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through tho flooring ofthe cage, and break
ing into the apartment. sprung upon
beautiful lama. which, with the elephant
and some small ANIMALS, we're permitted to
40 loose. It was killed aud devoured in q
short time.
The roaring and noise Of the other oni-
mails was terrlfc-oll their native wildncss
seemed to have returned. The keeper
hearing the noise, and supposing that they
were impatient for food, went into the
room, where The first objec. that met his
view was the tige's prey,ng upon the lama.
lie seized stick to drive them into their
cage, at this the tiger left his victim, and
IN the act of sprlngng upon the keeper
wus arrested by the lion. near whose den
The was crouching, and who held him fast
II his claws. In the mean time. our hero,
Tippo Sultan. hurried to his friend the
keeper, wound his trunk around his waist,
and lifted him in the air, out of the reach
OF harm, and kept him there safely until
assistance came, and the brutes were
secured
But to return to what exhibits him in less
favorable light. IN December last, soon
after his arrival at Port au Prince, he be-
came quite wild and manageable, at.
tempting several times to strike his keeper,
and while the caravan was journeyiDg to
another part of the island, he fell upon n
horse which was following on in the train,
ran his tusks through him and destroyed
the poor animal on The spot. The keeper
was knocked down, in attempting to res.
cue the horse, and would probably have
shared the same fate. had not Curtis rode
up and fired ball through his trunk,
which made the elephant fall back. The
keeper took to his heels. and the elephant
reared up and prepared to attack Curtis,
but he succeeded in getting out Of his way.
AT this time the eyes Of the elephant
seemed to project out of his head, and
amid the darkness Of the night, to emit
w,Id unear,hy CLEANS Of light, resembling
balls Of fire. He then rushed into the
woods, with great fury. tearing up every
thing that came in his way, stripping him
self of his saddles, and the canvass cover
ing. After the party had succeeded in
getting him back into the road, he set out
and chased one of the men, mounted on q
fleet horse, for four or five miles, the men
behind following in order not to loose
sight and ifpossbIc to seize him. Towards
morning he broke into plantation, and
commenced the work Of destruction. The
planter, an old black man. heard the
noise Of the elephant, and supposing that
cattle were making havoc with his crops
took his musket and went out for the
purpose of driving them out. The frs,
glimpse Of old Tippo, never having seer
so high creature before, frightened him
half out Of his senses, and made him droE
his gun and scamper for his domicil, with the
elephant at his heels. He really thought
Old Nick or his Satanic Majesty hat
made his appearance. During the day
he made repeated attacks on his keeper and
the company. He then took to the noun
aims, and was pursued in circuitous
rm,e in his ascent for about three miles
theoarty cons an'ly firing upon him, til
ne atleng,h came to a ledge Of rocks and
back and receive the fire of his pDrsuers, OF
tumble down an almost endless precipce
lie however, chose the latter alternative
and descended more than mile. tearing
trees and rocks. and every thing that
lmpeded his progress. He ran into small
river at the bottom Of The mountain, where
he remained more than an hour throwing
water over his body. Until then he had
been perfectly unmanog eable, but his wrath
was somewhat sQbdued by the cooling in
iiuence of the Warer. His Keeper, still
earing to approach, directed TIppo to lay
\wn. which he did. lie then went up tc
and succeeded ID in hobbIug him, by fast
q chain about his legs. He continued
NJ unn n n X 1nnhla for coUarol In We nj
but by appearing and severe dlsci
IraduEIy yielded to the will of hi;
Ylength became so tame ant
tEe would obey any of the party
he has never submitted to yielt
ITO but one master. T'ppo Sui
on the Island of St. Domingo.
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