The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

Doubtless the Duke of Orleans and
Prince Henry, both of the once royal
~ family Of France, remembered this
saying When on a hunting expedition
IN Northern India. Mounted upon elephants,
they were in the lead of the hunt, when a
tiger which had been fired upon leaped upon
the dukes elephant and chung to the steps of
the howdah, or elephant saddle. From this
point the animal, now in furious rage, began
tu climb The duke tried in vain to fire at
the tiger; the elephant bounded and plunged
so violently that it was impossible to take
aim. All at once the elephant ran under a
and wrenched from his grasp 1t was ter
riblc moment, and as no one could help him,
it looked as If he were doomed, when the
step of the howdah broke under the weight
Of the tiger, which fell to the ground, and then
took to fight 1t was then followed and killed
by the other hunters.
The following story is told OF an English
military officer in the Chinese army: Being
visited by some friends the captain, to show
sounded a night alarm. The troops turned
out with commendable alacrity and fell into
their places ready for emergencies; but when
they discovered the cause Of this sudden in
terruption to their dreams, they laughed heart
lily, thinking it good joke. The worthy cap
tain was elated at his success, and determined
to repeat the experiment. Soon after, he in
vited another party of friends to witness the
performance. and the alarm was sounded at
dead OF night; but not soldier appeared,
while roars of laughter from the tents showed
that the Joke was on the mems side this time.
The forest land of Southern India possesses
q breed OF buffaloes vastly superior to the
ungainly creatures of the plains. They are
shaggy-haired and massive, with thick, short
horns, md possess immense strength. A herd
of these buffaloes was grazing, when a, tiger
came out of the forest near by The herds
man shouted, beat his staff the ground,
and tried to scare away the brute; but 1T
would not be scared, and sprang upon him,
knocked him down. and stood over him snarl-
ing He gave himself up for lost, when the
hull of the herd charged savagely upon the
tiger and knocked him fully twenty feet The
attack was so sudden, and the shock so great,
that it took all the fight out Of the tiger. He
tually skunk off into the forest. The bull
shook himself. beloved, pursued his enemy
few yards, and then went quietly to feeding,
as If vanqushing tiger were an everyday
occurrence
How the denizens of East Indian jungles set
tie their differences has been told by an eye
witness. A hunting party was attracted by
a succession of roars of rage and pain, and
prolonged kissing. like the rush of escaping
steam. They hurried to the spot and saw a
jungle bear fighting for his life with an enor-
nous serpent. The snake had wound its giant
folds around the bear, which dashed itself
from side to side, and rolled over and over on
the ground in frenzied endeavor to get free,
roaring and swapping its jaws like castanets at
the serpent's folds. 1t was unable to reach
them, however, owing TO the way in which
they were CONSTRUCTED about its body. In this
way they struggled until they reached the
edge of the incline, down which the bear
threw himself with a speed that disconnected
the serpent, for it unwound q couple of folds
and threw itQ fail arofnd II auidantlU
with the intention OF anchoring itself and pre-
venting the unpleasant consequences Of rapid
tumble down hill. This appeared like admira-
BILE strategy. but it resulted in the serpent's
nndoing The rigid line of tail, Strengthened
out from the tree to the bears body, gave
the infuriated beast chance to seize hold Of
It's assailant He promptly accepted the
chance, and, with a tremendous effort, turned
and fastened his powerful jaws in the snakes
luiyering flesh. After this the issue was
aever in doubt. The snake tried to get away,
but the bear held on grimly until the ser
pent was nothing but an inert mass.