The Archive · 1932

HUNTING YARN

The Tiger's Back 'To the Editor of the "Nonrm-Curxa Datuy News'

Sim,—About a month ago (April 25) You published an account of an African native of the Ovambo tribe, who tried to dispose of a Teopard by jumping on its back, gabbing it by the ears and pulling ts head back so as to enable his two assistants to kill the brute by' cutting its throat, The assistants

courageous "hunter, having jum funked it with the result that the Sion the leopards ack way left to fight it out alone with the savage animal and was, of course, nearly torn to shreds.

This reminds me of a somewhat similar incident that' took place in the "mountains of West Shansi some years ago, and it may interest Your readers to hear about it, Stormer He Chol i Shatin omen aoa shy nhol, otactiaye it. Ghost

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