The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
FORTY yRAps OF HuNrlNo.
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Mr. kdwNrt V Rsk'r, late deputy Inspector. general of police in Bengal, India, lived r s,r,V yeNrs in that country, and lurios the hole period was accnstom'yi s, ,v,t iHfr quent in- tervals to hunt 'h, ysmc that Abuunds In tho lungles oo tho Streama shere, from rhinoccro>. d. huilal,,ee, tigers, panthers aud leoN VI, down to wild duck and snipc llr has lately writ. ten what he cal V "litilc bookS GOV. ering these forty Nrsrsof hunting, and this little book coN'eiuS four hundred closely written psrrs
 The fact tht Mr. nAter was e prominent and N> ,rt,t ciilcial, and that In hts pr. hr personally vouches that evctv c',leut in the book is related exs,'lls aa t eccnrreti, gives ore<lence to narrat'vYs in hts book that, if written hy less trust worthy hand. it would lard to be. lieve, so rclDat ka hle e'e hrN.
 For inatAnce, he !, s.ttS that, from constantly pursulng t'g l,e gslned sort of inatinci 't,it ','d him they were In tho neiv hb,.hoed. though he could neither s,r is'r h,er lhrn. He writes:
 "t have awokc sql,cbk at night, and tossed in my lsd nlahlc to ,esct. tie, for an hour or fWa hI stretch, for no apparent r'aa .,u V hatevcr; and next morning lsy t,uld the trtsh footprints of q tigtr ', nnt the outside Of my bungalow s, .paI
 MT. Baker says to,t ,lte hcautv of the tiger, with the ,iVti combination of black, yellow 'aal "hltc on hia glossy skin, Is tertit,to ,a t,ak upon, to gay nothing a' ' i",iisusut caG- ntng of his eye. a,'' f'a -,,sue hunger expressed in his turI < iit,s und ii i,.h. Ing white teeth,
 A full. grow H,tRAl tlptr i4 u.n. ally R trifc n,nirF t,n tt,t lnng, when measured while ils hsuls |. sil,l warm. Among tho hundred. wl'i, Mir. Baker killed, \ tiger ',n tt nd ta,lr lnrhea, from nose to tIt oi tail. Nas heaviest and largest.
 Hero Is Mr Ral l'- ,le.crlpiIon of the fierce charge uf tiger, when hunted with elephants;
 "As Rvnrel r,ths llsrt VIII eh- deavor to avoil Hp rn., uuitr with "A line of elspha r. n si r. o,c siuns 1t will await their H,5lt arl,. nd charge homo whom Withltr 'z, tatss, hut an still rRrer oo,'a.loi. |. tt a,l.alue to tho attack from S nt di tlt.r mouth open, lips curling ns,'a,a etis down, tail on end, ever, h I tl, ie body and head brihtlnR vi | t,r5-.
 "Whoever h.. t ta t riun Ia witness such = ei'l ie,sr Tor. get the magnile'fl l - 3a.e ihp ler- rife sounds Y l. .,,l ultrnulcd tho onward bounds of elc rrfrg.,t mon. ster, Hing the al, t"iilei. and drown lug the voices "t rii ,th litig ,rta- turcs In iis II 4 fhl ,' pll n,d voluu,e.
 "A large tip,r ,td tnrlrr such wh'. t.- hr'd a,d body are greatly sA,ild ott, t d hi. ap- pcaranee rcDd' ,',' u".t leri t. tn the of hls h dr is a scrl ., iI rent creature from ihr IT, i...-. nu shled beast of nernR' '.ai,i ,,niol rl gar dens"
 But most pe"i ,,'.-- 'l,', ~.se mOu nted on itii nid tt' 'ti,An,s, would rather .' .trit, l, |" ih,ne. Dagerie.
 h. his fori rs irmi,V Mir. Baker killed -c,tit o.st s.-,toen. diles In the ',,,h.,.t % ,,t"r.is (the low lam ,h. - t., r,.nfh- uf the Ganges t'i l's ip. ,, |" uJ t here these teroci"u- ust -t. y tpn length Of t~en tt. t't..fr tvru more.
 4 friend .f sf z l.'. fo' ,ic of these great r,'.r '- ,,-- rt...t As "n notorious no,u 't,' rlai tp Its stomach c.. ,t,t ,r',.. ,t s',ld. stI. yer, copper n'e-. o. / ",i- blog in all twTnA 'i .t t,,s l p,iais. being the ,l-i- n' att th.' .,tna- mcnis Of II '.". stl, r d.-~ women l. ,s iin. ..a ,,u-t ire. quent yi..to. .o. Tie mobster rasthh Il r, i'", ~ers bathing nv d,s" t.s. =sf