The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-18
couple OF hours, after which we struck
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tents and continued marching the whole
Of that day and part Of The next, arriving
at our shooting headquarters about
O'Clock in the morning
Men were instantly sent out for news Of
tigers. and, after three or four houys two
oil "shikkars," or native crackers. came
and reported that man eating tiger was
living In the jungle not more than ten
miles away. We pressed questions on
| him to prove his statements, aid lie said
| p man had been carried off the night be
fore by tiger while looking after his
| cattle.
| We held q council OF war and de-
termned 10 make Il start at 3 the next
morning, with our elephants and beaters,
to shoot this tiger
Early we certainly started, and by 9
O'Clock were on The ground We took up
| positions Col. e. in the center Of the line
! and T. on the left with myself OIL The
right. The word was given 20 advance
slowly, and the men shouted and yelled
| enough 90 rouse the dead.
Slowly pressing through the high grass
and bamboo jungle, / noticed some grass
| waving 20 ana fro not very far ahead OF
| me: but working toward the center Of the
| line 7 passed the word 10 G., and before
long ! heard double report and shouts
Of Tiger" from the men a minute
hardly passed before my man pointed TO
a long yellow body moving toward me
and said Tiger | waited and soon
got shot and hit him, breaking his fore
leg, but unluckiiy not hitting him NOR
tally lie turned and made straight
down the line, trying 10 break through
and get behind us; the coolies would not
allow it 10 do SO, and made a great com
motion One poor fellow, more daring
than the rest, threw a stick at it, and III
an instant was seized and thrown to the
ground, the tiger standing over him
growing.
Col. q heard the c0mmotion and made
for the scene OF Che disaster, and Oh arriv
ing saw the tiger deliberately tearing the
man to pieces, while the poor fellows
shrieks could be heard far away
Not q moment was to be lost, so &
raised his rifle and fired, hitting the brute
in the stomach, engaging it more than
ever now came up, but before ! could
get a shot the Tiger gave Il bound and
landed on G's elephants head The
animal Mt first tried TO shake the tiger OIL
but, finding il useless turned and bolted
through the jungle Is hard Us it could CO.
every one on the elephant being in great
danger Of being killed. p and | pur-
sued to try and help e, who stuck to
l4is elephant like man. trying to keep
his seat and get shot at the tiger.
We soon lost sight of them, but con-
tinued TO follow as fast as we could
After half an hour we came TO Gil open
place in the Jungle and what sight met
our eyes. G was stuck head int into II
large prickly pear bush, and only his feet
could be seen; the elephant driver WAS
looking mournfuliy at the remains of the
elephants trappings, while the elephant
itself was engaged in smashing the tiger
into an unrecognizable mass by kneeling
on it.
To get G. out was the work Of an in
slant, and in quarter Of an hour he was
able TO give us the details Of the episode,
which ended in very nearly q tragic way.
u told us the. elephant ran for dear
life and ut last went straight for a tree,
and came crash against il with its fore
head, sending Ine elephant driver and
himself flying as if shot from u rocket,
bat killing the tiger rs dead as stone.
The natives soon crowded. round and
burned of Stripes" whiskers, Il custom
adhered 10 by the native of India.
This tiger was skinned, and measured
ten feet nine inches from tip 10 tip. 1t
was beautifully marked, and | was made
a present Of the skin, as having given 1t
the first bullet.
The sun was now hot, so we adjourned
under shady tree and had breakfast, in
tending To 10 out again later on, when It
got cooler
About $3.50 we made another start, this
time stationing ourselves IN various
elades, while the natives drove the game
toward us. Strict injunctions were given
that nothing except tigers and leopards
were to be shot. Very soon after we were
in our positions, the uproar Of coolies,
driving and firing old muskets, could be
plainly heard, and the droves of deer and
pig that passed often tempted me to fire.
At last the faint sound OF "Bagh,
"Bagh,n Tiger" Tiger" caught my
ear, and the redoubled yells told me that
game was afoOt ! sat quietly waiting,
getting very excited as I heard a sound,
and at last espied AZ animal skulkug
through the grass / fred, and stiffness
ensued. took my elephant up and found
| had killed leopard and while | was
admiring MIN a tiger jumped across our
path, but before l had time TO fire disap-
pcared in the direction OF p, Il cool old
nand and man who hardly ever shot OF
an elephant, but generally used TO spread
g rug over low bush and sit on the top
of it.
II was o dangerous custom, and we
strongly advised him not TO do il, Dut TO
no purpose.
After missing my chance 4 went back
10 my place OF refuge and listened TO hear
what had become Of the tiger. Before
long / heard Il crack Of rifle from Ps
direction, and directly afterward | heard
two shots in quick succession, and silence
then followed. 1 thought p had got the
tiger all right, when suddenly ! saw
tiger, evidently hard hit, going Though
the grass about 100 yards away threw
up my rife, fired, and succeeded in turn
ing her back toward p, but doing no
damage otherwise
Again P's rifle rang out once, and di-
rectly following it came G's rifle, easily
distinguished by its enormous size and Il