Download or read book Tiger Slayer by Order 1901 written by Digby Davies and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The number of tigers I have shot cannot be much under three hundred in all." - Digby Davies "A writer whose experience in the tracking of criminals and tigers in India lends unusual interest to his narrative." -Quarterly Bulletin, 1917 "His accounts of the big game shooting which was part and parcel of his appointment are of sustained interest." Outlook London, 1916 In his intriguing 1901 book "Tiger Slayer by Order," Digby Daivies writes of the big game hunting experiences of Digby Davies in India beginning in 1870. This work contains Davies' own experiences as a Police Officer, and Bhil Agent-coupled with the unique office of Tiger Slayer to the Government of Bombay. Mr. Digby Davies served for over thirty years in that Presidency, and during this long period had many and exceptional opportunities of indulging his great taste for sport, especially when carrying out his duties as 'Tiger Slayer.' Mr. Digby Davies in performing his duties has shot to his own rifle over 260 tigers and has assisted at the destruction of many others. In describing the huge problem of man-eating tigers that Davies had to combat, he writes: "In the later sixties, when man-eaters were quite common in, and in districts adjacent to, Seonee. On practically the whole length of this road, but particularly at a long pass or crossing of three miles, called the Korai Ghat, a party of what I may call professional man-eating tigers, had taken up their quarters, who, lying in wait in small hillocks above the road, would pounce suddenly on drivers of bullock carts and carry them off into the jungle below. "During the three years that Colonel W was stationed at Sconce, this Ghat was often held up for so long as three months at a time by these man-eaters, one of whom was credited with having killed and eaten seven hundred human victims before he was eventually destroyed." In describing his appointment as agent over a native tribe, Davies felt "very fortunate, as the wandering life amongst the hill men suited me to perfection, and gave me many opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of their feelings and customs which often proved of immense value in my official duties, while as to jungle-lore and wood-craft, the information I derived from them was both in quantity and quality such as it would be impossible to obtain from any other source, for living as these men do in close companionship, so to speak, with the animal denizens of the jungle, the knowledge they possess of wild beasts and their ways, is naturally much greater than that of any other natives I have met." The book describes a tiger attack of which Digsby barely escaped with his life: "I was once encamped at Pansunba-also in the Barwanee territory-when my men who had been out as usual looking for tracks, reported the presence of a tigress. Knowing the danger they ran in beating up a tigress, I cautioned the beaters to keep well together and distributed amongst them some spare guns which I had loaded with buck shot. "I had scarcely taken up my position when I heard loud shouts, followed by a succession of savage roarings from the tigress. Guided by the men on trees, we cautiously approached the spot where she was last seen and were carefully examining the ground, when we were startled by a deafening roar, instantly followed by the tigress who came charging down the bank, and at such speed that her belly almost touched the ground. "Stepping forward, clear of some bushes, I had barely time to aim . . . the next moment I was on my back with the tigress standing over me growling savagely."
Download or read book Tiger Slayer by Order written by C E Gouldsbury and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X My duties as tiger slayer--Panthers included--Some description of them--Variety of the species--Size, weight, and markings--What they prey on--Climbing powers--Their courage and ferocity in attack--How they feed on their kills--Man-eating leopards--The black panther rare--The cheetah--Panthers difficult to locate--Returning to their kills--Dangerous to follow up--An experiment with buckshot--S.S.G. best for close quarters--Panther unexpectedly encountered--My shikari attacked and mauled--A huge beast--Another panther hunt--Attacks and mauls beater--Its final charge--Finished with S.S.A.--The uncertainty of sport--Killed with a single shot--Handsomely marked skins--An unusual sight--Tiger and panther seen together--Abject terror of the latter--Slinking off into the jungle--A tiger's sovereignty of the jungles--The wild boar excepted--Uncertainty the fascination of Indian sport--An unexpected meeting with a bear--Bagged--Capture the cub--Becomes quite tame in time--Walking out with the dogs--A leopard adventure in Bengal--Shooting for the pot--A partridge shot--Retrieving the bird--Sudden appearance of a leopard--Changing cartridges--Leopard dropped but still alive--Attempts to charge--No more ball cartridge--On tho horns of a dilemma--My orderly's ingenuity--An extemporised projectile--Complete success. Although the main object of my appointment as tiger slayer was, naturally, the destruction of these particular animals, yet, though not officially stated, the office was intended to include the reduction of all other beasts of prey dangerous to human life or cattle, especially leopards or panthers, as they are equally often termed. As these animals are actually far more destructive to cattle and goats, and more numerous, too, ..
