Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-25
TIGER HUTNING In INDIA.
Prince Carl of sweden Engagei
I'm the Exciting sport.

Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway
writes regarding his tiger hunting expe.
rience in India. He says: In silence
and solemnity the procession moved to-.
ward the Jungle in order not to awake
the sleeping tiger. In spite OF it being
the "cold season" l suffered tremendu-
ously from the heat under my broad
brimmed Iudian hat. But who could
have time to complain of the heat then,
though one could hardly breathe and
was bathed in Precipitation?
After awhile @ flock of soaring vul-
tures indicates that we are approaching
the spot where the tiger consumed his
nocturnal meal, and behind a ridge,
strewn with blocks of stone, and which
seemed only 500 yards of, the slain bull
lock had been tied up. The native
huntsmen maintained that the tiger must
be near, as the birds continued to soar
restlessly over the spot without daring
to descend to their prey. Shortly after
we had reached the northern slope of
the ridge refe rred to, where the elephants
are ranged In SEM circle, at a distance
of some $50 yards from the top, the posi-
tion for each elephant being indicated
to the ''mahout" by an old gray headed
shikaric who is evidently quite at home
in the Jungle. Adeborg aud myself are
stationed on little mound, whence we
have fairly good view. Low shrubs,
in some places forming to the eye i'm.
penetrable thlckets, surround the spots
In which our elephant stands hidden be.
hind two great blocks of stone,
and similar jungle covers the
slope In the direction whence
We expect the beaters. a ravine
runs TO our right. On the other side
Oscar aud Sandstrom are posted; next
to them an elephant with some of the
ministers, then Salar Yung himself, with
Ali Beg. After while Of anxious wait.
IND yslls and loud sounds Of drums ana
cymbsls are heard in the distance, and
in few moments one dusky figure after
another appears on the brow of the hill.
We now rise in the howdah and, cock.
ing our express rifles, scan every shrub
in front Of us. 1t is becoming exciting,
but still no tiger is visible. The beaters
begin to separate and break the line,
Adelborg aud myself have just agreed
that there is no tiger within the line,
when suddenly the report of gun is
heard from Salar Yung's elephant, indi-
eating that there is something up. 1t is
Ali Beg, who has shot at tiger whichis
trying to break through at the side
of his elephant. This is Immediately
followed by shot from the elephant
carrying the attendants of the minister,
and in the next few seconds the retreat.
ing tiger is subjected to veritable pep
pering from that quarter. We double
our attention, but tail to see any thing
except the smoke from the guns. The
beaters again collect, but number of
frightened coolies run terrified in all
directions. and even the elephants show
signs OF flight, stamping and swinging
their trunks to and fro. In the mean
time, however, Ali Beg seems to call us
by waving his hat, and we beckoned to
our mahout to urge the elephant for.
ward, delighted at the thought that
there might still be something for us to
do, and in q few moments we are along.
side Ali Beg, who instantly
jumps from bis own elephant
into our hands. The usually
calm and dignified man trembles in
every limb with excitement He informs
us 10 Erief sentence that the tiger is
wounded and orders pursuit But
having advanced o few steps our ele.
phant absolutely refuses to go further,
when Ali Beg pointed to thicket right
in front of us, urging me to fire; but in
spite of the greatest efforts could not
discover the tiger. which the experienced
eye OF the native had detected at once
Adelborg saw the animal sneak away
just as the elephant suddenly turned
round and retreated. However, few
well-directed prods with the pike of
nahout soon brought the terrified ami.
NAL round again, and now detected the
black barred tawny skin of tiger, lying
under low bridge near by, ready to
spring. pulled the trigger just as the
animal was on the point OF springing; at
Al events 30 it seemed to me. 1t was
followed by shot from Adslborg's gun,
and supplemented by one from my left
barrel, both of which hit the animal. In
the meantime the other elephants had
advanced concentrically toward the
spot where the tiger was supposed to lie
hidden, and in moment shot followed
upon shot from all sides. The tiger at.
tempted once more to rise, but fell i'm.
mediately backward. The king of the
jungle lay dead at our feet.
When we shortly afterward gathered
round the fallen monarch, everybody
had fired. and everybody tried, with
more or less success, to trace his deadly
ballet. Our booty was a fine male IT,
ser, measuring nine and half feet in
length.
Shortly afterward we were told that
. female tiger with two cubs had sue.
seeded in breaking through the line in
! southwesterly direction, and although
she chances seemed against US, it was
1scidsd to attempt to drive little
distance from where we were, around q