Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-08-01
IN a TIGERS DEN.
Exciting Adventure of a Party of HuEtef1
5n = Chinese Wilderness.

aH a GR:DeSe
A hugo tiger was killed near Annoy
In March last. the hunt being marked
by a number OF exciting features. The
hunting party consisted of Messrs,
CuIlinson, Des Veux. Harding and
Leyburn, and eight native hunters, the
latter armed only with spears and
torches. They we're out several days,
beating many rayineS unsuccessIulIy
and finding only tracks and traces OF
tigers. Then they reached place
where Leyburn had SHOT a tiger year
before, wounding him severely oua
failing TO secure bin. The following
account By enc of fire party reietsfo
the same den in the rocks to which
the wounded beast relocated:
1T cleared up about breakfast timo
and VIC proceeded leisurely to the
cars ab0ut eleven o'clock. COllinson
tool, ALIENS rock, Des FUux Hard
ing's rock and Loyburn and I placed
ourselves near tie bridge entrance
The native hunters went in below the
bridge. From The marks they made
out that a tiger had been lying down
below the bridge, hut had shifted
higher up.
After they had been ia half an hour
some of Them came out much excited
and said they bad 'colnered' 4 big
tiger. \ few remained in The cave
holding torches IL the beasts face
chile the rest raITied In bundles Of
brushwood and ';radually built him in.
This building "a took d long time and
consisted in closing up with brushwOod
ali the holes by which the tiger could
charge.
Then we were invited to waltz in
and kill the beast. I must say that I
did not feel &c bit inclined for this part
of the programme, but old Quartermain
Oeyburn) was right on it aad after
much discussion in we went. We
went down into the cave from the
bridge entrance by q ladder about
twelve feet long and We scrambled on,
mostly Oh hands and knees. Cor about
thirty yards, lighted By torches. II
was very wet and muddy and the at
mOsphere WAS stuiTy and ill-smelling.
at last we got to where the tiger
was built in, and the first thing we
saw was the skull aud bones Of the old
tiger Ieyburn had killed at the bridge
entrance in January, 1888. In front
of lis were two piles of brusLwood clos
ing two holes, behind which vas the
live tiger.
'Leyburn scrambled ana was pushed
up Il bit Of slippery, sloping rock, and
then one OF the hunters removed Il
fagot and Leyburn found a big tiger
with his head about five feet from him
looking dazcd at the. glare of the
torches. He aimed as we'll IS he could
by the uncertain light between his eyes
and fred, knocking the beast down.
The hunter instantly replaced tho
fao0t ana we heard the tiger roaring
and scuiling about behind the brush
wood. In d minute or so all was quiet
and we all waited and listened and
could hear the brute breathing heav-
lily.
I'VE had to crouch behind the
brushwood nearly an. hour before the
hunters ventured 30 peep in over il.
Then they began a most cautious in
vestiGatiou, removing a little brush
wood looking in then quickly replac-
ing the brushgood. At length they
seemed satisfied that tho tiger was not
killed, but had gone en- They took
Down part Of the brusawood Gni rushel
in with torches and spears, we fellow
ing as well as we could.
AFTER moving about ten yards We
came up TO two more holes or passages,
and the men shouted that they could
see the tiger. / was h0isted up on q
nearly perpendicular rock and saw
yellow head about Re feet below my
right hand. l frad'into the center of
it. and as soon as the smoke cleared
the beast appeared in another hole
about five feet above my right hand,
so that l could nearly touch him with
the barrels of my guns. He was
close to & hole a little TO my right,
where Leyburn and Quilp (two of the
hunfSrs) were standing.
Il fired into his neck this time and
dropped him, and he fell with his ear
close to me- and as he still moved
l fired into him right behind the ear,
finishing him off.
'Leyburn's shot had gone in above
the nose knocking his head about
awfulty, and my first shot had entered
about three inches below the eye. and
yet with these two awful wounds in
the head from bullets he had managed
to move about.
THE atmosphere in the cave was
by this time simply suffocating, and
we were glad enough TO get out, after
being in there an hour and q half. All
the men came out and had food before
dragging the beast out He was very
heavy-built tiger, measuring eight feet
ten and half inches as he lay, his
skin two days after measuring eleven
feet three inches. We had a triumphal
procession back to the boat, but man
aged to keep the natives off, and then
began the grewsome operation CT skip
ning."-Shanghai- (China) Cor. N. Y.
Herald.
The old fashion of making bags Of
ribbon joined together with fancy
stitching is again revived. All the
ribbons with pearl feather or lace
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