The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-05-20

would be unon nc 1t was bnt an instant.
heard the crack Of B.'s last barrel. felt :,
sponcy wei cht strike nv heel, and turning
quickly hccls-ovcr-hcal, rolled few races.
and rcgaincd my feet. That last shot had
f'oorcd him, ust as he was upon me. The
end OF his trunk had fallen upon my heel
Still he was not dead: but he struck at me
with his trunk as passed round his head to
give him a fini>hcr with the four-ouncc rifle.
which had snatchcd from our solitary GUN
bearer
"Mv back was touching The Jungle from
which the rogue had inst charged and | was
almost in the act of firing through The temple
of the still struggling elephant, when heard
tremendous crash in the jungle behind me.
similar to the first, and the savarc scream Of
an elephant. saw the pondcrous torc-lcr
clcavc its way through the jungle directly
upon me. threw my whole weight back a.
cainSt the thick rattans to avoid him. an, the
next moment his foot was planted within an
inch of nine. His lofty head was passing
over me in full charge al T.. WHO was u,loel-
ed, when. holding the four-ouncc rifle pcrpcn-
'liruiarly. fired exactly under lis throat. |
thought he would fall upon me and crush me.
but this shot was my only chance, as T. was
perfectly helpless.
az dense cloud of smoke from the heavy
charge of powder for the moment oE,>c.rel
every thing. had Jumped out Of the way
the instant after firing. The elephant did
not fall bat he had his dcatl. wound. The
bail had severed his iuru,ar. and the b!ool
poured from The wound He stopped: hnt
collrctin. his stunned energies. he Sill blum
dcrcd forward toward Il. He. horcvcr
avoided him lv running to one side. and III,
wounded hrHtc Star"crcl on through the iun-
Gle. We then loaded The Guns. Tie first
'ro@uc was now Gpitc deal. anl We to'owr'
on IN pursuit of 'rogac number two. V,
heard distant shots. anl mon a-l;v.:
At the SPOT We t1';nl the cun-h.arrr<-
They hll heard tie woun!rl c'r,'qu
crashing through the iun.'c. al L.,
Gwen him wolfe, iu>t = he WIS rros-iu.
the water over which the horl hal r.cti,.-
y escaped. They described Lin a> i'cr:r-;
~ he, less from his woun! /. and tn, ina.in
ed. tint Lc lra! fallen in the thick bushes @,
the opposite hank We had then 100 n,a,,
Of crossing: hnt in a few d,v> the r',lhan
was found lying dead on the spot where the,
e"rl~'r"'i he had crossed. Thus h1p,i'y end
cd The destruction OF tbs ro,aiic pair. They
had proved themselves al! that W. had hear
OF them: and Nv their cunning dole of lid
in" in the ,lick Iun-lc :hcv had nearly mad,
sure of us. Wchad killed ,hi,c "ro,uc, tn,
mornIr-. AMI returned t. our quarter w,l
satisfied
Nrr hunter. subsequently. hal quite 4
narrow an r~,anc near the same >;o.. viii !
was a i,,,oritr haunt Of the "rognr> III,
water Of TIE, rnnd hal Accor.c n.uh ,lim:a
i>hr1. owln.tr dror-l.. and thc.r WIS lei
= hundred yards or more Of ulud a'ont H..
mar.in. The surface wa> baked hA:,l Will,
it rrml:nrI sol, -c.ow. The crust was iu,.
lhiri> enough 10 bear ~, 4 man. hc a,!t;.nr-
ed with great care. The elephants take @rca'
delight in stalking Through this mud. an.
>mrarlng il over their holic>>o As to prc.cct
Themselves from the mu~luitocS. wl!o are
their c'ict tcrmci:>. t.:cuGerl iv coni.,,
OF "nn-hoarcr>. he was one H., VI: .hi".r ti.:>
spot, when an elephant made h:s appearance
stalking mn i">tiraliv through the mud. Tie
hunter hal the wind Of the beast, 50 ,ha. he
could follow him without hcinr scented The
tracks OF the elephant were fully FIVE feet a
part. and though the mud was quite thrc,
and a half feet deep. his belly was two ir,t
above the surface. The tracks looked Tx,
small wells. 50 larrc were his feet IT,,
crust grew thinner and thinner toward III,
water, and the hurtcr hc>ita.rd none tha,
once. doubtful whether or not 10 proceed .
The animal seemed cnio,inr himself HUGELY
quite un'n>ririnuS of danger. and maxim.
such a>pla>h;r@ As to drown the noi>r vii, -!
his enemy made in advancing. Closer AZ,
closer hrcrri', hclrin'! HIM until he approach
ed within eight PAGES. followed by the eul.
bearers. The mud lun@ up hv the clc;,llan
was scattered over The hunter as it tel.
Il was carrying" says he, "a Trht double
barrcllcd gun. hut now reached back m,
hand to exchange it for my four-ounrc rifle
Little lld anticipate the sudden effect pro
'iuccd hv the additional wci"ht Of the hcav,
weapon. The trcaclcrouS surface Su,l,!,r,
gave way, and in an instant WIS wai>t-,l,r,
IN the mud. The noise ;hlt mlIc in i.lin:
had at once aroused the elephant: and. t.u,
to the character of 'ro-uc, he immc,.iatcl,
advanced with shrill trumlcting toward!
nc. His ears were cooked. and his tail wa
we'll up; but. instead of charging, as rogue,
usually dc. with his head thrown back AN,
held high, which renders a front sho. Yer,
uncertain, he rather lowered hi. head. an.
spla>hed toward me through the mud. ap,.a
rently de>pi>ing my dminutive appearance.
Il thought i; was all up with me this time
| was immovab!e in my bed of mud; ana. in
stead Of the clean brown barrel that | co,,l,
usually tra<t to in an extremity. raised ;
mass of mud to my shoulder, which crca>et
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