Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-13

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jungle, and ! should imagine about sew
enty or eighty yards away.
After coming somewhat nearer the
| tiger or tlgress, as she really was
stood still and elevated her head. as II
trying 20 see the buffalo, which she
/ evidently dld, for she Immediately
crouched like a cat and commenced
stalking the dead COW in that manner
! have often thought Of this curious
procedure The tigress must have
known that the buffalo was dead aud
could not get away from her, and that
II was an easy matter for her TO re-
plenish her appetite without gong
through the f0rmnltes OF a kill" yet
she Kept creeping nolselessly aud
Rtealthily up 90 within a few yards Of
the carcass, stopping every now and
then, rocking on her feet and gathering
them under her. while her tail which
she carried on the ground straight out
behind her would give a nervous curl
at the tip She then, when within
bounding distance sprang upon the
PROSTATE form, with a soft satisfied.
half growl half purr, smelt about the
haunch or quarter, from which she had
feasted the night befOte. and which. /
may mention, is the part that q tiger
always commences to feed upon, and
so0n began 10 tear and eat, she was in
no hurry, ana every now and then
stopped and listened. After a tlme,
and evidently becoming satisfied she
began to play with piece Of meat she
had torn of, and / saw II was time to
act, as she would evidently soon be of
A GLANCE TO REMEMBER.
She lay over the buffalo almost fac
ing me, but still giving me a fair mark
at the proper spot I iiattened myself
out, and raising my elbows slowly,
brought my rifle quietly TO my Shout
der, She saw me the fraction Of an in
slant before ] pulled the trigger, her
eyes caught mine fair and square, and |
shall never forget them.
had fired by this time the tigress
sprang up, made two tremendous
bounds In rapid succession and the
next instant her head and both fore
paws appeared well onto the top OF the
rock, 10 which she hung. had Jumped
up, but she was 80 close TO me- and the
top Of the rock so narrow. that | could
not get far enough away 20 raise my
rifle to give her the second barrel with
out falling on backward. so / grabbed
the rife By the neck, pistol fashion, with
my right hand. holding the barrels In
my LETT with the intention OF shooting
her through the brain, but before
could do so she fell OF dead, after COW
ering me with blood and froth, which
was escaping from her nose and mouth
Ramlah was down the moment he
saw her fall Oft the rock--she was dead
before she reached the ground-and az
ter salaaming and shahbazng (shah-
baz-bravo) with much profusion, as
sisted me from my perch. and glad
enough was | TO get down and stretch
myself drink n whiskey and soda he
had kept very tolerably cool for me and
light " ripping Beehive cheroot."
have only TO add that when this
tlgress was skinned, which she was
soon after. for il was not long before
dawn, | found she had been hit about
the center Of the shoulder, three-quar-
ters OF the way up. aud In downward
| direction. The bullet had split up ire
mendously, for the heart, lungs and the
entire contents of the thorax were
| blown into a Jelly. mass Of pulp, and
| IN this fearfuly damaged condition the
| tlgress had not only accomplished these
| two tremendous bounds on the ground,
but lad succeeded In sprlnging and
gaining with her head and forepaws
| the top OF a perpendicular rock nearly
sixteen feet high when she was practl-
cally dead
She saw me the fraction Of second
before she was hit and the nervous inn
pulse this created and which was
doubtless intensified by her rage and
fury 10 get at me. had enabled her 10
90 through feat which 20 say the
least, was little less than marvellous.
AT another time, when out after tigers
with two companions, a brother officer
and intimate friend Of mine had shot
and wounded tiger which, notwith-
standing, that Il was badly hit, got
away and was followed all through tho
day. eventually crossing TO reed COW
cred island in the middle Of a shallow
river We had an elephant with us
for such emergencies, and getting into
the howdah we went after him. The
beaters, all OF whom had followed.
lined up on the edge OF the river TO see
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the rushes minute before back he
rushed. trumpeting with terror. the
tiger clinPing 10 his shoulders, and
half into the howdah. In this position
he was shot through the head, but too
low to integere with the brain the
bullet coming out where the throat
Joins the neck entering the chest, and
In turn coming out again at the flank.
The tiger fell from the elephant, who.
panic struck, continued to bolt, he had
almost got out OF the water. on the side
OF which the heaters were standing,
when the tiger, which any one thought
was dead, charged with a roar from
| IN edge Of the PUSHES. the elephant
crashing headlOng into the jungle.
| needless alike OF mahoot. howdah and
occupants; and the heaters. taken bN
surprise, and, like the elephant, terror
| struck as the charging brute bore
| down upon them, with one accord. made
| fer the nearest trees, as fast as their
| legs would carry them. Fortunately.
| there were numbers OF trees az their
| disposal, and al, save one man, sue
cctdcd ~ gaining a place OF safety; he.
| p1or fellow, was too slow 20 get out of
| harms way. but my friend, who after
| WARD measured the height of the limb
| 10 which be was climbing. found II 10
b. eighteen feet from the gound
Allowing foot OF foot and "a half
| Tor the body Of the man, as ne chung,
| with arms and legs 10 the under sur
| fa.e OF the bough. would make him
about sixteen and half feet from the
ground. The tiger however. succeeded
not only In reaching him with one ~
his paws, but struck him just at the
top " the bullock and tore away the
whole " the muscles Of that part. the
Thigh, calf and heel The man and
The uber both fer 10 the ground to-
retder. the latter never moving a mus
Gle, lying. In fact, as he inflicted. with
frightfnl accuracy wound which one
would have considered 10 have been Inn
pcr-'hlc az such a distance from the
ground.
on another occasion. while beating
Tor tiger which had killed COW the
nirht before a similar instance Of this
extraordinary power Of "bottlng up
n ] may use the expression his