The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-07-04
IN A LIONS DEN.
EXCITING ADVENTURE OF PARTY OF
HUNTERS IN CHINESE WILDERNESS.

EXCITING ADVENTURE OF PARTY OF
| HUNTERS IN A CHINESE WILDERNESS.
Shanghai China correspondence New
York Herald: A huge tiger was killed
near Annoy in March last, the hunt being
marked by number of exciting features.
The hunting party consisted of Messrs.
Cuilinson, Des V0ux, Harding, and
Leyburn, and eight native hunters, the
latter armed only with spears and torches.
They were out several days, beating
many ravines unsuccessfully and finding
| only tracks and traces of tigers. Then
they reached where Leyburn had shot
tiger year before, wounding him sever
ely but failing to secure him. The fol-
lowing account by one of the party refers
to the same den in the rocks to which
the wounded beast retreated:
cit cleared mp about breakfast time,
and We proceeded liesnrely to the. Scave
about II o'clock. Collinson took cal
lens Rock" Des Veux 'Harding's Rock
and LeybGrn and placed ourselves near
tie bridge entrance. Tue native hunters
went in below the bridge. From the
marks they made out tiger had been
lying below the bridge, but had shifted
higher up.
A TIGER CORNERED
CATER they had been In half an hour,
some of them came out much excited and
said they had coruered a big tiger. A
few remained in the cave holding torches
in the beasts face, while the rest carried
in bundles of brushwood and gradually
built him in. This building in took long
time, and consisted ia closing mp with
brushwood all the holes by w,tica the
tiger could charge.
"Then we were invited to wa . ~ and
kill the beast. | must say that I'D not
feell bit inclined for this part of the
programme, but old Quatremain Ley
burn] was right Oh 1t, aud 50, after much
discussion. in we went We went down
into the cave from the bridge entrance
| by ladder about twelve feet long, and
scrambled on, mostly on hands and
knees, for about thirty yards, lighted by
| torches. 1t was very wet and muddy,
and the atmosphere was stuffy aud ill
smelling.
IN THE DEN.
CAT last we got to where the tiger was
built in, and the first thing We saw the
skull and bones of the old tiger Leyburn
| had killed at the bridge entrance il Janu.
airy, 1888. In front of US We're two piles
Of brushwood closing two holes, behind
which was the live tiger.
"LeybGrn scrambled and was pushed
up a slippery, sioping rock, and then one
of the hunters removed fagot, and
| LeyburD found big ii ger with his head
| about five feet from him looking dazed
at the glare of the torches. He aimed
as well as he could by the uncertain
| light, between his eyes and fired, kuock-
ing him down.
The hunter instantly replaced the
| fagot, and we heard the tiger roaring
and scuffiing about behind the brush
wood. In minute or so all was quiet,
| aud we all waited and listened and could
hear the brute breathing heavily.
ONLY WOUNDED.
eve had to crouch behind the brush
wood nearly an hour before the hunters
veutured to peep III over it. Then they
! began most cautious iuyestiga-
ton, removing a little brushwood, look
ing in, aud quickly replacing the wood.
| At length they seemed satisfied that the
| tiger was not Killed, but had gone on.
and rushed in with torches and spears,
we following as well as we could.
'After moving about ten yards We
came up to two more holes or passages,
aud the men shouted that they conld
see the tiger. l was hoisted up on a
nearly perpendicular rock, and saw a
yellow head about five feet below my
left hand. | fired 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
could nearly touch him with the barrel Of
my gun. He was close to hole little
to my right, where Leyburn and Quilp
| Zone of the hunters) were standing.
THE TIGER KILLED.
81 fired into his neck this time and
| dropped him, and he fell with his ear
| close to me, and as he still moved fired
| into him right behind the ear, finishing
him off.
"Leyburn's shot had gone in above
the nose, knocking his head about aw-
fully, and my first shot had entered
about three inches below the eye, and yet
with two awful wounds in the hea from
bullets he had managed to move about.
1.-The atmosphere in the cave was by
this time simply suffocating, and we
We're glad enough to get out, after being
| in there an hour and a half. All the men
came out and had food before dragging
| the beast out. lie was a very heavily
built tiger, measuring feet l0} inches
| as he lay, his skin two days later, meas
uripg IL feet 3 inches. We had trium-
phal procession back to the boat, but
managed to keep the natives off, and
then began the grewsome operation of
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