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Title: Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General U.S. Grant, ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Young, John Russell, 1841-1899
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: New York : The American News Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ence of ahunting party, dangerous until wounded. He may attack aman alone, but rarely two men if they face him. If you turnand run he is sure to follow. But when the tig-er is woundedeven the most carefully trained elephants are not safe. Thereis the danger that the elephant may break and run from fright;and a run into the jungle would be a serious business for thosewho are riding, for you may be dragged from your seat by the PIG-STICKING. 125 trees. If the elephant is firm, and you have a successful shot,the tiger is sure to turn and charge. Mad with pain, strongand swift, he throws himself upon the nearest enemy, springingupon the elephant, climbing its trunk, or, reaching for the poorshivering Hindoo driver, drags him from his seat. Even afterthe tiger has received his fatal wound, so strong is his vitalitythat he will have strength enough for a plunge. Then successdepends upon courage and coolness, upon rapid firing fromevery available rifle in the hunting party. So far as I could
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TIGER HUNTING. learn, in the many histories of tiger shooting, accidents are rareoccurrences. But the danger of the contest with so supple andbloodthirsty a beast, and the nerve required, combine to give,for those who are fond of field sports, a peculiar zest to tigershooting. When the young Englishman comes to India heyearns for his first tiger as a young officer for his first brevet. I have heard, however, of serious, and sometimes iatal,accidents. One of the kindest and best friends I made inIndia—brave, gentle, and gifted—is maimed in his arm and leg 126 INDIA. from tiger wounds. He was an officer of the Indian Engineers,on engineer duty. The tiger came near the camp and took upa position in a clump of bushes between the camp and water.The Indian attendants became alarmed. They would not gonear the stream. It became necessary to have water for theencampment, and the only way was to kill the tiger. So theofficers took arms and went out Some of them were new tothe business; inst

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