Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-08

A gentleman. tiger hunting in tie
iunRlea OK India, gives tha following
description Of q thrilling night scene hl
once Witnessed. A woodman, be says
bad been killed By tiger. While beat.
ing up the tangie We came upon the bsdy
Knowing fhas the tiger would return fol
ita prey af night. ] insisted that the body
ahonld he there. Whde and my Indian
servants took up ouE positions 10 vail
and watch for his coming, that / might
shoot him.
Il must have bsen about ten o'cleok,
Rraaped by GhiEiah. The moon was
Chiniahis teeth ehasteTinQ and his face
aa pale 81 corpse. The other man, with
bis hands over bis face, sat trembling.
| then looked 10 the direction where
Chiniah'a hoFFiaed gaze was liked, and
l. too, was taken abaek. The body Of
the wood-cattsr vas slowly moving 70
aud fro, she arms and legs occasionally
lifted up, whilst no agent was visible.
Il made my blood run cold, and ! felt
q sensation Is { cold water vas being
poured slswly down my back along the
apine. Tbs cOntortions continued, and
l knew not what TO make OK them.
Did ] Bot Sell y0u. 8ahlb, " whispered
Chiniah, new wrong Il was 10 Sit up
over the body Of 3 HindooG We
should have carried him 70 she village
and had him burnt, bat nov We are al
dead men. he viii arise presently and
kill as"
Hold your tongue, you foOlln 70.
piled. The dead do not come again 10
life IN this world. There Il some trick
being played upon a"
Here q iaskal came along the KayIne
and out into the open and approached
she ooEpeo, but. on Retting within q few
yards, pos his tail between his IeQa and,
with heightened cry Of the Phesal, ran
fer bis life.
WIN yen believe me nov, sahisr'
said Chiniah.
/ was getting nervous. The body
moved backward; its face. before hid
den, became exposed. There vas not 9
sound. Ny two followers had suc-
ounbed. believed they bad tainted.
Watching intently, / saw glide across
the chest Of the dead man the head Of
an Immense rock snake. Il was wider
than large plate aerosa. aud I've tongue
was licking tha corpse oil over. Tia
movements o. the limbs we're new fully
expiAined. Ny feeling Of horror neu
disappeared. The movements Of the
snake we're inandible, bot could ZEE
the Disgusting preoess q covering the
body 9Th saliva. We waited patiently,
feeline assured thai she tiger Woald
make bis appearances, and vas curious
70 know what Fiew be would take Of
this infringement on bis prey. After
fully tuo houFd work the snake opened
his horrid Jaws and began 70 aWaiioN
the body head foremnat. Nov python'a
teeth are % arranged THAI onoe anythinR
enters his mouth, it cannot Be elected
again. Gradually the bead and neck
Disappeared.
Thon there waa g terrible roar and &
huee ohiect sssmad 30 b haired into
the moOnliQht. and We saw e Waa the
tiger AZ full leap. Iha infuFiated hFute
dropped direotly upon the body Of Sue
Woodman and aeizsd the python b. the
back Of HE neck. Instantly The snakes
haeo body, il cieeumforsnos equslinR .
man'a, and nearly thirty feet LONG, vas
wound around ehe tsReR, IN qatek con
wulslVe movements. and re could hear
the bones Of TIE tiger being crushed enc
after another. Tna Fpar TIE TIGER gave
az The first sqaee1a vas appalling; oui
before long the rear taFned into means.
the means into = EufgiinR so1nds and
gradually they eeaeeq, toe, vale TIE
oonlnFtiona o. the snake continued for
over ~ hour.