The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-27

| all, We're scared almost !" ue"hi p'i"iN
the hunt started.
From the start was puzzled as Ia how
l could use the outfit l did not want ca
| hunt IN front of them. because was
afraid they might shoot me II We flushed
/ any game 4 did not want TO be behind
them because that might prevent me and
1 my companions from getting shot
''Here let me Say that the three men
| with me were all experienced hunters.
| Donaldson, the Scotchman. was one OF
\ the best shots / ever saw-nOt even bar
1 ring Al Huston or Ed Lane OF wyoming.
4 lie had hunted tigers before.
lie was a hard man 10 get along with.
I hut a good man nevertheless. Grant ana
Akers the two Englishmen. were also
| good shots and Cool-hsaded men. They
| had had some experience in tiger huntips
while iu the English army in India.
| well, IL wac finally decided that we
! shonid descend on the brush IN line
with Grant and Akcrs Ian the middle aud
Donaldson on one end and myself on the
other, We walked alo. he ridge above
the raVinc until we Cffnc opposite the
part of the brush in which The tigers were
supposed TO have their lair.
"Then We formed our line and prepared
10 descend upon the brush. The poor
devils began to beat their pans and shout
with qulvering voices. The noise had Just
started when ] heard Donaldsons voice
above IL all shouting Hold on,
"f glanced in his direction aad there he
was. kneeling and aiming with his Marlin
at something across the ravine. / heard
the crack OF hls rifle, aud, looking in The
direction in which he shot, and about 200
yards distant across the raNine on the
hillside, l saw an enormous tiger leap into
the air and fall back stone dead.
NARROW ESCAPE FOR AKERs.
when the coolies saw what Donaldson
had done they felt better. We all started
across the ravine through the brush I'm
some disorder and in considerable haste,
utterly oblivious of the fact that there
were other tigers there. Those poor cool
les had "A hard time travelling In the brush
shackled together TWO by two. In fact.
they were left in the rear.
Donaldson. Akers. Grant myself, and
two or three of the guards had just
reached the dead Tiger when we heard a
most unearthly screaming and screeching
among the coolies in the brush. The
guards fired into the brush with their old
blunderbusses and then took to flight. We
white men hastened down there To- see
what was the matter.
we had not gone far into the brush be-
for | almost stumbled over dead coole
His companion, chained 10 him. was lying
near by with his arm nearly torn OF.
While Akers and | were looking at this
sight We heard Grant cry, Look OUT
Tiger We both cooked our guns and
looked about us
Suddenly there WAS a Hash OF yellow
and a large tiger was I'm the air and on It's
way toward Akers. Fortunately he had
seen IL In time TO raise his rifle. which
was an express with explosive bullet, and
place IL squarely OF the breast Of the
tiger Just as the animal reached him, and
fired. or course, the impact Knocked
AkerS silly. but IL hurt the tiger worse.
THE tiger fell on top Of Akers, but IL
seemed to be paralyzed. IL just crouched
tlf~re without moving. | was only ton
feet distant, and ! took careful aim at the
animals temple aud fired. The bullet
plowcd Its brain aud II rolled over dead.
we examined the animal and found
that the bullet from Akors gun had
struck it's backbone somewhat back Of its
shoulders and had followed the backbone
down az far as the lons before exploding,
III was the strokee on the backbone
that paralyzed the animal and thereby
saved Akers' life. Akers was pretty
badly bruised UP, but not seriously In
jurcd Three coolies were killed and
several others injured.
I'VE found that the tiger Donaldson
had shot had been struck squarey in the
heart. Both animals bore numerous
sears which they had received IN other
hunts Those two anffneis had killed
"The Chinese very seldom hunt tigers.
They generally enirap them, and they are
skilfui in making traps. The favorlte de-
vice Is a deadfall. made by placing iog
40 that IL Will fall and break the animals
back when the trap is sprung
But whenever they do hunt tigers they
make their convicts do all the dangerous
work. The tigers XIII more coones than
the coolies kill tigers
rDnTfDI e. NN-IFrlI 1stILs ANnD
AFTER the tiger hunt II required week
To gather up the convicts and guards.
When that second tiger began To raise
cain in the brush every one OF The guards
threw away his gun and took 10 flight
The convicts did tho same. After my
experience with Chinese hunters ! con-
cluded that / did not want to join any
more OF their parties.
MY troubles with the tigers were no
sooner ended than trouble with the mayor
began.
"ue wanted to take my coolies and put
them in prison In place Of the convicts
who had been killed told him that We
would not stand that kind of an arrange
ment that would have him killed II he
tried 10 take my coolies.
"IIe then refused to pay me the tiger
skins he said he would give VI I would
Kill the two tigers. and last Of all Insisted
on having the teeth and claws OF my
tigers.
Affairs We're becoming somewhat Sc
rions when a party OF Russian surveyors
accompanied by about twenty soldiers arr
rived This party rs / know now, was
one of the parties surveying 2 route for
tho siberian railroad.
II explained my troubles ~ them. and
the captain ~ ne party took the affair
in hand. The captain Was well educated
aud w all respects gentleman. He
spoke uttlc English. when | told him
! was an American he became very
friendly lie said that some years be-
fore at Parts he had met several Amerl-
cans and had also seen General Grant
when the maynr saw that Russian in
nucuce Was on nay side he Immediately
paid me the ten tiger skins and allowed
OIL our party to depart in peace. We
left win the Russians for the Siberian
frontier.
WARREN.
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