St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-20
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.

fact small but stout log house. Wit
. door connected with figure 4" In
side. We baited this trap with fres
meat. but the lions would not enter Il
Alter 1t had been unvisited for tw
days took my gun and started in tha
direction. This was at about te
o'clock in the morning. approaches
the trap from the side where the doc
was fitted and peered in. to find tn
bait untouched. As I Strengthened u
one OF the biggest lions ever sav
turned the corner of the pen. an,
We were face to face. think he ha4
been lying in the shade on the othe
side. had my gun in my left hand
and realized that any movement OF
my part would be q signal for him {,
attack. The lion was a. much aston
ished as l waA Indeed. his first ide,
was to drop his tail and bolt At frs
l could have put my right hand out and
laid it on his nose. but presently
he shifted ut me and backed OF TO I
distance Of about ten feet and ther
stood and stared ut me. ] stared back
Is was the only thing I could do Hs
was neither hungry nor petulent. and
he finally lay down and rested his head
on his paws and kept his great yellow
eyes steadily fastened to mine. l stood
like stone for about ten minutes.
Then l sank to my knees. feeling tha,
II did not l should soon lose my equi-
librium. As / went down he rose up
with a menacing growl and scenes
about to spring. but rs / remained
quiet he sank down again and resumed
his stare.
Twas dangerously fascinated By the
stare Of this beast. and by and by
felt a strange exultation and wanted to
shout and wave my hands I really
believe should have advanced upon
him had we been left uninterrupted
two minutes longer. One of the na-
tives followed after meH and as the
sound of his footsteps M the brush
reached the lions ears he whined and
seemed uneasy. and finally made bolt
for the thicket / was still on my
knees when the native came. and was
so weak all day that remained in
camp.
Near Kharme. In Brrmah, some ma
tfves once came about twenty miles to
beg Of me to return with them and rid
their village Of the presence Of q man
eating tiger. went with them In
hopes to catch the beast alive. We
Iound his lair in mass Of rocks in the
midst Of thicket. and also the water
hole from which he quenched his
thirst We dug pit in the path he
used. but every beast. except the one
wanted. fell into it. / therefore deter
mined to shoot the tiger a. he came to
rink. One night. when he had killed
md partially devOured q COW early in
he evening. I took . native and re-
,aired to the water-hole. 1t was then
eleven o'clock at night and the tiger
night be expected along at any mo-
nent first took position under . |
rec just above the water. but after q |
ew minutes moved ten feet to the left,
md gave the native my place. We
vere armed with shot-guns heavily |
and intended to kill the tiger
t the first fire whether We saved an
nch of his skin or not We had been
n place about fifteen minutes when
he native suddenly shrieked out that
he tiger had got hold of him. II
prang up. and it was not 90 dark but
hat I could make out some animal
baking and worrying him. Ishouted
nd ran forward, and as the beast
'heeled upon me I fired and rolled
i'm over. The native was not dead.
ut 90 badly wounded that he
wed only two days I supposed.
I course. that he had been attacked
y the tiger. but when I came to
trike light and investigate discov-
red that l had killed . panther. The
east was perched on . limb OF the
ee directly over the spot I had at
st selected. and had retained it he
ould have made me his victim in
ACE Of the native. Il
One more instance; was out one day
ith o native in the province Of Siam.
oking up the lair Of . panther which
ID worked great havoc. when We sat
'wn in the shade to rest / had been
} the night before, and soon fell into
browse. The man dared not awaken
9. and yet was too cowardly TO 10
ain beside me. He therefore quietly
imbed q tree. and I went sound
leep. had been In this condition
II IN hour, according TO his calcula-
IN. when q great rock snake came
It OF ledge . few yards away and
preached me. This species Of SER
mt is kin to the pythons and anacon-
S, only much more fierce and active. q
le native saw, but dared not speak. Il
he aroused me / was certain to moev Q
d receive the terrible fangs and the
adly embrace. He said that the i
AXE crawled over my legs three or .
II times. and twice it seemed on the q
int Of striking me. and had I moved q
the slightest I would have been t
'de . victim. Happily for me. 4
lmbered on; and by and by the Ger. Z
ut went OF through the brush. and .
native dropped from his perch and b
)used me.-N. Y. Sun. lib
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