The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
FIERCE SIBERIAN TIGERS,
THEY ARE FOUND IN PLENTY ON
MANCHURIA'S BORDER

what do you think Of this for q tiger skinf'
said tho manager OF he fur store. He had
been showing to a Sun reporter some tiger
skins from India. Several Of these we're very
large. measuring eleven foot in length. Inc
skin that he now spread out on tho floor wna
fully twelve feet long and broad in proportion.
Not only in slzo, but in other respects, IL dn'
fered irein the skins he had shown before. On
tho East Indian skins the hair was short ana
fine, the stripes OF black were sharply DEFINED
upon a yellow ground. giving a splendid ap-
pearancc. On tho skin now shown the haiR
was long and thick, having somewhat the char
sctor Of fur; tho colors were duller. the yellow
being pale, the black markings lcss wildly do
fined than in the Indian skins.
at is tho skin Of a Monaghan tiger" the
manager resumed Monaghan 10 the trade
name which we apply to all tiger skins that
come from China and regions beyond to the
north. l happen TO know the history OF this
ono. II came from siberia. 1t sounds strange
to you. no doubt. that there should be tigers in
that bleak part OF the world where you rather
would look for wolves and Russian bears. 10
was strange to mt when / was new In the busi-
ness, but ono finds out many queer things in the
fur trade. Some Of the biggest skins that No
receive come from there. You understand,
when you think OF Il, that Siberia ts 2 very big
region TsET "a, and ID i he st sSS1s' f fE0 Is ii sh the 6 EmoU oe SST.
ley-tho valley Of tho great river that divides
s tsS R1ysiSn ,h pF9 Siberian i 81 tie HmG Sre f found: M 4 4
climate there is. no colder than, in New York
and the tigers nnd shelter in the forests and
Through the summer the Amoor tigers are
shy and usually keep well away from the habi:;
deer, wild pigs and other game for them to prey
on at that season; It is IN the winter that the
tinds it harder to secure food in the forest and
he becomes ravenoug.
ike the East Indian shikaries, make q bust.
ness Of hunting the tiger for his skin, using
skin was obtained in another way. The gentle
man who brought this here to be mounted 70
in Siberia. and the trader who sold It 70 him
told him the story OF the way In which the
"Hon the AMOR River about 800 milos back
from Vladivostocki Is the town Of Moro Tchestras
q place Of some Importance on the frontier.
some unpronounccable name-a little hamlet
Of about twenty houses lying near the river;
was in midwinter, after snow had lain on the
ground for weeks, that the tiger began to come
but presently he Carried OF an old man, and the
Some people saw him and told great stories
Of how big he was, and the size Of the tracks he
The villagers felt that they were not equal 70
dealing with him, and they sent a deputation
asking them to get up a hunting party to come
out and kin the tiger. That was good enough
t tpSilt p private soldiers q rVtt to act oMtG as be w I ' came 0S
Engiishmsp named Norris. Mo GSsnesd TO Is
them a pack of Russian bearhounds to use at q
pinch, although i would have been the same
too late to hunt that day. Tho officers, with
Of the village. The soldiers We're ( Silleted
among the VILLAGERS. and ali hands waited for
the morrow to begin their hunt.
the party In the head mans house sat
rushed 10 II" door to find that 2 soldier had
been carried off by the tiger. His cries were
tsncs, f Sat is y sa@f a.s Sis1nF to 1 try to in Dur tas d IL:
tiger in the darkness 1t Appeared that the
tered, against gain t' the 'a adv fSs of T his So st to ws vi. 9pSSif 81:
comrades In another hut. He never reached It,
on him and carried him OF. In the morning.
the marx" OF the struggle could plainly DO
had prowied Watching the houses Tor a 'V vio skS.
This YVES a bad beginning, but It made every
enc more eager than before TO IN the tiger;
the dogs were left al the %yillsgs; Half = mile
tim. What he had ,istEtp Of the body e had :
meant to hide 1t. From this spot he had gone
straight to the nearest Tatercourse and drank,
where a Buddhist monastery once had stood,
It had been a ruin for centuries, but part OF
| llo u VII uTOhcu UTCncb bJlll WAS bIanQlnR.
The tigers tracks led to a hole where an arch
had partly oaved in and there they ended.
was the next ne to question. The The 81 soldiers I ESH had ann tS SdS
rifles along, but tho order to them was not to
GERS stood before the hoio talking over what
they had better do in the matter. Norris, who
wall with the idea of peertng into the hole and
trying TO r9ut the tiger out with a shot. Before
6S could ont do do t his the hU1I tiger belt dot of his his own &C:
and was among them before ono of them could
tro his rifle. In an instant be had knocked
and turned back toward his don. No one dared
fire for fear Of hitting the man until the tiFe!
wall. but dropped the odieer whom no hPd
nSSrrow hole This gave the EngliShPsn bis
the bullet struckIthat round hole between The
with a die. The tiger did NOT need a second
shot, put he clAwed the officers overcoat clean
IRON @Rh @,' e ShSs as w he t n1t %Sdh FG GHTs. d III. heavy
winter clothes had saved him from that. Norris
Would have kept " I The t, sRin as sT a t ToTlg BUZZ bnt ne ne
Gambled II aToy within a fortnight, and 50 IT
S6sm9 at last FSst into into the traders hands: IT'S z
not too old to have the hnest sort Of skin.
s,oG hV erSr stranger wh3 stays long at vladivo-
other one that the traveller who owns this skin
fiE Hdd me .oro 1t was Of Of an old fellow a native, who
house stood by itself in the forest at some dis
lance from u settlement. He had no gun OF his
own. but one day a party of hunters who were
trying to track down a man eating tiger stopped
sG, h IaSe mouse to rest on their return 70 the
his rife heavy to carry, left 1t with the old man
until he should return that way next day.
That might. a tiger came snufing around the
house and tried to break In. He reared against
the door and struck IT with his nav, but II was
too strongly built and strongly barred for him
70 succeed IN breaking II OPEN, But he smashed
In the shutter of the one small window-it had
no glass and tried TO force his way into the
house through II. IT was small for the tiger,
but he worked his head through and then hie
shoulders and one foreleg.
An. this time the old man was trembling
with fear, not knowing what 10 do. for the
tiger seeIued certain to get into the room at
last, Then no thought of tho hunters rife
leaning in tho corner. He was not accustomed
TO firearms but he knew enough 10 cock il. and
he thrust the InuzZle into the tigers mouth,
and when the brute grabbed It with his teeth
he pulled the ,riEger, That elded the tigers days
In II hurry. When the hunters cane TO tho old
mans hut In the morning they found the man.
eater that they had been after hanging dead
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