The Enquirer

MISCELLANY.

Interesting account of the destruction of a Royal Tiger, by one of the officers of the 2d battalion of the 7th regiment, N. I. stationed at Kaira.

On the 15th of June, some of the officers of the corps formed a party to visit the celebrated ruins of Mahmoodabad; on approaching them, they were alarmed by a sound like the roar of a Royal Tiger. They did not however immediately see the animal; and proceeded towards the ruins; but on advancing a little further, he suddenly burst upon their view, in all his terrors, & sprang at them with incredible ferocity. A precipitate retreat was the natural consequence, & one of the gentlemen, who was but indifferently mounted, perceiving that he could not depend on his horse, with the promptitude of a vigorous & decisive mind, directed his course to a tree, which he immediately ascended, with his fowling piece in his hand. His victim thus singled, the tiger gave over the pursuit of the others, and bounded on the horse, who stood paralysed with fear at the foot of the tree. At this crisis, the gentleman in the tree took a cool and steady aim at the savage, and wounded him, though not mortally. The tiger feeling his wound, retreated to some distance, but almost immediately returned with increased fury. In the mean time the officer had loaded, and taking aim at him again, while venting his rage on the miserable horse, wounded him mortally. On the first attack of the tiger, the retreat of the party was too precipitate and general to admit of individual attentions. Each person trusted to the speed of his horse, and our hero was undesignedly left behind. But when, in rallying in a neighbouring village his comrades perceived that he was missing, they instantly armed themselves, and returned with a large concourse of the natives to the spot. They came in sight of the tree just as the tiger had received his mortal wound. He again retreated, and was traced into a jungle where they found him writhing in agony. On their approach, he collected his remaining strength into one final effort, and prepared to spring, but the spear of a native prevented him, and put an end to his struggles. On measuring him, he was found to extend ten feet eight inches from the nose to the tip of the tail. The poor horse was so mangled, that he was immediately put to death....Bombay Gazette.