The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08

1 It was well into the afternoon before l the guides who preceded the rest of the party by about two hundred yards, ! gave the singal to halt. Hardly was l this accomplished when shot was fired by one of the native hunters in the van of the procession, and a second later magnificent specimen of tiger i hood bounded out of the thicket and, snarling more with surprise than rage, made for a dense patch of shrubbery between the first elephant and the se- cond on which were Col. Ellis and his attendant.
 Evidently the tiger one of the larg- est we encountered during the eXpedi- ton, had been caught mapping nap during the heat of the day-and was more startled than hurt. But before he gained the shrubbery se- cond shot shattered his foreleg. Then began an astonishing spectacle.
 Instead of turning at bay, as so many story writers recount of wound ed tigers, this one gave a prodigious leap into the air and began revolving with lightning like rapidity. At the same time He bit and tore at the dam- aged leg with sort of blind fury as though it were the offender. Clouds of dust from the sunbaked earth soon hid him from view as h@lunged on, snap ping and saarling with rage.
 As it was impossible to follow on the elephants, Col. Ellis and three natives dismounted despite all warnings, and set out in pursuit of the wounded monster We drove our elephant as far into the thicket as possible and Ianxiously waited.
 In what was really a few minutes later, but seemed an hour, one of the hunters came running and yelling to- ward us, Then came a second, follow ed by Col Ellis, who, he said subse- quently, was attracted simply by the shouts He had hardly emerged from the thicket when we were mortified to see the wounded tiger dash into the open; not thirty paces back
 Instead of retreating this time the enraged brute advanced on the Colonel who, taken by surprise, had only time to take quick aim and fire He missed.
 My husband, unfortunately, was dismounted by the rope hunting ladder at this moment, and the thicket ob- structed the aim of the other mounted hunters. The three natives on foot were to badly demoralized to do any thing but run.
 So, scarcely hoping that it would do any good, I rested my small bore Mar tin-Henry against the post of the hou- dah, and, remembering that the shoul- der of the tiger was the best target, took rapid aim and fred To my as- tonishment, which quickly turned to joy theslendid brute bounded fully ten feet into the air and then fell in a heap, Another bullet from Col. Ellis soon made death sur,
 On measuring the animal he was found to be fourteen feet from nose to tail and weighed 1,2S0 pound, His hide now decorates our home in Bonn bay.
 This, incidentally, was the only tiger we bagged during the first two days of Tour journey into Assam jungle, though we sighted at least score Of them Very much to my surprise, the jungle monarch seemed to be a timid rather that formidable brute under ordinary circumstances. This, however, was ony the case of discretion proving to be the better part of valor, for there lis beyond question no naimal so daring and fercious as the Bengal tiger when Ithere is no alternative for him.
 On the third day, acting upon infor- lmation of the guides we made a wide detour with the object of joining a party of villagers, neighbors of the aforementioned man eater victims, who had organized an expedition for nett ing such of the jungle rulers as were in the immediate neighborhood. And as a source of entertainment the detour proved to be well worth while. l had long wanted to see a tiger netted and never was there a better opportunity to witness the dramatic performance.
 Once a netting expendition is an nounced, the natives assemble as if by magic, gather up their poles, nets spear and a beggarly quantity of food and sally forth on long and weari- some journey involving many days and nights of travel So profound is their fear and hatred of the tiger that they cheerfully pick their way through all most impentrable jungles, with the agility of monkeys, arriving at length at the spot which the nemy is believed to be frequenting.
 Their poles on this occasion were up ward of twelve feet long, since the leap of an enraged tiger has to be seer u be credited It may be wondered how these natives can plant their nets and pols in the jungle densities.
 But, as a rule, the lair or habitat oi the tiger is not altogether in the thlcket one side of their sleeping places usual ly fronting on an open space. This is we'll known to the natives, who custo. marily erect wall of netting witt crescen ends and with the beaters St arranged that mistake is seldom mad in prejudging the spot where the corn cred animal will ade a dash for liberty
 We arrived just as the nets were be- ing erected, and 1t reminded me of cir GUS men putting up the tents for 3 one night stand. Working in com plete silence, using not only their him. ble fingers, but even their teeth and , toes, in tying and tightening knots they also made adroit use of branches and tree trunks to afford the netting additional strength.
 This done the headman posted his beaters, musicions and spearmen al