New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-12

ssd kgfs.o we're 10 sunS:ous 50 70 sford mose
exciting syors 70 he NImrsds Of iae party. We
copy one Of bis descriptions ot
ErHPHsSr HUNTING.
We we've CT the side OF fne g-esn valley s'a1dec
beIs srd N, with tees. AID out oy ha'h7lou, Nv
ue;s lisa retired fen tn nose, - tskc "a %
We q smcng come rocks Of smns tsd grit, shen DC
Id elephant ard her ost az the erd OF me Vey
about t~o niles oi.tsDt. The est as rolag ~ 'ne
mo, SID tke AN xSs s'sCdrng is1riag oeissi va"
her great A. locked 81 'hem through my Ass
saw q ioLg 5.Iicg Of nv ovu aope aEng on the
Other Tide Of tb- srd S-ksebu came aud tod M
n A. these 81 gore Of sGy.r "Oar is,her VIII scs
,o.csy whs; sor1 Ct usr Ae has got" | then ~eot
higher % the SIDE If tie valley, 10 order 20 have dis
ire. view i their uooe II buruLg The goouy bess
tota " rIcogscious OF the approach Of the enemy,
srcCd icr scue Ire sucking her Young one, wh'cu
seemed abou; two years old q ey then EeSt lc'o pr
containing md ana sueared themselves 81. over WITH
IL the little o. ri. iLy shout hls dam, hsp2ing h'
ears SEA tossing bis uurk necessarily 10, eepn.nns
fashion. She kept ti-ppsg her ears sra sasS %
ts as in the hisht Of erjoy-rent Insu nsgsn the
tir y # her enemies W. en- performed oy blow
Into tube or he hands closed together, ss BOYS
&C into key They cal out to attract the animals a.
hntiou:
y chief! chitfi many Will d.e ossiie you &c
4he gods have Ead T." &c.
Both arimas espsrded their ears and listened then
left Il II path The crowd rushed tcwsrd them tne
little ore ian forward toward the end Of ths valley,
bu, foeirg Tire men there returned 20 his dam. She
placed herseh on the Deeper side OF her cs't' anG
passec her prcboscs overir gain aud again as L to
s.sure il Of safety She frequently locked back to the
mep, WHO kept up iucessan, shouting singiog ana
pipI q then locked ct her young one Snd ran ait H.
somtincs sideways, IS II ber ieeAlgs were elvldeu
between s-1ety 10 Protect her osorlog and desire TO
reyeIgs the ;eperits OF her prosecutors. The men
kept about I'd ards in her rear, and come thai
dissncs from her aDks, aud continued thus until sne
ives obliged 10 cross rivnet. The = ne spent Id dc
scero, and getting up me opposite bank allowed OF
their cou,irg 40 20 the edge and dsohsrging their
a, al out ~srty yards distance. After tne nr,t
cisohaTge she sppSred With her sides red WAN Olco1
and b. gnnirg 10 fee for her own HE seemed u thok
10 more ii her yourg. had previously cent oil Sex
vebn It'll orders to spare The calf 1t very fast,
tut Ieihsr young For old ever enter into u galopi
their quicke II pace Is OIL sharp wax Before Sex
webu C. ud reach them, the osf had taken refuge IN
the w.ter and wss XII ed The pscs OF the can grad
ual'y became slower. She turned with shrek OF
rage ard N SIDE a furious charge back among the
men. They vanished al hight angles 10 her course,
or sidev aye ara, she ran straight on, enc ~snt
through HE whole party but came near no one except
man VITO wore q piecs OF cloth on mis- shoulders.
Bright c,thrg is always oengOrout IN tnese cases
She charged three or four tnies aln eAcept ID lne
trst ipstsIce, never went tsrher hsn iVo yhds one
often stood otter she had crossed rlvuet and faced
the men though she received fire, spears IL vas by
THE Of .rg ard loss OF blood that she was
killt d. fer at last making short charge che stag
% ~ a.
