Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-27
A TIGER DRIVE.

Wishing 10 sec something Of lungs
famous method OF tiger driving.
vent with three gentlemen OF Mr.
G,rdlesione's Marty to the neighoor'
hood % the Jungle which was 70 Be
beaten an hour or so before the ims
Fixed for the princes start from
eamp. Before we had gone hall
mile. says a correspondent OF the IN
dian Pioneer. we got a glimpse Oh 'hs
scale on which the maharajah con
ducts his operations
For the purpose Of this single beat
upwards Of 40 huis had been con
strucied. only Of boughs and raves "
Is true. but still huts quite as SUD
stantlal a. those which the Taros IN
the Terai consider good enough Tor
permanent habltation. These huts
were built Ia a perfectly straight line
about 20 yards apart. this line being
In fact the chord OF an arc. the arc
itself formed BY a close Gordon OF eie-
phants
BY day for several previous days
these huts. open towards the arc. had
been occupied by groups OF soldiers
and shikaries who by the noise Of
their chatter and the clatter Of their
cooking and wood cutting quite de-
priyed the tigers In the forest In front
OF them Of any fancy for strolling that
way: and by night these sentries had
maintained huge fires between each
hut. which fires had the same result Of
barring the way during the dark
hours In front Of this line OF huts
a path about ten yards vide had been
cleared Of timber 50 a. 20 permit
the convenient approach OF the
princes elephants TO the scene Of ac-
ton.
BY this time the prince and his
party were beginning TO arrive. 50
the maharaJah pushed forward 70
meet him. and We Joined In behind.
Now the plan OF operations. which Is
indeed Of the utmost simplicity. began
20 develop itself The Gordon Of 30
or 40 elephants which formerly men
toned and which marked one end OF
the arc or semi-circle Of elephants.
nov extended themselves IN line. d.
rectly the princes party had passed.
30 a. to form the chord OF the arc.
as far as their number permitted. In
the manwhile. the prince and maha-
rajah. with their followers. proceed
ei along the line OF huts until they
came TO the last. where was the other
extremity Of the arc.
The elephants Of our party (also
perhaps 30 or 40 in numberl were
then extended backward so as TO join
hands with the pad elephants which
had suficed to furnish. say. half the
chord. and then the ring OF elephants
around the doomed tiger was com
plete. Three elephants only were ex-
empted from forming links In this
chain, those OF the prince. the maha-
rajah and Gen. Probyn. These were
within the ring and free 20 20 wher-
ever desirable. all others TO keep In
their places In the circle so far as
intervening trees would permit. and
simply press conyergently TO the cen
ter. Strict directions were given that
no one under any circumstances was
10 IRE except the prince. Even Jung
Bahadur and Gen. Probyn would not
Ore unless in the case OF the princes
extreme peril. Then the ring OF the
elephants. every mahout pressing
toward the same central point and the
prince and his two companions NOV
ing toward tie same point. but with
In the ring. and a little In advance OF
our part Of IL. began TO close in
There were about 400 elephants en-
ployed. | should guess that at first
there may have been on the average
four yards between every two ele-
plants Allow six feet for the breadth
II the elephant itself. and the circle
may be roughly estimated. as a mile
and half round Soon. however. the
interval between the elephants dwin-
died TO three yards. two yards. one
yard. At last. except where the trunk
Of tree interpOsed. the elephants
were almost touching each other.
Before IL had actually come to this
large herd Of spotted deer. with two
fine stays among them. had shown
themselves az various points OF the
circle. seeking where 20 break through.
Al last. maddened by the shouting and
crashing OF branches as the elephants
marched on and In utter desperation.
one hind rushed between two ele-
plants near me and the rest Of the
herd followed her.
The deer. however. had soon all
passed. and the ring was again con
tinuous. At this time a shot was
heard. ! could not see the prince on
account OF some intervening under
wood. but II was. OF course. he who
had fred. Then came two shots in
rapid succession. and the shouting Of
the mahouts redoubled. and the noise
was indeed so alarming and stupefy-
ing to the birds within the circle that
black partridge actually few and
stunned itself against an elephants
head.
Then came a fourth shot Still we
pressed inward Only nov there was
not room for all the elephants 10 keep
In their places In the too narrow cir.
Gle and a great number Of pad ele-
plants we're iostled out OF the front
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