The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-16
Tnhes from Ceylon.

one gentleman bad shot twelve hundred
elephants h.m-eit and Yet i j. perfectly
Well known in CeylOu that Major Rogers
I did so. Two gentlemen whose names may
not be mentioned. We're a. au evening par
o. il England a good many years ago.
when one Of them happened % narra,e
some ~ bis sporting adventures in Cey.ul.
Mortified bv observing some marks cd il-
credulty iu bis hearers. Lcappe4lci tO his
companion % cOrrObOrate his statements.
/ but bis companion. 10 his great surprise. and
I the amusement cl the company. li- friend
in an oiI-hald. halfjcsiing haifser.0u-
manner, begged him not 90 call on him %
i support any oi bis marvellous tales. and
/ turned Tie conversation into another chan
/ mel. As soon a. they had left Tie lOuse
/ the disconnected story-teiler a-kel iis COM
/ paniOn why De had thus deserted him. iu-
stead of corrobo-ating what DE Well knew
I 10 be true Ny dear fellow. said the
other taking him by the arm did you
not see that nobody believed you- Had
stood hy yDu. they would have ~-ii there
I Was pair 81 Us. Take mv a.1 re auG tril
/ no more elephant stoi.eS While yDu are ln
/ England ior You sill het.cr bee believed
/ In spite Of this caution. propose iottire
down from Tine 10 time such incidents a.
| have come across during a lengihencd
solouu in Ceyiou or which ] have heard
from others, also 90 give some account
OF the animals 10 5o met with iu that Is
+ land.
Treating of lhc "Illc. ia the way oi
animal life that are every dag affairs iu Cey-
+ Ion. let us begin with 4il-ators. TAerVcr
/ alligator attalus 10 large size. thel have
F been seen 80 long as eighteen feet: these
! are formidable customers. but iu most ol
/ tie tauk-, in the northern part of-thc IS
Land. alligator are more properly crOcOdiles.
aud literally swarm. vary ing from seven %
nine feet long These. though destructive
/ u cattle, s.cep and dogs, die generally
/ very shy OF man, and VIII not attack him
/ even in Tie water. They may easily be
/ caught hy attaching a bated hook % q ilOat.
/ The alligator devCurs the bait and then
-wlms of % the middle of TIE tank with
/ the hoat. In the morning the feat il drawn
! ashore In canoe, anc the aligatori is haul
cd ashore and dispatched by ban i'm the
shoulder. The flesh is very white aud ten
der looking. Some of the cocoa-nut plant
/ ers catch them in order 10 manure their
trees with their carcssses. They are ex-
/ ceedingly partial 10 dogs and are the ter
/ rOr OF The huntsman. The spotted deer
when pursued and hard pressed usually
/ take 10 the water; the dogs (greyhOunds or
Australian kangaroo hOunds) follow in hot
pursuit regardless of the shouts OF the
/ huntsman, who irantcally yelis from the
/ banks. suddenly a monsters head rises tO
Z The surface, and noble hound disappears
/ beneath the water. An alligator has seized
| him. l was one day riding Dy "a tank when
l saw deer emerge from the Jungle, pur-
sued 10y two parish dogs and take 10 The
water. ] rode toward the tank, but before
/ / reached il l saw the deer struggle up the
! opposite bank with an alligator hanging on
20 lis shoulders. The alligator dragged
back lis victim, and when | reached tie
/ spot where | mad seen the struggle only the
! circIng ripDles remained to tel the deed
that was going on below. while around
could be seen The tops Of the heads of sew
eral other alligators waiting until the sue
ce--iui one hod finished his ueed oi dark
ness ana re@'y 20 come 10 lhe rescue
should the ue'f snake OH iuS cap'of- J.
Succeedcd lh attracting lle al'chueH "a
9rue cou ayers ana caused lhela 70 ,Hou1'
Cnd Try To alarm lhe aIiSaiof, Whie l roue
over To the spot "hefe / hAu seen lhe rlp-
ple ias'' I'D ho'e7 ina. NiiShi l'cee1 III
inducing NiHi l" iui1 I'7 prey. h4l 1 Was
700 la'e' 20 III S.lo",'h7 uuchs. 1T a. o',eN
very ""nu9 li~ 1o "uu "u "iiisal"F Ev''''
one up SV" nav si9'' anu -oils' I'D PIC" up
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oi 'hese creatures ana olher repules' Ou
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