Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-25

of some six pounds weight. At my
approach hc darted away like on ar
row. In his hurry, he knocked hi!
head against al iron hook fixed in ;
post i'll the water, fracturing his slsul
and iniuring the optic nerve on on,
side Of his head. lie appeared te
suffer terrible pain; he plunged into
the mud, floundered hithcr and thith
or, and at last. leaping out Of the wa
ter, fell on the bank. On examination
a portion of the brain was seen D O
truding through the fractured skull
"This l carefully restored to its
place, making use of small silver
tooth-picll to raise tho splintcrs ol
broken bone. The fish remained quic,
during the operation; when it was
over he plunged into the pond. At
first, his suiierings appeared to bc re-
licvcu; but in the course of Il few
minutes he began rushing right and
left until hc again lcapcd out Of the
water.
IL called the keeper, and with hi:
assistance applied ba,ldage to the
fracture. That done, we restored him
TO the pond and left him to his fate.
Next morning, rs son rs l reached
the waters edge, the pike swan to
meet me quite close to the bank, and
laid his head upon my feet. thought
this an extraordinary proceeding.
Without further delay, l examined
tho wound and found it was healing
nicely. l then strollcd for some time
BY the side Of the pond. The fisi,
swan after me, following my steps,
and turning rs turned.
"Thc following day, I brought 4
few young friends with me to sec the
fish. lie swan towards me rs before.
Little by little he became so tame a4
to come to my whistle AID ca. out OF
my hand. With other persons. On the
contrary, he continued is shy and
rs wild rs ever"
This anccdnte is avcrrcd to have
been read. in 1850: before tic Liver
poo! Literary and Philosophical Soci-
city.
The elephant, with a sort Of humo-
rous usticr, is given to return injuries
or insults lin kind. In Madagascar,
an elephants cornac, happening to
have cocoa-nut in his hand,
thought fit. out of bravado. to break it
on the animals head. Tie elephant
made 10 protest at the time but next
day, passing 4 fruit-stall, he took CO.
coa-nnt in his trunk and returned the
cornac's compliment so vigorously on
his head, that he killed linn Oh the
spot.
vindictivc, the elephant is also
grateful. at Pondicherry, Il soldier
who treated an elephant to Il dram OF
arrack every time he received his pay
found himself the worse for liquor
When the guard were about to carry
him off to prison, he took refuge
under the elephant and fell asleep.
His protcc OF would allow no one to
approach, and watched him carefully
all night. In the morning after cares.
sing with his trunk, he dismissed him
to settle with the authorities as best
he could. Both revenge and gratitude
imply intelligence; still moro does the
application Of an unforeseen expcdi-
ent. A train of artillery going to
Scringapatam, had to cross tho shing-
ly bed Of a river. A man who was
sitting on agun-carriagc, fell, in anoth-
er second the wheel would have passed
over his bo,ly. An elephant walking
by the side Of the carriage saw the
danger, and instantly, without any
order from his keeper, lifted tho wheel
from the ground, leaving the fallen
man uninjurcd.