Butte record., 1855-12-01

had been made.
\ cage Is erected here, formed u
trunks Of trees and bamboos, fifteen feet
high and ten feet in diameter 1t con
tains a live buffalo, adorned with gar
lands round lis neck and horns. The
external circumference Of the cage is
surrounded by long oblong chests, made
Of stout pIanbs Bach chest contains
live tiger, between whom and the lut-
f'lo only 4 trap door forms a partition.
When this S pulled up the bahaIo places
himself III a fighting position, with his
head turned toward the DOR Of the IL
gers den. The tiger does not appear to
show any inclination to commence hos
t.lities; it is necessary to enrage the
beast first by means Of fire, or by p3king
at It with sharpened sticks At leneth
the tiger springs forth from the chest
with a hoarse growl The excitement
IF the spectators mas reached its highest
pitch The ju.Ia.o turns round IN cir
Gle, always keeping its armed forehead
opposed to tie creeping ana crouehing
enemy; and when the tier is coarhant,
drives lin with his horns against tie
sides o. The chest 1t another Gme the
TIGER becomes the assailaut springs on
the bafaIo, and frequently fastenes its
teeth So firmly in the animals back that
the buffalo to ses him back and forward
in every direction. This horrible con-
test IS repeated with many variations: at
times the tiger climbs TO the roof of the
cage, and is there caught in falling on
the horns Of tie buffalo and again hurled
in the air. Generally the tiger is soon
exhausted, lies gnashing his teeth, and
gaSping for breath on the floor Of the
cage, while the buffalo walks restlassly
round and round and shaking its head
ominou>ly. On other occasions the bul-
talo evinccs 10 inclination for the contest
and both animals are irritated to az ox-
tremo pitch by burning straw or boiling
water, which Attendants sittine On the
top Of the cage pour down Oh the beasts
or through the social 4 'bu8ll5 herb,
a species Of singing net.Ie, which eaus-
eS considerable iu.iamation. The buaalo
IS nearly always the victor; lie receives
a few Slight wounds from tie claws ana
teeth Of the tiger, and eventually locks
down with The pside Of victory upon one
or more dad and dying tigers which lie
yanquished before him The nar5wness
Of the cage, ia which tie tiger can not
move freely enough il It's fashion and
spring on lis foe, ails I'll. buffalo to gain
the victory, espeoialiyas ti-ers thai have
been shut up for any length Of time, and
have only satisfied their hunger with q
scanty supply Of dead dogs, soon loose
their strength.
The battle is continual y accompanied
by the sound Of hurried blows on the
eameland, between which the shouts Of
the spectators encouraging the animals
may be heard ochoeing. At the close Of
tie spectacle the signal for silence was
given. The emperor had been regard
ing the spectacle seated on his throne at
some little distance, and between haa
and the cage was a long open space,
which was bounded by rows Of Europe
ans They now seated themselves again
and the yieeroy and premier, Pangorang
Adipati, walks between the ranks to It.
ceiye the further commands Of his high
ness The viceroy, a rather lively and
corpulent old man Of reyerept aspect,
with long gray hair, dressed in rich
Javanese clothes, with the little white
cylindrical cap which Is 4 sign Of high
rank at court, throws himself, at dis
tance Of twenty-five PAGES, down upon
the uncovered sandy soil, raises his
clasped hands to bis broad forehead, and
salutes his master. While seated on the
ground he crawls further along lov about
i've steps, then repeats his salutation
called sembah, then crawls few pa
ces further. and eventually, a.,er tie
third repetition Of this ceremony, re
naming seated IN al humility Oh tae
ground before his lord, at a distance Of
fifteen PAGES, which lie dare not encreaeh
upon The deepest silence prevails all
around; the emperor sits moiioaless on
his throne The y.csroy -ives his report
in ho1rso voice. At each however
short, graph Of lis speech. Ae raises
his hands again to his forehead which
lie holds il 2 asaap.i-4. posture, un..l .-e
en- rs expressed Is commands