The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-12


 Arriving at the village of Deypoora
 three miles from Ruttenghur fort, we
 were told of a tiger that had lately
 killed very many buIocl1s, so we start
 ed with several men to look him up
 We were taken to raVine in the
 plains, named Loonee, and had taken
 up our position on a rock ledge when
 we recalled by man who had seen the
 tiger He directing us to the spot, we
 cautiously advanced, and, looking over
 the steep bank of the ravlne saw the
 tiger stretched out at full length just
 three yards or less below us. He look
 ed up and grinned horribly. We in stanely gave him a bullet each, where
 upon he sprang into the cover below and was out of sight even before we could get a second shot. On going down the bank we soon found drops of blood and easily carried these on for some distance down the ravine, when all at once they entirely ceased The ground was bare sheet rock or large slabs of fiat stones, so no footprints could be discovered. After going on some little distance we met man tend- ing herd of goats who denied having seen the tiger pass, and indeed 1t was but too evident from the unconcerned manner in which the goats browsed and cropped the bushes around that they had seen no such formidable animal lately. So we retraced our steps to again search for the blood, when sud- denly man by signs pointed to a cave formed by a large ledge of rock that knnW meaning though it much surprised us, for we had only just passed close by this very place, looking for the tigers prints.
 All the men as usual were at once ordered to safe distance In the rear, while placing our spare guns before us, we knelt down to polish off this tiger at an unpleasantly close distance, for we were prevented by steep bank be- hind us from going farther back, and view could not be obtained from any other point. As 1t was, all we could make out were the tigers eyes shining very clearly in the dark cave, with an indistinct outline of it's face. We sll- ently agreed to fire together on the sig nal, "One, two, three" being given by one of us. On the smoke clearing away we were delighted to see our foe stretched out stiff on his back, the white of his belly being uppermost and very visible. On going nearer two small holes, one over each eyebrow, from which streams of blood flowed caused us to congratulate each other on our good aim. We now walked close Yup and saw that the cave in which this tiger had tried to hide himself, al- though it had but small entrance, was large enough inside.
 While talking over our lucky shot, we observed one of the tigers arms slowly move, but as if from mere mus cular action, caused by its weight and the position the beast was lying in. On noticing this, I suggested that an- other shot should be given to make sure, but Little lightly objected, on the ground that it was only uselessly mak- ing holes and so spelling the skin. On this I agreed to fire where our knives would first be used In taking off the victims jacket. So at once, while we were looking into the cave, without put ting my gun to my shoulder, I placed its muzzle opposite the tigers chest and fired the remaining loaded barrel All this time, the men who from a distance had seen us so near the tigers den, came running up toward us in a great state of delight at their enemy being killed, for so they and we both thought | was indeed the case. Instead of which, | no sooner had I fired, than with a | frightful roar, up jumped the tiger as lively as ever. With one bound, Little, who is remarkably strong and active, rrQt n a nf fba bfrr1, rock that formed the tigers cave Here | he kept guard with this spare loaded l barrel pointed over the mouth of the | den; cur other guns we had left on the | ground or walking up to first look at | the tiger. For my part, in the most | dreadful state of alarm I at once | rushed through the men who had now | come up and were crowding around us, | upsetting three or four and myself in | 50 doing.
 For the moment there was a terrible | panic, and, the ground being very un- even and stony, everybody seemed to fall over and trip up everybody else | Some climbed small trees like monkeys while others in their fright ran clear out of sight without stopping to look behind All this time the tiger was roaring awfully. I fully believed he was outside the cave, killing each man as he caught him, instead of which. be- ing much confused, he luckily remained in the den around and around which he kept walking, seemingly without be- ing able to find his way out At last, gaining my legs, I snatched up gun, and climbing up small thin tree just in front of the den. There were two men already in the slight tree, so it's branches bent down unpleasantly close to the ground without weight From this point l fired twelve more shots, at only twelve yards distance, into this ti- ger before he was quiet. Only his fore arm and lower part of his belly could be hit every time he appeared at the mouth of the cave. All now being still, we came down from our high posts and this time found the beast really dead, riddled with bullets. The appear ance of the ground was very laughable. z Guns drums, bows, spears, shoes, tur- . bans were scattered all over the place. | Some poor fellows were sadly bruised