HUNTER’S ESCAPE
TREED BY A TIGRESS THEN BITTEN BY SNAKE DELHI, Nov. 12. An Assam tea planter had a narrow' escape between a tigress and a snake. • Tho planter having shot a tiger waited till night for the tigress, which waded across the river. The planter was trying to catch a cub, w'hen a crashing in the jungle behind him made him realise his folly. He climbed a tree, the tigress missing him by inches. The planter was left perched aloft with the uncomfortable sensation that his fully cocked gun was leaning against the tree, and was liable to be discharged by the tigress and lire in his direction.
Upon reaching the highest bough, he was promptly bitten by a snake. He cut out the poison and applied a rough tourniquet to prevent his fainting and falling down, where ( the tigress was still waiting. He was rescued from his perilous position by an Indian who climbed a nearby tree, and with much firing, scared off the tigress.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17108, 14 November 1929, Page 7
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