Show TIGER HUNT IN inra indra INDIA A tiger hunt bunt which has just taken place iii the vicinity of broach bombay presidency deserves special mention on account ot of the good conduct and courage shown by the police employed empio ved red capt graham superintendent of police at broach had bad pitched his tent on an the etli on the surat side of the ilver liver near hansome Han sote he received trl tri formation about the middle of the day thata tha a large li liger ilger gerhad had taken up his position in a village neary nean near and had jerst killed a woman and severely m mauled hauled s tiled a man whom he found working in the field graham at once sent off a to ask the men in broach to come out saying that he would wait till five and then if no one came he be would attack him himself this found some difficulty in cross ins the river and andrij did not get into broach til near three and as the place was fourteen miles on tile the other side of the river and horses and guns not rea ready d y the broach men thought it useless to go that thit night and resolved to start next morning graham waited till five and then set out with a and ax of the armed police and some peons geons As they were going towards the place through a cotton field suddenly the tiger sprang up from the cotton and charged graham wio xv lo 10 galloped off and the tiger failing in his charge retreated graham ordered his men to load and taking his rifle gave chase to 0 o the tiger when he got within fifty yards lie he pulled up and made a beautiful shot from rom the saddle his hi gray ra Y arab as steady as a rock T the ball bali passed through the ti timers erya erla neck and brought him down graham waited till lis men came up and advanced on him then ha be gave another shot on which tile the tiger sprang up apparently unhurt aad and roaring furiously charged light down on the 1 0 ys who A ho received him with a volley which did le i 1 not t stop him ha he rushed on a kol koi e police who with the utmost coolness and courage received him with tile the bayonet inflicting a severe wound on the head but the tha tiger bore down the defence and seized tile tiie end of the musket in his jaws so immense was the strength of his jaws that the musket and bayonet y onet were bent to a right angle and the marks ot his teeth are vi laly grooved out in the iron of the barrel seizing on the ae pov he clawed him fearfully graham could not get his second gun for a minute seeing which the drew their sword swords and aud most gallantly attacking the liger tier they sla gla slashed slash hed cd him i so iov om wilh with ith their swords that he left the man wilen graham who had got his second gun put a ball through his heart they took the tiger and wounded and nd set olt off at once to broach where they arrived about four oil on the morr morning ilig 1119 of the ift the was sent into the ko hospital spital and the doctor thought he would recover as no large vessel appeared to 0 o ha be injured though he was frightfully lacerated ile he asked for four hairs from the tigers whiskers which he aid was a charm to cure him if lied round his hii wilst wrist however ever on the night of the he began to sink rapidly and oil on tile the to 0 o the great regret of all he died lie he was a most gallant fellow we neveil never leard heard before of a tiger being shot from the saddle standard stan standard dard nov 29 |