FACED TIGER.
WOMAN'S OEDEAL. CARTRIDGE MISSES. CALCUTTA, January 8. Mrs. Smythies, the wife of a forest officer in the United Provinces, had a most unpleasant experience on New Year's Day while out shooting in the jungle at the foothills of the Himalayas. She fired at a tiger from her machan (observation post, usually fixed un a tree), while her husband, who was guarding the entrance to a strip of the jungle, twice drove the tiger back to her. Both his shots, unfortunately, missed. The tiger then began climbing up the tree, which was of a large, straight, smooth-barked species, and endeavoured to get into the machan and attack Mrs. Smythies. The latter most courageously rammed her rifle down the tiger's throat and pressed the trigger, but the cartridge missed fire, and she had no time to reload. Mrs. Smythies attempted to get out of the machan, but fell. Her husband fired a third time as the tiger was climbing the tree, and hit it, but not fatally. The last and successful shot was a desperate affair, as by then the tiger and Mrs. Smythies were both in the machan.
The tigpr was a good specimen, measuring 9 feet 3 inches.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1926, Page 7
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200FACED TIGER. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1926, Page 7
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