The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-16
BAGGIHG 4 BIC TIGER
The Jungle Monarch Was Trap
ped LoIine In His Bath.
a FEAT OF MaRKsMANsHIP.

Only :he eruse's Head Showed Above
the Water, and the Well Placed Bull
let, Fired From, an Elephant, Entered
she Nos.ril and Broke His Neck.
An interesting account OF tiger
hunt is given By one who had wide
experience in hunting this most dan
Serous Of beasts Mounted upon e!e-
plants, the writer and his companions
had been beating the jungle without
making find until. as they were
about TO give up the search. 4 sudden
disturbance among the elephants ap-
pearcd to betoken tiger near at
hand. Gjrins directions 20 the others
as to the order Q. marching their c!c-
plants. the writer ordered bis na-
hout to turn into the thick fcathered
foliage to the left II search o. poo!
Of water which he remembered to be
there
There was 4 slight descent 70 ! long
but narrow hollow about fifty or sixty
Yards wide. This was filed with clear
water for ~ uuknowD length.
I was just about to make remark
when. instead Of speaking. gently
Srasped the manout by the head as
leaned over the howdah and by this
signal stopped the elephant
There WIS remarkable sight
About 100 yards distant on my right
the head ard neck Of large tiger.
clean ard beautiful. reposed above the
surface Of the water. while the BODY
was cooling. concealed from view.
Eere was our friend enjoying his
quiet bath. while we had been pound
ing away up and down the junsles
which he had left,
Fire st him" whispered the ma
hout. "er you vii! lose him! lie will
see US and be OF"
Hold your tonsue"' answered.
lie can't sec US. FOR the sun is ct oar
back and is shining in his eyes. See
how green they are
At this moment the tiger quietly rose
from his bath ard sat Up on eEd like
4 dog. naTcr saw such sight his
head was beautiful. and the eyes
shoae like two green electric lights as
the suns rays reflected from them.
but his huge body was dripping with
muddy water. as he bad been reclin-
i1r upon the a!luvial bottom.
For quite 4 minute the tiger sat up
in the same position. ST last. as II
satisfied tha; he was in safety and Sc
clusicn. be once more lay down with
only the head and neck exposed above
the surface
Back the elephant gently, but do
not turn around" whispered In
mediately the elephant backed through
the feathery tamarisk without the
slightest sound. and we found our
selves outside the jungle. We could
breathe freely.
GO ou. Dow. quite gently TIL press
your head. then turn to the right. dc
scend:nS through the tanarisk I'll /
again touch your ,urban.
/ counted the elephants PAGES IS she
moved softly parable! with the jungle
until fel, sure Of my distance. y
slight pressure upon the Clahout's
bead and the elephant turned to the
right. The waving p!umes CT the dark
srecn tama-isk divided IS we gently
moved forward. and IL another mo-
mect we stopped. There Was the tiger
in the same position. exactly facing
ne. but now about screaty-Gve PAGES
distant
Keep the elephant quite steady. l
whispered. and, sitting down upon the
howdah seat, took z rest with the
rife upon the front bar Of the gus
rack 4 piece OF ;anarisk kept way
Ing in the wind just 10 front OF the
rifle beyond my reach. The mahout
leaned forward and gently bent 1t
down. Now a.! was clear. The tigers
eyes were like green glass. The ele-
phant for moment stood like stone.
touched the trigger.
There was 70 response to the loud re-
port OF six drams Of powder from the
.fye-sercc-scvcn" rife. no splash in
the unbrokcp surface OF the water.
The tigers head was still there. but
In different attitude. onc-hal. below
the surface and only one cheek and
one large eye still slitter:nS like an
emerald above.
Upon examination it proved that
there was 20 hole whatever in that
tiger, the bullet having entered the
nostril, broken the neck and -un along
the body. The animal consequently
bad never moved.
This tiger when laid out straight, out
without being pulled to increase It's
length, measured exactly nine fect
and eight inches from nose TO tan
Youths Companion.