The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-01

what still regard as rather an original
idea; but about half an hour after the
first streak of dawn, and in light by
which "A carbine is my only excuse
for not dropping him there and then, a
magnificent tiger emerged from the
dense cover and passed within fifty
yards of my tree.
At my first shot the brute bounded
into the air and made a dash in my di-
rection, approaching to within twenty
yards of the tree, where I gave him a
second through the right shoulder.
Witha snarl like that of a dog the ami
NAL disappeared into the cover again,
and / determined, in spite OF our last
fiasco, to try beat again.
Within an hour / had collected thirty
men and sent out coolies to find P.
The animals trail was easy to follow,
for the bushes were splashed with
blood, but the underground was so
thick that in some places it was neces-
sary to crawl on hands and knees. In
this position l suddenly heard roar
from the right of the line-I was at the
centre-and a howl from one of the
men.
Pushing through as fast as / could
found an unfortunate beater hhad lite
rally stumbled on the tiger and got
badly mauled, mis- heel and the sole of
his foot being half torn of. directed
two men to carry him out. and was
! just about to follow when l saw
, through the foliage the yellow and
black stripes of the tiger standing
few yards off and perfectly motionless,
evidently listening to the banging and
the bowling of the beaters, who were
closing round. / took a steady shot at
what imagined to have been his rifle,
and the brute went down with roar,
at which all the men near me fad.
There were many trees around me,
and l hurriedly selected one, for trees
under certain circumstances were
meant for climbing. Before, however,
had got as higa as wished a branch
broke and / came down some fifteen
feet to the ground. There YVES, howev'
er, no sign of the tiger, and l returned
to the open, where l found F. had ar
rived. Between us we bound up the
mauled beater-who had actually been
dropped by his carriers, and had
crawled out alone-and sent him into
the settlement. 49,. ..
Guided by the heaters, who We're now
all up trees, and gave one the impress
sion of sailors elinging to the masts Of
sunken ships, p. and l made another
assault on the cover. The tiger was
snarling and tearing UP the grass With
in few yards of the edge. 1t was I'M
possible to aim at a vital spot owing to
the foliage, so We each gave him a bul-
slet, and again the brute went down
with roar, evidently (by the suose-
quent gasping and ''thundering"D shot
through the lungs. Here we left him
to stiffen or die, while we poured buck
cts OF watsr over each other and cooled
down. Within an hour the painting
sounds had ceased, and soon the freed
heaters called ont that thAe brute was
dead. but not a man would accompany
US even those few yards to find the car
, cass. 1t was now getting late, and as
! 1t was imperative that we should Sc
cure our bag and induce the frightened
villagers to como down from their trees
before 1t grew dark, started into tax
cover alone. As2I crawled cautiously
; in man called out something !, coult
. not catch, but which was a warning
that there were two tigers.
An instant later the bushes to m.
front were shaken violently, and with ;
terrifying roar a smaller tiger, proha
bly, the female, sprang out at me
/, knocking me down backward. Witt
, the brute standing right over me ! dou
. bled myself up, covering my body will
my arms and legs, and after biting m,
several times below the knees the ami
NAL sheered off and l crawled back II
; the open. .
The tiger had won the second pon
and the rubber, for this ended our anna
teur tiger hunt, For some days afte
bringing me back P. was laid UP witt
, sunstroke, while the villagers refuse
! to go near the cover. For all + know
the smouldering skeletons of twenty
nine heaters may yet hang in tbs tree
of the Yikma Jungle. At least some
where hidden in the underground lie
, tiger, whhse skin is destined never Il
grace the hearth Of his enemies. Som
day, when I have recovered from tn
effects Of big game shooting, I am &c
ing to take possession of what is left,