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* TIGER HUNTING. 283 TIGLATH-PILESER. near by is placed the carcass of a deer or cow; an even better bait is a tethered live goat. An hour before sunset the liunter, with a native as- sistant, climbs upon tlie platform and awaits the coming of the tiger. Sometimes the animal steals out of the shadows and seizes and carries ofl' the prey so quickly that no good cliance for a shot is offered. Again it will stalk boldly out and stand in full view. Sometimes when fired at, but not killed.it darts back into the jungle and disappears, but it may also attack and tear down the machan, or lurk near by to seize the men when they descend. The most effective method of hunting the tiger is by means of elephants, and with the aid of native shikaries and beaters. Frequently the preparations are upon a scale of royal magnifi- cence, for so kings and princes are accustomed to entertain one another in the East, especially when a native ruler desires to honor or gratify some European guest or ally. On such oc- casions the game has been surrounded and watched for days previously by an army of na- tives. The costly and splendid tiger-hunting with which King Edward VII. was entertained when visiting India as the Prince of Wales will long remain memorable even in that country of royal pageantry. The method in this master- sport is to surround the tiger by a sutlicient num- ber of 'beaters,' who, by Ijeating drums and mak- ing a gi-eat noise, drive it towai'd the favorable spot where the sportsmen are awaiting it upon the backs of elephants, which are furnished with open, box-like howdahs. As the circle narrows the drivers become moi;e cautious, for the animal may be depended upon to know the country per- fectly, and to make use of every means of conceal- ment and escape, or of attack. Then men are stationed in trees to try to trace his movements and warn others by cries and signs. Jleanwhile the sportsmen press forward on their elephants, depending largely upon the senses and sagacity of these animals for a warning of the terrific and usually unforeseen charge of the animal, which may by a bold leap tear the hunter from the howdah, or stampede the elephant, or get through the barrier alive. It is a moment which calls for the utmost coolness and skill as well as courage, and the sport is never fiee from peril. The danger is multiplied by the various accidents possible. Even if the tiger is unable to spring upon the elephant, saddle-girths may break or howdahs may fall. Nine out of ten elephants, even if always stanch heretofore, will become panic-stricken and bolt, when the danger of their riders being dashed against a tree and killed is more imminent than any other. Thus imforeseen casualties are numerous, and the total tangible reward is only a hide, which after all may be of inferior beauty and value. TIGEB-LILY. See Lilt. TIGER-MOTH. A name applied on account of tlieir coloration to certain moths of the family Arctiidue, as Arctia nais, and especially to the Isabella tiger-moth (Isin IsaheUn). an American species, grayish yellow with black markings. The caterpillar is known as the 'woolly bear,' and is densely clothed with reddish brown and black hairs. It feeds upon a great variety of low- growing herbage. See Colored Plate of Ameri- can Moths, under Moths. Vol. XIX.— 19. TIGER-SHARK. The largest, fiercest, and most formidable of West Indian sharks ((lalco- cerdo liyrinus), brown in color, with numerous small dark spots which give the fish its name, but grow indistinct with age. TIGER-SNAKE. An elapine, poisonous snake (Hojilocephalus curtus) of Australia. See Death- AODER. TIGHE, tl, Mrs. Mary (Blaciiford) (1772- 1810). An Irish poet. Her father, a elergj'man, was a librarian in Dublin. In 1703 she married her cousin, Heniy Tighe, a member of the Irish Parliament. Mrs. Tighc was greatly admired for her beauty and her charming poem, in Spen- serian stanzas. Psyche, or the Legend of Love (privately printed in 180.5). The poem was a version of the story of Cupid and Psyche in the Golden Ass of Apuleius. This and other poems were published in 1811, with a portrait after a painting by Komney. TIG'LATH-PILE'SER. The Old Testa- ment form of the name borne by several Assyrian kings, the Assyrian form of which is Tukulti- apal-esharra, 'My trust is the son of Esharra;' since son of Esharra (lit., the good house) is a designation of the god Ninib — a solar deity — the name is equivalent to 'My trust is Ninib.' Of the Assyrian kings bearing this name, the most im- portant is Tiglath-pileser I., who began to rule about B.C. 1120. Under him the dominion of Assyria was considerably enlarged by conquests in districts embracing Northern Syria, Cappa- docia, Armenia, Kurdistan, and Persia. He claimed to have conquered no less than forty-two countries, and in his days Babylonia was forced to acknowledge Assyrian supremacy. Twice he invaded the south and entered the city of Baby- lon itself. His activity in rearing temples and palaces was no less remarkable, and he devoted himself specially to the embellishment of the old city of Asshur on the Tigris, which he once more made the seat of government in place of Calah. Although he was able to hand over the succession to his son Asshur-bel-kela, his great empire was not maintained, and shortly after- wards a period of decay set in which appears to have lasted almost up to the days of the second Tiglath-pileser, whose reign may be placed about B.C. 950. Nothing is known of him beyond his name and titles. The third Tiglath-pileser, rul- ing from B.C. 74.5 to 727. was in some respects more remarkable than Tiglath-pileser I. Rising from obscurity, he either set on foot a rebellion against Asshui'-Nirari III., or availed himself of an opposition that had sprung up against this King to seize the throne for himself. He as- sumed the name of Tiglath-pileser as King, his original name having been Pulu or Pul, by which he continued to be known in Babylonia and which is given to him likewise in the Old Testa- ment (II. Kings XV. 19). To reinforce his position he proceeded to the south and brought to sub- mission the Aramcean tribes, who had been caus- ing the Babylonians considerable trouble. Se- curing in this way the good-will of the Baby- lonians, by whom he was hailed as a deliverer, he could devote himself to the troublesome neigh- bors in Media to the east of Assyria. Two ex- peditions were required before the pacification of the country was secured. Tiglath-pileser III. appears to have introduced the policy of planting