The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-11

| NAIA BtL41Sn Sntnu5ldSiLs clI0 AS 1cll at my first shot. He measures ten feet eight inches, has a perfect coat and l teeth two inches long. It took sixteen
 men to carry him to camp, and did it all myself and it was such a difficult shot! But I must settle down and tell
 you all about it. l am sort of big bug 1 in camp now. The natives bow down and kiss the hem of my dress, for I am the first lady who has ever shot in these l great Jungles An, I am a lucky beg gar. So, just listen while tell you all about it.''
 l We heard a tiger had killed lot of
 deer in piece of bamboo jungle about six miles off, so Timmins Cher husband) , and got about forty beaters together and took up our positions near an open
 space, while the beaters went into the jungle with drums and horns, driving six buffalo in froEt Of them, and made hideous noises Alter about haif an hour, when the beat was nearly up to i my tree, I saw what I first ;ook for a deer gliding through the high grass and bamboo, when suddenly an opening re-
 vealed a huge tiger to my astortshed gaze, He was going full bat, so I sew
 case of then or never. and although
 it was a very blind shot, let bIazc at the vanishing stripes as they flashed ! through the bamboo.
 1 "A roar and rush told me the mons ter was hit, but could see nothing, as
 the jungle was so dense. When the ] shikar came up told him where had i fired and got down, and with loaded rifles we approached the spot where,
 about ten yards from where I fired lay the very finest monster I ever saw, and
 his great striped body did indeed look like slain king of the forest. The sfli- i kar and I all but hugged in our excite
 ment, and when the beaters came up our hurrahs and jubilant exclamations l brought Timmins tumbling down out of
 his tree, and his joy and pride quite ! touched me. The monster was indeed | glorious with his ten feet eight inches
 spread out to their full, his gums rolled
 up showing his enormous teeth and his
 skin in it's prime and, oh! so beautiful 1 ly yellow and black.
 l "I had already shot three bears, two | partners and tiger, besides all sorts 1 of deer and other similar beasts, and when I saw that monster lying there
 slain by my own hands it was the
 proudest and happiest moment of my i life, and I shall never get over the feel ing of exultation."
 On the 23d day of January Mrs. Don- nett writes of further triumphs. T
 have shot another tiger. and had such
 an exciting time, but let me tell you all
 about 1t in as quiet and collected a way as is possible to narrate so thrilling a , tale. Well, word was brought in that a tigress had killed a COW and had
 made an attempt on a mans life, but
 he had avoided her charge. We went l to the scene at once and took up our places, and the beat had just begun when I heard roar after roar. I
 thought she was going to Timmins, and
 was rejoicing, as the poor old boy had
 had no luck, and mine has been the
 lucky gun of the camp. Suddenly, with
 no warning, out she jumped about ten yards from me, and she did look pie
 ture of grand fury as she stood flashing her tail and snarling. It was tco hard
 a shot to be really easy; also having a huge creature all but breathing in my face, seemed to rhesmeriZe me in way,
 and I felt myself trembling all over and
 unable to move, my eyes from her hard green ones. When I fired she made a
 grand spring into clump of bamboos
 and was lost to sight, and she never l uttered a sound When the coast
 seemed clear I blew my whistle, the
 others came up and we found fresh
 drops of blood The grasses and bam- | boos were smeared with blood about a
 foot from the ground, which showed I
 had hit her low in the stomach Well,
 we formed up a line, and inch by inch
 advanced into the jungle, with man
 always ahead. We were just thinking
 she must be dead, and had gone about
 one hundred and fifty yards when a
 man in tree yelled out: 'Zira gissy,'
 which means She is charging In a
 moment every one was trying to save
 himself. It looked like a shipwreck with desperate people clinging to branches, making mighty efforts to
 gain trees, etc. I shinned up small
 bamboo which played see-saw with me between earth and sky, and oh! the
 horror of the downward trip. Tim mins could not gain climbing tree, so he got behind one and was ready to l shoot for his life.
 '"The tigress gave roar and charged past and out by our right flank and did
 not hurt any one. When all was quiet again we crawled out, but as it was dark we made for camp and left her in
 the jungle. Next day a search party went out and found her dead about
 three hundred yards off. She was fine tigress, but small compared to my record one, whose skin is now begged down outside the tent and fills me with
 awe and exultation whenever I look at it.
 We are now out of the dense Chanda
 iungles in fairly open forests. There
 are no bison here but lots of bears, ti-
 gers and partners. There is a small village near and last year nine man.
 eaters got into these jungles and in
 seven months killed one hundred and
 seventy-eight people. MT. Blunt, who
 is forest conservator for the govern
 ment, got eight other men and came here and shot six of the nine tigers. The other three left, but their deeds are periodically recorded, as they go from district to district killing runners, wood cutters, etc.
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