A TIGER STORY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3846, 14 November 1883, Page 4

A TIGER STORY.

The Ootacumund correspondent of the Madras Mail tells the following story:—A grand tiger was killed by Mr Scott, of this place, near tho village of Mimgalum, iv the Mysore district, under rather peculiar circumstances. Mr Scott, firmed with only a pea. rifle, Avas in quest, of yvild fowl, yvhen lie heard an animal roar, and immediately concluded that it was an elephant, as he kucAV that (here yvas one in the vicinity. He accordingly sent ayvay two natives yvho Avere Avith him to fetch his heavy guns from the tent, and proceeded in the direction of the roar, with the intention of keeping the supposed elephant in view until;such time as his rifles came up. He yvas walking up the bed of the dried-up yvaten'ourse, Avhen, turning a bend, he came right on a large tiger, yvhich yvas stalking towards him, and from yvhich tho roars had evidently proceeded. Being'so lightly armed, Mr Scottbacked cautiously, with a view of beating a prudent retreat, but " stripes " immodiately commeuced hostilities by a syvift advance and a savage growl. Mr Scott yvould have declined thocombat if he could, in consideration of the light popgun yvhich he carried: biifAvhen "stripes," showing all his teeth and growling savagely, crouched to spriiur, at Ihe distance of some twelve paces, Mr Scott had nothing to do but to tiro. The result Avas that "stripes " dropped dead iv theaetofspringiiig, yvith a pea-shot, through liis eye and brain, ft speaks yvell for Mr Scott's nerve that he should have used such straight poAvdor under such perilous circumstances. His selection of " siripes's " eye to aim at showed, great presence of mind, as a bullet from the little pea-ritle in any part of the body would simply have enraged the tiger, yvithout materially injuring him, and Mr Scott yvould have been at once killed.