Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-01

a--Through aIl his l6sty veins
 The bull, deep scorcised, the raging passion feels
 When reached the scene ofaction, llos
 great was my astonishment, instead bulls
 to behold large 6laek bcdr reared up or
 his hind legs, with his fore paws raised q
 loft, as if to make a plunge. His face was
 besmeared with white foam sprinkled with l red, which dropping from his mouth, rol- N led down his shaggy breast. Frantic from the smarting ofhis wounds. he stood gnash- I ing his teeth and growling at his enemy. I A few paces in his rear was the cane brake from which he had issued. On a bank ol
 snow white shells, spotted with blood, ill
 battle array, stood bruins foe-ati dtliggd- tor, fifteen feet long He looked as if he had just been dipped in the Teche, and
 had emerged like Achilles, from the Styx,
 with am inyulnerable coat of mail. He was standing on tiptoe, bis back curved up-
 wards, and his. tongueless mouth thrownO y pen, displayed in his wide jaws two large sItusks, and rows of teeth. His tail six feet
 long raised from the ground was constantly I waving, like boxers arm, to gather force. .| His big eyes starting from his head, glared upon bruin, whilst he was sometimes utter. ing hissing cries, then roaring like bull. ! The combatants were q few paces apart 1 when stole upon them, the " rstround'' being over. They remained in tue atti- tudes described about minute, swelling themselves as large as possible, but lnark- ing the slightest motions with attention and great caution, as if each felt confident he had met his match. During this pause l was concealed behind a tree, watching their manouvre in silence. could scarcely be- lieve my eye sight. What, thought l, can these two beasts have to fight about 2 Some readers may doubt the tale on this account, but fit had been bull fight, no ono would have doubted it, because every one knows what they are fighting for.
 The same reasoning will not always ap- ply to a man fight. Men frequently fight when they are sober, for no purpose, ex-H cept to ascertain which is the better man.5 We must then believe that beasts will do the same, unless we admit thatthe instihct of beasts is superior to the boastsd reason of man. Whether they di0 fight-npon tho present occasion without cause ! cannot say, as I was not present when the aitray began. A bear and ram have been known to fight, and so did the bear and al- ligator, whilst prudently kept in the back be,wixt ,he belligerents.A And now if the reader is satisfied that such a battle as this
 might have taken place in the bscnce ot any known cause, will go on to tell what I saw it, as witness.
 Bruin, though evidently bafied, had a fran look, which showed he had not lost confidence in himself. If the difficulty oi the undertaking had once deceived him, he was preparing to go at it again. Accord- 1 ingly letting himself down upon all fonrs, lie ran furiously at the alligator. The al- ligator was ready for him, and throwinglhis head and body partly around to avoid the onset, met br1in half way, with blow of the tail, thenrolled him on the shells. Old bruin was not to be put of by one hint 1; three times in rapid succession he rushed at the alligator, and was us often repulsed l in the same manner, being knocked back
 by each blow just far enough to give the al- ligator time to recover the swing of his tail before he returned. The tail of the alli-
 gator, sounded like a fail against the coat I of hair on bruins head and shoulders. but lie bore 1t without flinching, still pushing on to come to close bolts with his scaly foe He made his fourth charge with . degree ] of dexterity, which those who have neveI seen this clumsy animal exercising, wonlt suppose him incapable of. This time h' , got so close to the alligator before his tai ] struck him, that the blow came with hal | its usual effect. The alligator was upse lby the charge, and before he could recove his feet, brnin grasped him round the bod.
 below the fore legs, and holding him dcwl
 on his back, seized one of his legs in hi
 mouth. The alligator was now in des, perate situation, notwithstanding his coa ll of mail, which is softer on his belly thar his back. from which
 "Ths darled steel wilh idle shivers fies.'' al As Kcntuckian would say, s' he was get. 1 ting used up fast" Here if l dared tt
 speak, and had supposed he could under
 stand English, should have uttered tho , encouraging words of the poet:
 .,Now gallant knight, now hold ,hy ewn,.. No maiden's arms are round thee ihrown."
 The alligator attempted in vain to bite
 pressed down as he was, he could not oper Ihis mouth, the upper jaw of which on!y
 .soves, and his neck was So stiff lIe coult
 not turn his head short round. { The am z phibious beast fetched a scream in despair but being warrior "by blood and bj l. field" he was not yet entirely overcome < Wreathing his tail with agony, he happen