his appearance, and was curious to know
what view he would take of this infringe
ment on his prey. After fully two hours
work, the snake opened his horrid jaws and
began to swallow the body head foremost.
Now a python's teeth are so arranged that
once any thing enters his mouth, it CAM OF
be rejected again. Gradually the head and
neck disappeared. Then there was terrific
roar and huge object seemed to be hurled
into the moonlight, and we saw it was the
tiger at full leap. The infuriated brute
dropped directly on the body of the wood
man, and seized the python by the back o.
/ the neck. Instantly the snakes huge body
f in circumference equaling a mans, ano
nearly thirty feet long, wound round the
, tiger, in quick convulsive movements, anc
, we could hear the bones being crushed one
after another The roar the tiger gave
, the first squeeze was APPALLING; but before
f long the roars turned into moans the moan
t into gurglng sound, and gradually the.
too ceased, while the cOntortions OF the snak
, continued for over an hourly Youths Com
! DdniOn.