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Download or read book Tiger Slayer by Order written by Charles Gouldsbury and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The number of tigers I have shot cannot be much under three hundred in all." - Digby Davies"A writer whose experience in the tracking of criminals and tigers in India lends unusual interest to his narrative." -Quarterly Bulletin, 1917 "His accounts of the big game shooting which was part and parcel of his appointment are of sustained interest." Outlook London, 1916 In his intriguing 1901 book "Tiger Slayer by Order, Charles Gouldsbury (1849-1920) writes of the big game hunting experiences of Digby Davies in India beginning in 1870. Of his close friend Davies, Gouldsbury writes: "This work, to which I have given the title of ''Tiger Slayer by Order,'' as being obviously the most suitable, has been compiled entirely from notes and stories, furnished by Mr. Digby Davies, late a Deputy-Inspector-General of the Indian Police, and contains his own experiences as a Police Officer, and Bhil Agent-coupled with the unique office of Tiger Slayer to the Government of Bombay. "Mr. Digby Davies served for over thirty years in that Presidency, and during this long period had many and exceptional opportunities of indulging his great taste for sport, especially when carrying out his duties as ''Tiger Slayer.''" Mr. Digby Davies in performing his duties has shot to his own rifle over 260 tigers and has assisted at the destruction of many others.In describing the huge problem of man-eating tigers that Davies had to combat, Gouldsbury writes: "In the later sixties, when man-eaters were quite common in, and in districts adjacent to, Seonee. On practically the whole length of this road, but particularly at a long pass or crossing of three miles, called the Korai Ghat, a party of what I may call professional man-eating tigers, had taken up their quarters, who, lying in wait in small hillocks above the road, would pounce suddenly on drivers of bullock carts and carry them off into the jungle below. "During the three years that Colonel W was stationed at Sconce, this Ghat was often held up for so long as three months at a time by these man-eaters, one of whom was credited with having killed and eaten seven hundred human victims before he was eventually destroyed." In describing his appointment as agent over a native tribe, Davies felt "very fortunate, as the wandering life amongst the hill men suited me to perfection, and gave me many opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of their feelings and customs which often proved of immense value in my official duties, while as to jungle-lore and wood-craft, the information I derived from them was both in quantity and quality such as it would be impossible to obtain from any other source, for living as these men do in close companionship, so to speak, with the animal denizens of the jungle, the knowledge they possess of wild beasts and their ways, is naturally much greater than that of any other natives I have met." The book describes a tiger attack of which Digsby barely escaped with his life: "I was once encamped at Pansunba-also in the Barwanee territory-when my men who had been out as usual looking for tracks, reported the presence of a tigress. Knowing the danger they ran in beating up a tigress, I cautioned the beaters to keep well together and distributed amongst them some spare guns which I had loaded with buck shot. "I had scarcely taken up my position when I heard loud shouts, followed by a succession of savage roarings from the tigress. Guided by the men on trees, we cautiously approached the spot where she was last seen and were carefully examining the ground, when we were startled by a deafening roar, instantly followed by the tigress who came charging down the bank, and at such speed that her belly almost touched the ground. "Stepping forward, clear of some bushes, I had barely time to aim . . . the next moment I was on my back with the tigress standing over me growling savagely."
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