| Show CROCODILE FIGHTS A TIGER The had drawn draut dra 11 n ii rr T till 1111 hi hIs head had h pan pa a J a couple of yards yard of or the tIr says say Lionel Smith In MIK silo b had bad he not him hutti lied Had h he thought better belter of It 11 anti sheered cheered oft off of Not he For a 0 moment In I Ila h hlay la lay ly still then the surface of the III wits water al 1 I wa was w violently broken beckon and nd the powerful tall struck UN tue tiger a blow on oil the t head t and shoulder With a roar that shook the th woods w II the th tiger r threw tb up liP hi his head bd but bul before hron be he could oulI leap I ek two 10 great gaping Jw jaws awn u vr n r thrust throat above bove abo th the water and lahd to lo where th the tigers nose not had been beena R a moment before bro The crocodile hud had hu 1 missed hi h his Him elm but his hi great teeth closed elo upon the tigers left ft cheek hk anI sini anIon on Oil the tough hide of hIss his hi neck n ck and held belt him as its In a vise via Then followed a terrible struggle the crocodile trying to drag dr the tiger Into the th river and th It tiger with his hla claws claw thrust deep dp Into Ill 1st the th sandy And bank resisting with all his hi might With all 11 hIs hi weight and with whit forward sweeps of or f his hili powerful tall til the tb Ih crocodile dragged at itt t the bru whose roars roar roa of 01 if rage rag and pain were w ter tr terrible terrible to hear My iy nerves quivered and nd my rUle rifle shook hook In lii my band though my sOy m experience n big bl game gante had nut nit been n devoid of 01 thrilling but bUI the battle was 11 so 1111 s near and IId so a terrific The unequal had hud moved in m inand mand tm and I found eagerly watching to 10 give aid but bUI a it it shot hot to 10 be effective ell must be planted behind the shoulder r rand and that hat was a under water I could only otly bide my n time and nd watch the th war ur Sometime one une beast brant at some sometimes times Inias Um We the Ui other flagged In IsIs his hl effort Cort Slowly Inch by b Inch Illch the tiger UlCer wa w was dragged dr ed from hi hIs haunches hunh then Illen re cc realising r hi danger a herculean effort Cort would throw him back In lit I hi his hili former lorm position Then the crocodile would drag and tear and nd sweep his hili great rat tall talland talland and nd the Ih unlucky victim Um torn tom and mutilated would growl rowl his hi agony anny with terrifying Intensity Several ra I of the bout bouts cams cam sad and still t I the tiMer tiger held heit h hi lib hIs ground round But now his hi toe roe Impatient for tor the th end changed his hi tactics lactic tell and nJ to secure a S better hold h he tot rot a mo nit moment ment relaxed laed rt his h grip rip In one on the th tiger had bad wrenched his hi torn tom cheek hk k from the ih jaws Jewa and In another his hi fangs fang t crunched with mad leu 1 force through the thi bony bon jaw Ju III stud and out outspread spread pread tongue of the reptile alit h swIrling tall told toil It II own tale tal The Til biter wag wU w bit and suid nd the Ih struggle was WI sew now more mora equal The Tb tiger could Mill drag at itt athis his hi enemy without being flayed alive and drag he b did Despite hi his loss 1011 of or I blood at gt one ODe tremendous dou lift he ha 1111 l la a foot Coot then Ihen drawing back bek first lIt one on paw PIt and aDd then than th the other he h repeated the Itt Ih process prue and foot by foot toot the struggling snorting noral reptile pUle w wu was s drawn druan n over the ti It edge of the slop Mope Now my chance hane call cairn callAs A loa As he ba thrust forward hi hIs short abort r nil legs th the white whit of hi hIs houlder and ad in quick gulch ell succession I fired talc into I at the unguarded d spot pot Tb Th effect ct UH UM I Instantaneous the th tell uil whirled In the theair ti II I air Ir th tb the front paws lout Ion their bold hold ami the III brute brut lay I an Inert mus which the th h ht tiger t er drugged d still further up UI U the th slop 10 j Tim Sn h he topped stopped and relaxed hi ilia bout huli for lou a moment hi b held beld himself and nd ready dy then h he ha hi III his I down to that of hi h hIs prostrate f fit flo i miffed at al t him hun once onn twice and then Ihen I with a I low tow growl of ul Wonder r of If ebat h turned and nd van an n i like Uke Ilk a It shadow Into litto the thu jungle grass I willingly let him go 0 |
