The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05

peting and commotion all along the line |
told that he was afoot.
The excitement was now intense. and
what with the noise ade by the ele-
plants, the shouts and yells Of their
drivers and the occasional roars from
the tiger the jungle for the time being
was n veritable pandemonium. All this
time the occupants Of the howdahs, as
may well he imagined. we're on the very
tenterhooks of expectation, each eagerly
scanning the space within his vision.
Soon |, being to the extreme left. OBJ
served a quick. sinuous movement in
the comparatively light grass fringng
the cover in front of me. and shortly
the head and shoulders OF a large tiger
showed for an instant The next mo-
ment, with n roar OF rage and defiance
at seeing its retreat cut of, he had
turned sharp to his left and was gall
Looping down through the grass 'front.'
ing the howdahs.
The pace he was travelling at and
the close assimilation of his black and
yellow markings to the lights and
shades OF the surrounding grass made
him anything but an easy target.
Nevertheless | emptied both barrels on
him. He held on. however. apparently
untouched, receiving a similar salute as
he passed the next howdah But he
had still To pass the last one, which I'M
fortunately for him. was occupied by
C, the engineer. the safest shot of
the party, who, taking advantage of n
small bit Of open about ninety yards in
| front which the tiger was bound to
cross, waited till he had reached It, then.
aiming at full length in front, fired.
rolling him over in his tracks The
shot. considering the distance and pace.
was an excellent one but alas 1t struck
too far back to he fatal. and tn. tiger,
quickly picking himself up. stumbled
on and gained the shelter of the forest.
The line was now brought up and
sent into the forest some distance be-
hind where the tiger had entered and
directed to beat about the edge in half
horseshoe formation, the right flank
being well advanced. with one howdah
accompanying it, the left resting on
the forest edge.
| The other two howdahs were posted
some 500 yards in advance. The line
advanced but its progress was neces-
sarily slow, the forest being dense and
in places almost impenetrable: but by
dnt OF tearing away thorny creepers.
breaking down branches and such trees
as they were able the elephants man
aged to make some way, and had pro-
ceeded 200 yards without showing any
signs OF uneasiness when one or two
elephants on the extreme right COM
menced rumbling: this was taken up
| by the others, and soon a roar, followed
by the rush OF heavy body ahead,
was heard, and almost before there was
time to realize that the tiger was again
afoot he was charging the line. For
tunately the dense tangle prevented his
travelling fast, thus giving b, the
magistrate, who occupied the thanking
howdah, time to stop him with shot,
which apparently took effect, for, ac-
knowledGng II with a savage roar,
the brute turned and disappeared into
the thicker cover The beating ele-
plants. with the exception Of two steady
tuskers, completely demoralzed by this
udden onslaught, had turned and boted,
but were now brought back and the line,
being reformed, again advanced. hut
We're once more put To flight by the
tiger Again and again was the attempt
made to drive him forward. hut always
with the same result, till finally the ele-
plants were reduced to such state of
DISCRIMINATION that in spite Of threats
and persuasions they refused to advance
again.
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