The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-18
at the other end Of the glade and took 10

In the tigers present position he was
| too far of to Eazard shot; he therefore
| slowly and cautiously came nearer, watch
! ing every movement OF the tiger a. II l3J
| there glaring at T.
While g was yet forty yards off, the
tiger suddenly aroused itself and crouched
for bound on T. q fired ~ once, and
by the greatest luck shot the brute III the
eye, and thus saved P's life.
L himself had no idea that help was nj
hand, as he had never dared take his eyes
of the man eater.
ON measuring the animals. P's tiger was
not large one, but beautifully marked
Ii was feet inch in length, while Us
was a fairly large one being ~ feet
inches from tip % tip. Ny leopard OILY
measured feet but it was good sk
Durin0 all this excitement the pooi
cOol;e. who had been ma1.ed, was forgot
ter | asked, however, what Lad been
done with him, and vas told he had been
buried, beina dead ard horribly ngnSled.
Thus ended the hunting for the day.
rnd We returned to our tents well satisfied
with the days snort
Soon after dinner we turned into bed
utterly tired out, and because we were go
ID g out early the next day 10 beat large
Jungle said TO be full OF game.
At the next morning we started with
elephants and our horses, and ranged
the whole jungle, but failed TO rouse the
tiger from his lair. On getting into the
open G saw an animal going away across
the plain, and recognized it as tiger cat.
To mount our horses aud pursue was the
work Of few seconds, smart gallop for
,f 10 kv,f ,rhf al Hs
az il, and A shot ii with his revolver, kill
ing It at once This was the only sport we
had, and in consequence returned rather
discontentedly to our camp not having
had great amount of sport.
About : O'Clock that evening man
a,me running in To say tiger had just
seized his wife and gone oil with her TO a
low range OF hills about Il mile away.
Up we all three started and determined
70 slay the brute somehow. Calling our
zunboarers and few coolies we followed
the informer, and before long struck the
trail Of the tiger, which we followed as
quickly as possible, his trail being marked
by shreds OF cloth and drops Of blood.
After following for nearly - mile we
came up TO large cave 10 which the trails
led and q walked up 10 the month of it
and laid down trying TO discover the ami
mails whereabouts.
Before long he said: II can see its eyes
and am going to shoot, 50 get out OF the
way. in case do not Kill it. We got on
one side, fully expecting TO see q maused
If he missed his aim, and for moment
our hearts stood still.
e.. raised his rifle and fired, and close
following his report came u roar that
shook the earth, and large yellow ball
shot through the air right over e. and
into the jungle behind q jumped up
and rushed into the cave, only to find the
poor woman shapeless mass, having
been fearfully bitten about the neck,
arms and face.
We followed the tiger, which was badly
hit, marks Of blood being on the trail.
Shortly we came up 10 him, lying under
a bush and licking his right shoulder.
Il fired and hit it, but not mortally,
G. and / then fired together, when the
animal bounded straight up into the air
and fell dead The natives instantly
crowded round end burned his whiskers
Off, hurting abuse at his relations as every
hair was burned. This is intended as
mark Of direct insult to the dead animal.
The tiger itself was old and NANCY
sign Of its being man eater, but meas
ured 10 feet 8 inches We turned back TO
our tents, and found letters ordering our
return TO headquarters. as trouble was
brewing on the frontier. We left with
regret, but meant to return ii possible, 50
housed our tents in village near Our
bag consisted Of four tigers, three leopaIds
and a tiger cat Thus ended my first
tiger hunt; pleasure mixed with danger
and excitement, which stimulaDts suit the
temperament OF every ardent hunter
y Morris t"Young Ramrod') in New
York Star.