New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-11

-. -,,oss vulgar errors which the learned
ST. 7-bon1as Browne delighted 10 dissect tn4t 'ne
t,xe- Is found only in Upper INDIA we spe1N
.1e~t,1IIv Of him the RoyaI bNhsaI
obli1,iors Of the fact that his habitat Is 'he -
- 80, the River Anur TO Java. from TURK
a., Georgia 70 SaghaIen- In characteristics &c
s4ant cat differs almost as widely as MS nu--a-
,.uoz, creatures The tiger OF northern
bss a shaggy coat. enabling MIN 10 Nlthsl-I-t %
-c+ic v,fnter and having nothing 10 Year out tHe
--s, -,,rv vvea pons he is more audactous
49, hts sleek corgener the banks OF the Ganges
nd Brahmaputra- In Central Asia. Wnere ne mas
% 40 with martial population he IS determines
oa+,1e no.cber but is perfectly harmless 70 man
kind r 5000
sorne curious particulars from my Russian hos's
bearing on his gentleness OF dlsPosluon- a -
woman was spinning one day last autumn d '.0
door Of her hut near the Syr Darya. Vhile her Ci4
dren played around her. when useF s.
FINN, the reeds which cIothe the river BANK pusl-u
aside the housewife. stepped gingerly over her i7
ones and curIed himself UP in dark corner o. '1e
bovel for a comfortable nap The family dld no.
rice 20 the occasion Regardless Of the duties OF
ros,i,sIi,v they gave the alarm at the nearest
military post and a party OF TUrkestan rlheIlel
soon arrived and did the poor beast 70 death- Inc
only instance on record OF injury inflicted oy a
Central Asian tiger on European was the result
NJ The mans own foolhardiness- A young orneer'
~hfra s,1-yevtng in the interior learned that one
had taken refuge IN deserted cottage n c4lie
- -oOf scoooed hole in the hard cay WHICH
o,,-e-ad II and inserting his hand armed with
--orva- bIazed away at random. The startled
feature within sprans and. seizing MS essli-
-. b. the arm BIT II or. The explanation OF this
sance Of the ferocity prOverbally associated with
81 tiger Is 10 be found in the operation OF heredity
II-itJ animals learn bitter experience that II
q, yearly becoming more dangerous 10 modest hu-
r,an beings and they transmit this acquired knoNl-
10 20 their offspring. In old days a tiger had
T,,,,aId Dalgetty's contempt for bows and arrows
I'D f.It that he was 4 match for sportsman
9-r,sd with a single barreIled gun which IT was
-,Dossfble 70 load and prime In less than minute
Things assume different aspect In his eyes when
he has 70 encounter breechlOadtns rifles. not 10
sneak Of repeaters which can pump CONTINUOUS
stream OF lead into his carcass
More than a century ago q son Of the tllustrious
Sir Thomas Munro. TO whom Madras owes her sys-
TEN OF taxation on land lost his life BY eatas-
trophe which would nowadays be impossible he
was Il cadet on board indaman bound for Cal
cttta While his vessel waiting for pilot on
saugor at the mouth o, the River HoOsiy he went
ashore with party OF brother officers 20 shoot IN
the Jungle with which that forbidding island was
then as now covered. On returning 10 the beach
the young men Iii huge hre as a signal 70 tne
they were exchanging ir1pressionn Of the strange
land which they had seen for the nrst time whsn
tiger their midst with DlooocuftihiS
roar. seized the unhappy Munro by the meek anu
dragged him into the depths OF the forest
Tigers have greatly detsriorated in Bengal sines