/ cid not see TIE whole hurt, having been tempted
svay BY both sun and moon appearing uncl0uded L
turned from the spectacle OF The destruction OF nooe
sDmal which right be made 80 useiu 10 Athea with
feeling Of sI3kness, ana II was mol renewed oy tue
recollection that the ivory mne though that was
the Gaze | regretted t. see them killed and more
efpecisy the yOurg ore the meat not being AZ AL ne
eerssry at that tiris but II right TO ada that ala
Z OF feel sick whsr my own blood was up tAe isy De-
fore We ought perhsps 10 judge those deeds more
etienty in wbi we Ourselves have no te nptation TO
er gage Had | rot been previously guilty OF doing
the very same thrg, night have pnded myself on
snperior humanity when experienced the nausea III
viewing my men kill these tao.
The elephants If this region were smaller than
tho,e in q more southern latitude The one nrss
killed On this occasion was male not ial grown,
measuring eight feet high at tue ~ltiers Inc otner
was full grown female eight fee; eight inches IN
hight which vas about one foot less than The aver
sge. They arc dainty feeders and have great
relish for certain sweetsasted tlers and fruits.
They che. 70 the moh0nono, the minl0ss, and other
trees which contain much saccharine matter, muci-
lsge and gum. An experienced elephant may be
seen pus.ing his tesd TO lofty palmyra, aud sway
irp it 70 and fro to shske of the seeds; be then
plcks them No enc by ono aed eats them. D; he
tlsnts himself u5dsr lts mssuns and other fruit
trees and picks of the sweet fruit, till bis appetite
is cloy,d. DO also Digs up bulbs ald tuoers, but
they are too coarse ior his delicate digestion. With
b.exc'ss,ye ttste for food which aoOunds IN mucl-
lase and gum, he produce, but email effect on the
vegetation Of a country. We have mary curoas
details concerning the native population of which
the following must suffce for specimen:
TIE AFRICANS or THE INTERIOR.
Each village We passed furnished us with a couple
oflpen to take on 20 the next. Tney We're p'eia in
shOsirg W be parts least covered With Jungle Woo
Ne CAME near VILLAGE we saw men, women anu Gun.
drep errpoyed in wedding their gardens, they Deicg
great leu tuTistl. Mex OF the men are muscular,
sLd nave lsrge plowDsn hand'. rneir color 10 the
same sdmixure f0m very dark 70 light olive tnas So
ear IL Londa. Tccusn ~ hsVe talck hps ana nat
noes Only the more degraded Of The popualoa pos
40 - the ~ negro pbyslOg -ODy. Trey marx toen-
selves by lire If little si,td cicatces lch OF wolch
ia % qua ter OF al Meh long they eAteod n n the up
Of the Lore 10 the root Of the har 90 the orehood IL
ia remarkable that never me, with 40 Alblno IN
crossi.g Airics, though, fon accounts Published 0y
he Portuguese, Eas lea 10 expect that they were
he'd 10 favor doctors by Ger ain chiets -" seV-
els 10 the south: Que st kHumso u tai grown "o
man ard Il an having the peculiarly Of ska was met
viii ia tb. colony. TheY bodies are always bhsteTei
or ura the sun the skin "a more tender tnan
that Of the blsck4 The Kurumsn woman lived some
time at KoobeDg, and gsrersly hsa on her oo9otn
ard shoulders the remains Of large blistsr' Sac was
most ap1ou, 70 be mace black, but nitrate OF silver,
taken Internally, cid Eet produce its usual effect Dur
jrg tho time resided al Ms5o;ss, womaa ine 70
tho station with q fle boy, en- Abioo The father
isd ordered her to tbrox bin away, but she cung 70
ser of priLg for mary years. He vas rem@k,oy ta-
teigert fog biz age. The pupil VI the eye was Of
pn color and tho eye its..f YES unsteady in vision
ice hair, CT rstner WOOL was yellow, and the features
were those COMMON among tie Bechusaas At.er !
eit the pace The other IS ssid TO nave become tired
OF living spsr, from the father WIG refused 70 nave
Der she ine retained TIE con. sue look nun OUT one
sav ard kiftd bin close 10 the village OF MsoCsa,