The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-08
TALES OF
CARRIED OFF BY A TIGER.

CARRIED OFF BY A TIGER.
It is not often that person who
aas been in the claws Of tiger can
tell later how the experience seemed
to him. Mr.. John Bradley, an Eng
fish sportsman, had the good luck to
escape with his life from such pre-
iicament, and in his Narrative OF
Travel and Sport" tells what the SEN
,ation was like. He was hunting IT,
gers in the eastern part of Burma
when he met with the adventure.
Two other Englishmen were with
aim at the time.
We marched along carelessly with
,ut observing order or caution, and
we're not prepared to take advantage
If Akbar's warning, when he ex-
claimed, Beware, sahib!" and a
.ull grown tiger went past us at a gal
op.
A struggling volley was fired after
t, and although evidently not struck,
he beast stopped, and rearing up on
MS hind legs, clawed the bark of a
rec just as a cat scratches the leg
If a chair or table.
Mr.. Grant and l fired simultaneous
y, but without effect, and before a
.hought of the creatures intention
lad time to flash through my mind,
{ was down under its paws.
Selling me by the left thigh, the
iger shook me as dog shakes rat,
md then, growing horribly, dragged
ne at tremendous rate through the
.hick underground of the forest. ]
,eard the frightened shouts of my
companions and the report of several
shots, and then a dizziness came over
ne; but did not lose consciousness.
AS 1 was jolted through the forest,
several times caught hold of the
.rees; but the tiger, growing fiercely,
hook me free in an instant. All
his time, although quite calm and
collected, felt a strong desire to
preserve my existence, and never for
moment experienced that apathy
with regard to the danger that some
persons have described under similar
circumstances.
How long I was in the jaws Of this
orute I cannot tell. 1t seemed to me
IN age before the creature stopped.
Ny companions afterwards declared
hat 1 had been dragged at least half
1 mile from the spot where I was
irst seized They followed as fast
rs they could run, and although
was unaware of it at the time, never
!ost sight of the beast. To this cir
:umstance l undoubtedly owe my
ife, for had there been any delay
n rendering me assistance, it must
have been fatal to me.
The moment the tiger halted ii
released my thigh, and seemed to be
attracted by the approach of my com.
panions, although as yet did not see
shem myself. Taking advantage OF
this release, I tried to escape to the
shelter of some tall bushes near al
hand.
In an instant and with a terrible
roar the creature pounced upon me
seizing me this time by the shoulder
and at the same time lacerating my
chest with it's claws.
A shot was fired, and I heard the
bullet whistling overhead. Fear o1
hitting me caused them to aim toe
high. A second and third shot were
equally unsuccessful; and the tiger
again releasing me, began to lick uI
the blood which oozed through my
Jacket. I began to feel very faint
and could not suppress a groan. Sew
eral times the tiger dabbed his paws
apparently in play, about my face
but did not use it's claws, fortunately
for me.
Presently the beast seemed to bt
seized with a sudden rage, and be
gan to spit like an angry cat at some
one approaching, whose footsteps
could hear, but whom 7 could no
see, owing to my position, for wal
lying fiat on my back. There wa
the sharp bang of rifle close to m!
head, a heavy weight fell across me
and then 1 comprehended that m.
friend was pulling me from under tn
dead body of the tiger.