The sun., 1906-05-06
A WOMAN TIGER SHOOTING.
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aad fhbaa preserved Nv native states and
pfstl,lcs,l n ppsaibls ahun Raiah wishes
N slsow sp,rt n his a'ies'a
A. instance ihs swampv islands ~ ths
mouth n the iIuaii fiear islsu,ls swarm
with tiaefs ~ mueh ar that we were crediblv
informed that ihe heeprr u ligh,huu~a had
sbot i've from his winsinw IN q ysar The
dsnss and iInpenetfahis cpver however.
rendefs ahootina work n aupfemr danger
aud diasomfort and the chancr ~ success
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hind We wefe sh1wn ~ Jsipur whis thefe
laea year. writes q correspondent ~ the
Ladies' FisH W. we're pointed out ~
Isolated patch ~ Jungle Cat tho very most
sone half nil- s,Iuafci and we're t7ld that
they we're already placing kills In " With
Wow 10 ths prinre N Wales shooting
there during hia yisi, Moreover, our
informant. a high Official, informed W. u
the eHaot number of tigers namely. seven
which would he there. Hta Royal High.
ness has since killed his first tiger from
this very strip of Jungle
The shoot of which ain describing
beat, while belonging 10 tho second clas-,
Ia Of more sporting description than the
naNa 4 havs, InaE uluga
In one Of the big reserves Of the state of
Hyderabad. The Ni2am, himself u keen
sportsman, takes a lot Of trouble over the
game OF all sorts in his territory and manages
his tiger shooting la the following way:
He has one district reserved for himself
alone and only shot by himself and his per-
sonal guests. In this reserve Of late years
none but royalty or viceroy has shot
Roughly, Il is about 1000 square miles.
He has another reserve apportioned for
guests or visitors, and this Is about 10 900
square miles, speaking very roughly.
The rest of tiger shooting and some Of
II is very goods drawn for by yearly
applicants. a certain preference however.
being given 20 officers quartered on the
spot more sportsmanlike and un-
selfish system it Is hard TO imagine, es-
pecially when it is remembered that even
in the third portion two years ago two
guns killed, think it was. fifteen tigers.
However, 1t was in the second reserve
that the Nizam was kind enough to ask my
husband and myself TO shoot. Nothing can
exceed the hospitality Of many OF the Indian
Ra jahs, and certainly nothing that of the
Nizam. Tents, food. wines and rico are
provided daily and carried immense dis
tanoes, and nothing is left undone to insure
the comfort Of his guests With regard
to insuring sport it is different.
On this occasion We break IA sted at 3,
and soon afterwards our shikari came in
to report, and his report was good. Two
buffaloes were killed, and by the "pugs'
or "spoor' he was enabled to say that there
had been one very large tigress and three or
four fine cubs or burra butchas, {. e.. big
little ones. A tiger having killed eats.
having eaten carries away the remains.
and lies up by it during the heat Of the day
to scare away iackals or vultures. 30 that
he may gorge on 1t for supper. A tigers
strength is 80 great that no will carry in his
jaws young bull equal in size to Jersey
COW for mile or more often without letting
anv portion touch the ground,
Having reported. our shikari goes to
tions for beat, He also attends TO the
fixing Of maohans, as our little platforms
In the trees are called. At about noon he
returns, and We all start out, for a twelve
mile ride How hot 1t is One cannot
touch ones rife barrel in the sun, and even
the saddle seems nearly to blister youl
The jungle is too leahess to give much
shade, while the dead leaves orackle 30
underfoot that 1t seems as II every tiger in
the State must hear.
Eventually we come up to the coolies,
2ss OF them, and motley crowd they are.
Some carry sticks, some weird old guns,
some gongs, some rattles and some bombs,
and all give the impression that they would
rather be at home minding the children than
driving tigers. We leave then, marshalled
under shiltari, and 90 on some two miles
further ia. pla ces. As we are now passing
close to where we hope our tiger is caution
Is observed
The last mile is done on foot, and when
by accident put my foot on dry leaf the
shikari turns round with such furious
find our machan, some four trees stretched
across pass between two rocky hil l
may here mention that our guns no four
Major c., Mr.. H., my husband and myself.
/ am armed with a .SOS Mannlioher, really
too light a weapon unless the bullet is very
accurately. placed.
We had previously drawn for places
and Major c. had drawn the post on the
right, which il accounted the best, then
my husband, then myself, and then Mr.. H.
Our seats are some feet up, and we get to
them by frail bamboo ladder which sways
the seat itself when get there, and feel that
as far as am concerned he will be an un-
lucky tiger who dies. The ladder is taken
away and tucked up In the most unoom.-
Portable attitude. / wait. Ones ears and
eyes are on tension for the slightest noise