Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-01
$500 PER ANNUM.

gave thein 10 unuerstanu that dld not at all
approve of the dying part of their address, as,
I had no great personal aversion to liJe; but
ON the cantrary, felt confident, that well
armed as we were, and supporting one another,
we might and ought to, conquer the monster.
They then tried pathetic. allusion to their
wives and families, to which rejoined, that |
had no such membranes and should mat
tiers come'to the worst, few yards of black
Grape would be no very heav tax to brace
Of anxious brothers in England. Finding
further persuasions of no avail, they request
ed | would write few lines to the resident to
state that they had said and done all in their
power to deter me from my purpose, which
promised. ! had in my establishment some
old and well-tried shikarees, (beaters,) men
often tried, who had witnessed some startling
occurrences during our intercourse with the
animal kingdom. One of them dubbed jack
was a low caste fellow, but when under the
influence of arrack, he was very courageous,
and firm believer in the transmigration of
souls. sent for Jack, who appeared as usual
well impregnated, though his nervous system
was somewhat influenced by the sudden cpl
demic of alarm, which had already attacked
the natives of higher caste. Jack could
spOf' "''ie Ansnsi' anu ai'ei De'ns uuiy i"-
.0'N"eu 90 W "A"' "ou-u W "
no s"iu' s"i, osp''"' ui' "an 'oo a''
elerfeut de divil kill captin sure enuf.'-
Upon my asking him if he was prepared to
S'anu D' mo Ao 'om'u no "ou'u' s'~piy re-
uiarAins 'na' ~ 'n"' 'in,o 'ovio", nc
snouN. 10 eiaNs D'"' "''A -'opoN it'
shouiu iia'e eo'u iiaS''i'
At daylight the next morning was up, and
found some two hundred Taroos mad come In
during the night. These men live entirely in
the jungles, and speak most unintelligible
patois. Their appearance is OF the widest
description, with hardly vestige of clothing
upon their bodies, and their long black hair
plated down to their waists; but when in pur-
suit OF their aVocatiohs' they roii rouhu
their heads IKE aturpan, ana WIN piack
pianSet' anu thier poaies wen greAseu' .heir
toilet Is made. Ihese men' accustomed 10
almost daily encounters with wiio eiephah's'
most dread OF this Shikar bassa elephant ae-
claring their CONVICTION OF its peing neither
possiple 10 take nor destroy hn' A'er
long consultation, IL was oecidea 1hae 1he op-
erations should De ocmmenceu py tne Two
famous tame male eiephahts employed IN tne
taking expeditions Ihey were tne nnest AM
mails OF the kind nave ever seen, ooth peihg
ten feet and nall al tine shouloer' ana IN 1ne
highest condition. Their respective names
were " Arang bahadoor, ana Motee rer-
saud, /" the latter with only ono tusk' put IN
other respects most powerful eiephant, ana
noted for his courage.
These elephants were so higniy prizeu' tnat
pledged my WORD TO tine cnieis, that II ei1ner
OF tnem shoutd get worsteo IN tne at'ack .ne
wild elephant shouio DC Killed Dy myself rms
qu'eteo their iear al least SO iai Us 'ie aiiiSiS
were cohcerheu'
AT eight o'clock in the morning OF the 7th
of March, 1914, we started from the tents, and
at the expiration of an hour, we arrived at
the place where this monster was to be found.
Never shall forget the scene Upon our COM
ing within few yards of his position, Motee
Persdud was leading, when out rushed the
wild elephant with a terrific whistle, and i'm
mediately commenced furious attack upon
Notice. The meeting of these two mountains
of flesh was really grand. Notice stood the
shock well, but in ten minutes, it was quite
evident the wild one was master; they cross
ed their tusks, and pushed at each other like
infuriated rams. Upno Motee giving way a
general shout was raised by some three hun
dered voices. Immediately got off my ele-
phant, followed by my five gun carriers, and
fired three-ounce ball into the wild ones
flank; he gave hideous roar, eased his pur-
chase on Notice Persaud, and retired to his
quarters. A general scamper now took place.
Away went the chiefs and Taroos (the former
had never dismounted) with Motee Peraud at
their heels, and after going about two miles
al rafting pace, Motee was secured with
some difficulty and fastened TO Tree now
determined upon attacking the brute on ioo''
jack and my other attendants standing py me-
though much disappointed tnat had NOT JONI
ed in the general night inc enemy soon
showed symptoms OF the humor ne was IN py
tearing down branches oil the trees, ana aash-
ing them in all directions many OF 'nem
were thicker than my pody. snortiy auer-
wards about twenty tame puhaloes' whch
were grazing in the neighborhood, ana pro-
hah lu Tar0OH' elephants,