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itender parts, that the Moans (land to riisan,„
by ham-stringing the poor animal, they brought _
the ground, and eventually despatched him by repeated
wounds in the abdomen and proboscis. Five leaden
balls had ',duck him about the haunches in the course
of the Utast, but. they had merely penetrated. a. few
inches into his flesh, and appeared to give him but little
uneasiness: The whole of the nest day, the road lead
log to the spot where he lay was like a fair, from the
tiorilbers *ha repaired thither, for the sake of bringing
'of a part of the flesh, which is esteemed by all, and
even eaten in secret by the first people about the sheikh :
it looks coarse, but Is better flavoured than any beef I
found in the country. Whole families put themselves in
motion, with their daughters mounted on bullocks, on
this occasion, who at least helped as much Would fall to
their share as would anoint their heads and persons plenti-
fully with grease at the approaching hug. The eyes of this
noble animal were, though so extremely small in propor-
tion to his body, languid and expressive even in death. His
head, which was b ought to the town, I had an opportu-
nity of seeing the next day, when I had it opened; and
the smallness of the brain is in direct contradiction to
the hypothesis that the size of this organ is in propor-
tion to the sagaciousness of the animal. His skin was
a full inch and a half in thickness, and dark gray, or
nearly black, hard, and wrinkled; his ears,_ large and
hanging, appeared to me the most extraordinary-part
about him, particularly from the facility with which he
moved them backwards and forwards. His feet are
round, undivided, and have four• nails er hoofs, for
they cannot be called toes, two in the front of the foot,
about an inch is depth, and two inches in length,
which join each other with two smaller ones on each
side. of the foot. In Africa, they are scarcely ever taken
alive, but hunted as a sport, for the sake of tbtir
flesh ; and also in order to obtain their teeth, which,
however, as they are generally small, are sold to
the merchants for a very pang profit. •
The manner of hunting the elephant is simply this ;
From ten to twenty horsemen single out one of these
pOnderons animals, and, separating him from the flock
by screaming and hallooing, force him to fly with all
his speed ; after wounding him under the tail, if they
can there place a spear, the animal becomes enraged.
One horsemen then tides in front, whom he pursues
' with earnestness and fury, regardless of those who press
on his rear, notwithstanding the wounds they inflict 011
him. He is seldom drawn from this first object of his
pursuit, and at last, wearied and transfixed with spears,
his blood deluging the ground, he breathes his last under
the knife of some more venturesome hunter than the
rest, who buries his dagger in the vulnerable part near
the abdomen; for this purpose, he will creep between
the animal's hinder legs, and apparently expose himself
to the greatest danger: when this cannot be accom-.
plished, one or two will hamstring him while he is
baited in the front; and this giant of quadrupeds then
becomes an easy prey to his persecutors.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

IMPORTANT-TO VIISSELS BOUND TO THE DOWNS.
Winos:am:, Moues' 23.—Tho sunken brig discovered Tester.'
day molting prowl to be the Anna. of Sunderland, from Cardiff
to London, lidos with iron. Elbe lays in a very dangerous situa-
tion, in the direct ship track between, the Girdler and the Pan
Sand, the Giedkv buoy bearing N.V. distant half a mile. She lays
in three fathoms at low water, and twelve feet on her deck. Some

