Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-11

~ N a recent issue was given an
account Of tiger shooting as car
ried out in the Nepal Terai on
the occasion of the king s. visit
to that state, when the whole
available resources Of the state. TO-
gether with hundreds of shikar eie-
plants. were brought into use, with
most successful results. 1t does not
fall to the lot of every one, however,
to be the guest of a sporting ma
harajah. SO it Is proposed now to
gives the other side of the picture, and
to show the form of the sport which is
available for the ordinary man. be he
civil or military officer or simple. tour
ist In search OF big game shooting.
The central provinces of India are. se-
lected because they are best known.
and also provide typical sport 1t must
not be supposed that anyone is at lib
erty to roam at will over these jun
giles, shooting wherever his fancy die
tates. The management of the Jun
giles for shooting purposes is under
the control Of the Indian forest depart
ment, and is regulated by fairly sim
pie and practical code of rules. The
various forests have been demarcated
and separated into blocks OF con
venient size. which are let out to ten
ants for short periods. The number
Of head of the less common animals.
such as bison, etc.. which may be shot
Is strictly limited Breach OF this
rule. or the shooting Of cows, is pun
ishfble by fine, and subordinate for
est oficial IL as \ rule, told OF to the
camp to exercise the necessary super
vision. writes ID. c." in Country
Life.
Hundred 6eaters Necessary.
Let US imagine ourselves In the GEN.
ter Of good shooting district. The
village headman comes in and reports
that another village bullock has been
killed by a tiger not far away, while
grazing with the herd in charge of
some small boys The conditions be-
ing pronounced favorable, the order
Is given for beat the next day. Early
in the morning the shikari visits the
kill, locates the tiger lying up close
by, decides the line to be taken by
the beat and has machan3 tied up on
selected trees. About hundred beat
ers are collected, and, soon after mid
day, when the stops have been care
fully posted and the rifles are up In
the machans. the drive is started
with great shouting and beating of
drums and tom-toms. II an elephant
Is available, his services may with adj
vantage be impressed for the occasion,
to strengthen and give confidence to
the line of beaters. The tiger is most
probably sleeping on the effects of
bis heavy meal In some shady spot,
near water. On being disturbed by
the noise, he listens for a time, then
gets up reluctantly. gives himself
shake. and goes quietly on In front Of
the line of beaters to seek some quiet
Or spot On making on to one side.
he is turned back by tap on a tree
irom one of the stops; the same thing
happens again when he tries to get
put In the opposite direction. until he
ID gradually worked up to the desired
objective. when a straight shot at the
point Of the shoulder puts an end to
his existence. as depicted in the pho
tograph accompanying this article. II
must not be supposed from the foreso-
Ing account that a tiger beat is q
lame affair. devoid of the elements OF
sport For everything to 60 well. as