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An elephant flushing a tiger

Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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or any thing else they find, shrieking and chattering all the while.Every creature in the jungle knows that a tiger is at hand and makes off toa place of safety. The tiger, as a rule, slinks away, for it is no use it can-not climb trees and punish its tormentors. The true sportsmanlike way of hunting the tiger is from the back of anelephant. Although in many instances men have gone out accompaniedonly by one native and shot tigers on foot. It is exceedingly risky and aman must be very sure of his nerve before he does so, for to miss a shotmeans instant death. At a regular elephant hunt a number of beaters, armed with sticks anddrums go on foot looking for the tiger and making a great noise to frightenit. The hunters shoot the game from howdahs or saddles on theelephants backs. On one occasion a party consisting of a number of hunters and threeelephants were beating a track of long jungle grass. The tiger, for theyknew one was not far off, was found lying beside a low rock. The animal
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AN ELEPHANT FLUSHING A TIGER. STORIES OF TIGER HUNTING did not move until the first elephant almost trod upon it. It sprang at themen in the houdah, but missed its footing and fell upon its back right infront of the elephant. A single shot from a rifle killed it. The body wasfound to be nearly eleven feet long, which is large for a tiger. On another occasion a tiger upon being roused from its lair made a

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  • booksubject:Hunting
  • bookpublisher:New_York__McLoughlin_bro_s
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  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
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