of Me anitadisle in here.
His Majesty's ships Wagerers an& Voitia.% boned to tfie East
Indies, were spoken with on the 15th in lat. 411 44. long. 5.26.. •
FALXOIIIII, MA RCM 25.—Whad EN:E. strong breezes.--Ar-
rived the Cyrus, Manciteerea, from Materna. for Antwerp—sailed
24th January ; and the Jane, Mean, from St. John's (N. B.)
Pavilion:it, Masten 26. Wind E. blowing very hard.— Arrived
the Alpha, HAst nie, from Cadiz. Passed by, the Selina, OLDRRY,
:for Newfoundland
Devosroar, MARCY 23.—Arrived and came into harbour to be
docked, the litouse, 46, Lord Brine, from Spithead. The Tug-
' rts, 46, Sir Jean Piat.t.tmoas, is waiting to take Lord Ponsornir,
Ambassador to the Republic of Buenos Ayres ; and the GALATJIA-
his Excellency Amusing Cocunas, Esq. Ambassador to the Cee.
lambkin Repablit.
• Captain J Maaseatt., C.B. is appointed Superintendent
Quarantine Service at Mittordond Lieutenants K. Rau% and
*DONALD his joint Deputies. Captain Chewy is appointed to the
Preventive District Service at North Yarmouth ; Lieutenant
MOll4ll, to command the Ceacxea cutter, at this port (the Basic=
being paid eln; Mr. fiam.tte, to be Parser of the FHATR ; Mr.
Wilmot, late Clerk of the Awes% is confirmed in hie rank as Pur-
ser of that ship, vice BROWN, deceased ; the Rev. R. R. Btogunt,
of the litotes, to be Chaplain of the Naval Yard at Bermuda.—
Lieutenant Hera Joissevens is promoted to the rank of Coral:tender.
Paatillolllll, 'Masai SS.—The Davin frigate, Captain CYAllt•
seas, le expected to sail on Monday, for the West Indies.—Major
General Sir Patrick Ross, Governor of Antigua, and suite, and
Cumin Macungie, Esq. Consul-General in Hayti, will embark
here, and the Bishop of liasueogs, and family, at Plymouth.
A letter from his Majesty's ship Matteson*, Commodore
arias= Buttes, C.B. remarks that they had been rather fano-
este in the last cruise, having detained two Dutch vessels under
the Slave Act, and a very fine Spanish 'shames., after a long chase of
eleven hours. She had on beard SOO slaves, all healthy, and had
only been embarked eight hours when the Commodore first saw her.
It is jest ordered, that the Royal Marines serving on board all
the ships of war in commission, be increased to the &umber which
each class had during the late war. A Lieutenant, a serjeaat.
a corporal, and 14 privates, have embarked in the Dame, 44, as
the increase to that class of frigates.
This day the Janie. 10, Captain Famtatannt, arrived from a
cruise; and the ship William Manning, from St. Ekes.
Remain at Spithead—Dame sod Jasren.. •
In the Harbour..—Vieniav, Geese,
An/anti, Entiene, Punosieg,•end COMM.
Captain MUST Hite, and the Oilicara et the lberrinse are ap-
pointed to the Meavnin, new TO-00e isammr Air not being
found seaworthy.
Mason se.—Wind E. bioefiessorkri—selled der
Cuesoneeee, fee Si. John's;, and 1111011, lli
for glebe& • • • Till 'Hit to i "'At 1,041 so. if
Comm Mesas 111......Antived, 4111110111111
Thu tote's, . .$lB
Deese, Mimes .11110...Tbe leieurbigridneilibiset Ontall tea
harbeve tor sham po-Tbe Seefiewee. illlMdalland ;
Portsmouth ; Rs, Tame, sad M Sew et Y
Chance, of Stockton; Delight. of &Omen, of. eel
mouth; Gleaner, of Navin; Bitterly, of Slloo,ololl,,Faailis st
Wexford; and liMsabeth. of Hastings.
Dial., Mime arrividefir
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bynames, Maui r
the William Wilberfosee, Warta. from Be. DessigiStriesir
from Savannah; Yarmouth. Atom, beecAllappnr
and the Alexander, —.--, front Finland.
•
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Maim SS.
•
Senn )1311111SA Inwaans—The Female sad Pineverame, from
Charente ; Iris. from St. Michael's; Diane, Ikea Xeebdeu;
Rieh-
mend. from Hantburgh; Active, from Dunkirk.; -Fibulas, from
Harlingen; Harmonic and Hayti, from Butter iese; Courier, from
Amsterdam; Victoire and Maria, (rem Antwerp ; Margaret, front
St. John's; Neptenus, front Marseilles ; Brahmin • from Mos;
Fox, from /ante • James' and Speedwell, from Standgste Creek;
Hops, from Liverpool; Neptenus, from Brussels; Melantho,from
the South Seas; Lisely,from Sierra Leone; Levant,hore Belfast;
John. Apollo. and Loodon, from Cork; London racket. from
(Limerick; Atlas and Active, from Dublin; Frani*, Jobe, Hulas,
liberty, and Sultan, from Waterford ; Neptune, few il4O ; sad
the Friends, from Rem

The Committee of the United ServieitMois iai
nearly completed their arrapseavit‘i.* 4te 'rinse
of the site of CaIWO PAW, for the insurion Tnew
Club House. The deesyed stde of the timlsersof Carl-
ton Palace is the reason of its being to be pulled down.