The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-22

thunderstruck to see a tiger spring out of
the door. As subsequent investigation
proved, ne was crouched between the ham,
per and the wall. and had been IN hiding all
tne time was in the hut Why did he not
attack mei He might have been frightened
at the storm, as many savage beasts are, or
my Ooldness in walking in upon him may
nave ratified him. Unfortunately, he re-
covered his courage as soon as he left the
nut nut. Inc searching party was directly in
hls path to cover, and he charged right
among the men and knocked one Of the
natives down, and stopped long enough to
nnlct bite which resulted in death.
On subsequent trip, year later, and
further to the south, had another odd en-
counter with tiger. 1t ought to have
cost me my life, and why it did not no tiger
hunter has ever been able to satisfactorily
explain. We had been in the village of
Syderpul for three days, three
white men and a dozen attend
ants. seeking to destroy a man-eater
who had created great havoc, when the
beast came out of a jungle just atsundown,
seized an old man seated in front of a hut
not 2U0 feet from us, and reached cover
with his prey before we got the alarm. We
raised a great shout and discharged our
rifles after him, but he replied with a
growl and kept on. In this case, and in
this alone, saw the tigers method of car
rylng off human being He seized the
man by the shoulder and gave the body a
TWIST until the weight of it rested on his
back, and he trotted off under the burden
rs II 1t did not weigh ten pounds. There
was howl all over the village, and the old
mans relatives, who were many, set up
such walling as made evening hideous.
We could do nothing that night, but were
astlr early next morning, and were not
long In tracing the tiger to a dense thicket
IN the bed of a ravine a mile away. He had
not carried the body there, however. Being
either sharp set with hunger or Over-bold
in self-confidence, he had stopped within
forty rods of the village for his horrible
feast, and only some fragments of clothing
AMI few bones were left to tell the poor
mans fate. Our beaters not only found
the tiger at home, but he was defiant and
ready for fight. Twice he charged up the
steep bank to find that his tormentorS had
taken refuge in trees and escaped him. He
finally retired to the center of the thicket
to bide his time We flung stones at him, and
hred several bullets into his retreat, but
while he growled his rage he planned to
wait until he could get an advantage The
leader Of our party was afraid the beast
would sneak off unseen, and he stationed us
TO prevent such an occurrence. went to the
head of the ravine, and there found great
rock. | took my station on the left of it.
looking down upon the thicket, and the
heaters redoubled their exertions to drive
the tiger out.
had been at my station about ten min
utes when L felt, rather than heard, the
presence of something, and l wheeled about
to find that man-eater standing before me
and hardly arms length away. We looked
square into each others eyes, but that was
the only effort could make. l was seem
ingly frozen to the earth. had been per-
spring as | turned, within ten seconds
was as cold as a naked man in midwinter.
l don't know how long we stood there, but
presume it was not over a minute. The
heaters were yelling ard shouting and ring
ing bells, but my ears did not take in a
single sound. The tiger dropped his lip
and growled, or seemed to growl, advanced
one forefoot as if about to spring, and then
suddenly turned and bolted across the open
into the jungle. Then, like woman, 1
tainted dead away, and it was ten minutes
later before l came to and found
myself fat on the earth and three
or four of the heaters standing
over me and crying out that the sahib
had been tmaued to death by the retreat
ing tiger. was not injured in the slight
est, but the scare got unnerved me for
long weeks