New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-16

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a visit Two nights elapsed without our seeing any
thing OF them. On the morning of the third dav
however and while refreshing the inner uah ai,V :"
long nights decay watch, Cutroken by az! tAins
save the bowl OF The hyeua, the moc6iiS lausu7 Vi
tie iaekal. aud the grow Iugs OF naughty hoh' ii
ugfiye yha.e duty Il was 60 report on the alIeaf-
auce of wild animals, suddenly "d'opnsu ~, anu
/ silently dern.ited at my fees q smaH OrahcA " u
rborn tree. ANY explanation on The man part wa,
unnecessary; Tor, alter having cafeIull CN,ininsu
/ the twig, which was much Jagttu Uuu eut y! .he
toare al lie teeth 80 once came 10 ms Cphelu'loh
nat II nod been torn from IT. stem olly lev hours
previously by elephants. ana merely inquired
. .sIVbere are they, and how many Ia number 10
The first OF nv queries he iephed by pouring TO
- la,, broken hills ia the neig bOrhood 10 the
scrond he could give TO precise answer. lie had
len some Of lis companions, however, TO watch the
movements OF the elephants
In ten minutes | Was en- T0ise, duly equipped.
tfter a rapid and hot march Of rather less than TWO
nours' dufaton, we saw the three ma ives left AS
sertinels running toward in fiery haste exclaim-
ing out Of tresth " We have seen tlemi we have
seen them there are three Of them - adding, But
there'-pointing TO a small eminencc on which was
stuck m another Blackey," looking very much
Ike a hnpe iabOon-" YOU can zee for your,elf. %
did not wal 20 he told this twice, aud bad soon
tie satisfaction Of verifying will uy own eyes tie
statements of the natives. The elephants were
ihen defiant about threeQ uafters OF mile apparent
~, slowly browsing among some brushwood at the
foot Of a low ridge. \ few seco5ds enabled ne to
make NV ARRANGEMENTS. Leaving couple of men
co the rock 10 watch the movements OF the animals,
proceeded with the rest 70 the 8ttG *. making
considerable circuit in order To- Get 10 the lceWard OF
our game, the wind being at iirst exceedingly I'M
favorable
Having gaIucd the foot Of the I'LL where the
bTutCs were iast seen, tcnt two natives ahead and
up the hill 10 recOuuoier. A low whsile-the
signal 10 adyance-was soon beard, which quickly
brought me alongslde Of the scouts The elephants
were silil almost on the SPOT wterc they had been
first seen, but / could only make out two. Putting
fresh printing and caps to my rite and ramming the
tullei vel home, dropped nolseiessy down the
rock, &C ompaned by one OF my own Damafas, who
carried n snare gun. The rest OF the party were in
structed 10 remain quietly intheiT safe hiding place
couple of mimi cs walk brought me within raoge OF
of the elephants, and, the cover beng admirable,
/ advanced to within about twenty-five PAGES of the
spot where he stood. lie was then somewhat aslant
from me, but soon turned 70 me his broadsde. Some
minutes, however, elapsed before could make out
the exact position OF his shoulder. l once
attempted to get little ahead OF mm,
but soon found my situation less favorable than
before, aud therefore stuck 10 my fist post. WIN
nv heavy sriie carrying steeI-iOint c0nieal
bullets three % the pound ready poised III my hand,
and douts barreled snooth-5ore. ready-coc ked on
the ground beside me, j snXiOusly waited for
chance to fire. i wanted him to move a step or two
forward, when ] knew hs shoulder must be fully
exposed Suddenly be did so, and as quickly COW
cred hs heart, the jungle reGchoiug the next instant
with IN explosion OF twelve drachms of Halls best
rifle powder. The effect was deadly. With fright
tul rush forward o was the most Tremendous plunge
ever Wi messed bv any wild ANIMAL, he fell pros
trate within about $50 yards Of my place of ambush
Another elephant was evidently following the
stricken animal i did not zee hin, bot Judged as
much Nv the noise oCcssiOned by his flgbt and hav-
ing quickly reloaded, pursued the fugitive. Sud-
denly when within less than yards ofy intended
victim, found myself 10 lis presence. lie was par
TALLY facing me- lis huge ear spread hkea pair Of sind
ding-sals < vinga defiant and threatening air TO his
whole attitude oidDot, however hesitate, but fred
at once at bis shoulder when heinstantly betook him
self TO flight My beucbman, at this moment be-
coming frightened al the close proximity OF the 81
gantic creature, instead OF handing me the spare
gun, also ran away. Rsloadng the rife, wac soon
once more in pursuit aud had shortly the sstisiac
ton Of getting again within sight Of tie poor beast
who from The quantity Of blood on Lis spoor, was
evidently seriously wounded. Ny attendant now
reioined me. | managed this time 10 Ire all my
three barrels; but though every bullet sped true,
they had not tie effect Of bringing the brute down
To my surprise and satisfaction, coon discovered,
nevertheless that instead OF trying to make his
cape perhaps be felt unequal 10 the task he gradu
ally began re.r8cing BIZ steps.
Hearing Just at this moment q peculiar bammering
nose close uuder the HILL turned ABIDE to ascertain
its cause II arose, / found, from party Of Ovai-
jirnba who were busily possessing themselves oi
nest of honey combs. In their company was num-
Der of noisy curs, who, on our approach, began to
give tongue IN a most alarming manner. For
moment / really feared my quarry would escape me;
my misgiyines fortunately proved unfounded, for
soon overlook the poor creature resting uEder a
small tree. ! crept quite close mp 10 him, and
poured more the contents OF all my barrels INTO
his body. Unfortunately, IN pulling The Trigger OF
the s1noothbore both barrels went of together, and
the gun being light. and charged with twenty
draelms OF powder it's rapid Iecoil struck ne vlO-
lently in the tace, Of the cocks buying itself
deep in my upper lip and looseniDg some oi
nv teeth. The shock almost stunned me; II was
enough to have Frustrated horse; vet / almost
instantly recovered myseN. As 10 the elephant,
he did not feen TO have been hurt at all for he
remained quite moiioless. Large bullets and pow
der now failed me- therefore sent my attendant for
the spare supply left with the men on TIE rock.
Willie waiting l0r Ills return, / Tanmed down
compile Of small bullets IN the rifle and Tired again.
The result was the same ~ before, l. o., HH Hav-
ing al last been rejOined by my men, gave the
wretched animal a couple OF additional hve-ouncers
a. comp dc grace, when he sunk slowly on hIs
launches, once more nghted Himself, ana tben ieI
with a craeh a c"rpfe
While thus engaged, tlnd elephant had been
esped by the on the lookout, ana on beng IN.
formed that be was % walk in the direction OF
bis iltt Frustrated companion, hurried OF AZ once
in search OF him. but had gone far before found
myself surrounded with numerous OvatImba, or
poor Dsmarrs, making the most terrific bubbub IN 4
ceebitiOn of my success, or rather AT the prospect
OF gorge on slH tulis OF elephant heHii. cannot
describe nv annoyance on finding myself thus unex-
pectedly baed in my object; for, Of course, the sur
viving elephant, scared by the noise, had prelpi.
lately left the spot where he had been seen. Had
it moi been for this annoying incident, should, IN
all probability have come up WITH and perhaps have
killed him TOO, which would, indeed, have made
glorious days sport. AS it was, bad done pretty
well. / had bagged 20 use tie sportsmans phrase,
two fine yOung males, measuring respectively
from the shoulder, II and ! feet. The tusks, how
! no rfg az -
the largest not much exceeding 80 pounds.
Nv this time more than ffty DamaTas were on the