, 1873-11-16

miloH OF march In tho uay. It mtBt be admitted,
Is sc sst tE
elephants are not tho sntno. aoo aro 80 smooth ~
almost to invite siumbor; on others the unlucky
occupant Of tho cushion rolls about as at soa,
1rFyo his % h a N II tn. Rss s
mud tho noourity Of. this mndo OF conveyance arc,
whcro rapitlity pf communication is NOT oaaontial,
Of tho worry Creatcst convenience to rcs!dente In
tho plaius.. The owner Of MI elsphant has be-
sltles far greater guarantee for respoct-
ability tlian tho owner OF gfg. It ia
not to 10 in1hgiuod, however, that alo-
rhanta eont nothing, Or catl prospor with,
ont caro or attendance 4, 4 prudent poraon wll!
rAn aud 10 thiH .ond a higl,-roofod barn n,uht
DO conRlrueted with open sides largo enough to
admit somethng Of tho eise Of nm ordinary hay-
staek. Ihon the bath Is ns Indispensable 70.
good breakfast to, tho iuryman Of Dickens; and
after D daily plunge and swim: during which
nothing is aocn OF tho animal but tho tip Of his
na m ato4 i s nd G snbs n f. e. sdf e. At e ses eaaas o
and brushed, vlulc thorns. Or foreign sub-
stauoea ;are. extraotea from THO toou:: Whon
thoao operations aro concluded; : chain Ia
fnatsnea round ons hin log aud made toonrS
Tie day; ia passed. by, tho elephant In OBJ.
dust, or in driving away the FLEA with u leafy
od !{om sopas nf ct tpee
and " whole cortloal Of tondor branches reeontly
cut. 10 procure tLia lattor supply is tho daily
duty Of ono Of the att9.naantg. wAo IN Indian
termed f %q9 ts o.
Not every kina OF leaf is palatablp, apd whole
tracts Of country covered With forest treea :nro
absolutely uaelosB for tho flooding of elephants:
siephenfs SiSn 1n Viii ens enaeyes IT, tsed
WHO who aro @ now sroanina 6yer tic PRICE of ooala
| will hardly DO consolod by tue knowledge tliat
tho pr1co Of m ELEPHANTS koop :has almost
merly in tho Gnngctfo Delta an elephant. With ita
two atte,dauts, cost little. moro than "a q
month. Tho amount ia now fnlly double, and
Is soarce, it reaohos tho high Gguro Of 60 OF E7.
Elophants aro nlso worry Liable 70 DO disabled by
foot Or to ,nsE st atos, sa o. e.nss senS1 aeo
ration aIa'' and {alneneaa; sores and ulcorp
fitting on tho howdah;' and informal disorders
are betrayed by tho animal itseG, which Nsotally
coilsumcs Jumps Of Garth to show that II noeda =
puFgatiye. Then nu elephant may. under bud
n1anag agemont become aa fertile . sourcd Of qnarr. Y.
| rel IN rabbits Or hares. Some have q vicious
habit Of getting rid Of their fastonngs, and max
Ing nightly expeditions INTO Il Holds ot rice or
nonchnlanco Of Aalatio monials, will take luis ele
plant right through q fold Of rieet wheat, or
paso} to Havo circuit Of q fow hundred .yatda,
Or he viii permit 1t to pluoht the hneat frulta 81
9i.so, Vii y'll 9ill slly oonnive Il q push Or
shove that annlhilatca a limo OF storshousos, Or
huts made ;of wattlest mud, md tlatch.. In
do1ea by their tenants. have oftcn bean known
| quietly to Bond 4 posse OF servants Oh M ele-
phnnt into tho Rardon or field Of their adversary,
and to truBt to subsequent chtcanery and corrup-
ton to meet and counseraot tho talo Of q plum
lerod homestoad and d rayagod crop.
About aquarter Of century ago elephants
played, or weto made to p1ay, a very active part
III boundary disputes, or oontosts for new traota
Of al1uv1al formation; with which tho E1ocu
Districts were ut TINT time Of enormous
! extout. Tho. lGws against what aro termed
agrarian outrages woro palpably lax, tho police
| was wholly olloerod by natives, and eucroach-.
monts were either attempted Or resisted, on the
part Of tho proprlotora by tho Gid Of organized
| bands OF strong -1inbod aud veli-paid oiub-men.
A deaultory engagement enauol, in which, 30
| tho police report stated, q couple OF mou Sero
transtixel with hpcara and died On the spot, and
thrce or four more Terc wounded; and then tho
| fight waa fought over again in, tho GRIM
| inat md oiyil courEs. In long and acrimonious
litigation II ',was .ninutely described how tho
aggrcssor had sent ono scrYant on . bay pony, q.
SECOND on wlito ditto, and a third on tho elo-
phant; howt ut given signal from tho howdnh,
the ripe corn had boon fred Of tho vol had bsen
chokod; how this tenant had boon spoared with
javolin because hc would not give up the ill.,
rillloti with buoks!ot because ho refused to
swear to iiei md, finally, how the hugo bulk
to flnlah the work Of tho .clab-mon, and to
4 pound hearth md homestead into chaotic
Mass. Unluckily, In theao statements, graphic
ally detailed md sworn to in ossentia! partio,,-
was subatratum Of truth md . vast supcrstruc-
ture Of falsehool. Two men Ind possibly
bcen Killed., but t1oy belonged to tho ~oppo-
etto party, Or they were: not doad at all, but LID
color to tho story; no four-footed anin,als had
appeared On or near tho battlefield tho eor~
vants whose dignity and position required ponies
or elephants for loconotion bud in reaiity Kept
boring village, and had allowed tho rough work
OF violence to proceed through tho agency Of
albordinatcs, who had boon instructed as to
what yas required Of thom in the interests OF
old Latin formula to the Cousus-sls qufd detri.
nentt respItlscd catfat.
Theso tales arc happily almost obsolete. and
the intqultles, roal or imputed, OF tho elephant
nro now moro often confined to tho abstraction Of
two or threo sticks Of augar-cano, or to tho
planted crop. But occasionally damage to prop
orty aud 1ifo ia dono By tame elephant which
gctn loose in tho rutting aeaaon, and Is trans
"lubber tlead" into . demon Of inventive NAL:
leo aud dehhorate revenge. An elephant has
boon known, when in this stntei to tako
l'Ip commanding Toa!tlon On, high-
road ~and nesr Q village. md to doal
loath and destruction round Lin for a
week together. old aomen md children caught
IN mooEory by tho trunk Of tho infuriated AMI.
NAL Aoyeral housos unrooted or thrown down /;
port1y nntivo Rentlsmon flying out of their pa.
fanauln8 communication stopped and the
wholo nolghborhood IN panic, ,-thlahas not un-
frequently heen tho tenor Of tho police roports
for "{s aus; n spherical bullet from tho pr9s'
,plantor eyos tho destroyer bis 9uietus. Bpofta-
mon accustomed to the 1ungles veil lsnow that
effective. Either the charge tho animal must be
awaited, aud tho aim mnst be tnkon at tho hollow
just aboyo the trunk. or, II the sportsmnn has
through tho ego will do equally woll. Moro than
forty years ago tho. elephant that went mad on
I Exotor Change oxhnuatod something like bur-
rowfu Of bullets boforo hp could be destroyed,
thu assatiauts boing olther ignorant Of tho Yital
part Or bolnE una6lO; to CATCH tho animal in thu
nQgarn Ind killed Bonn ON s1ila afonhs Nh H.,