The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22
instincts OF EIan,lanfs.

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II nature has not given intellect. t,
these animals, it has 9iven them an 4,
ssince very much akin toit. "a man ha.
only to hunt them in their .wilds to learr
now wonderfully Providence has tauoh
Them to choose the most favorable
| ground, whether for feeding OF encamp
lnS' and to resort to jungles where theil
ponderous bodies so resemble rocks OF
| the dark foliage, that it is very difficult
Tor the sportsman to distinguish them
rem surrounding. .objeets;i i while their
1eet are so constructed that not only can
they tramp over any kind of ground.
whether hard or soft, thorny or smooth,
out without emitting sound. Some OF
thelr encafnping grounds are models of
lhgenulty-some of them perfect for
tresses. once followed up a herd and
found them in a small forest surrounded
On tnrees sides By a.tortuons river, imS
passaple Tor ordinary mortals by reason
either OF the depth of water, its precilpi-'
tous banks: quieksands or gentangline,
weeds in its. bed. while the fourth side
was protected by a tangled fhicket.
further protected by aquagmire in front,
TO get at them without disturbing them
was 1mpossible; at last, whenI did get
within shot of the forest, the elephants
retreated by the opposite side to that by
winch had approached, and after fol-
lowing them for, several hours did not
get a shot. The damage done to rice
crops, Mr.. Sanderson thinks, is exac-i
gerated. 1t may be, SO in Mysore; but In
Burmah, in many places, it is excessive.
While employed on survey work in the
IhEalfaWaddie !, Eal district, l. have been fol-
damage done and asking for a remission
OF tax, mistaking me for revenue officer.
NO one supposes elephants have the rea-
sonms; powers possessed BY man ;if they
had, we should be their slaves, and not
they ours; but their instinct is wonderful.
IWill give eoupleaof instances: When
war broke out with Burmah,ea lot of ele.
pi1ants were sent across from Bengal to
frome byland, underthe charge of Capt-
AIN. Baugh. of the Bengal lTwenty-sixth.. Z
among them was magnificent ttlsker.
de took adislike to this officer, whyewas
not exactly known. Some said it was.
because he had knocked off the elephants
neck his mahout; bnt be the reason what
it may, this brute tried tokill Baugh, and
nm only, several times. have seen him
thrashed for this several times BY other
elephants armed with chains, who WELD
ed them much as a drummer does the
lash at the halberds; butit was of no use,g
his dislike was inveterate, he would take
no food except from a pet female, HE
had two lashed alongside of hi1rl,1 and
eventually died at Shoaydoung. AS q
rule, elephants are timid. Quiet. iroffan-
ave; but when wounded and closely foI-g
lowed up, or females with. Young, their
fury knows no bounds They dread fire
more than anything else;a butaone aele-
phant belonging to the battery in Assam
was an exception, and would assist in
putting p out fire, This same elephant
would do what never knew. any other
20 do, VIZ, when a beasts neck was cut /
trough, all but the vertebra, (it did not
natter whether the beast was a buffalo, a /
ieer, tiger, Or anything else, It would, I
when ordered, put q foot on the neck.
wine the trunk around the head. and. 7
With wrench, separate it from the bolyI
md hand it Up to. thesmahout, I have
'een one or two elephants that would
land adead bird up; but most of them
VIII not touch anything of the sort. Nor.
would they Intentionally tread upon q
allen manor bettst--those used fore aexelE
utions ins the GHicor's territories
oda.haVe been taught to do SO. Some
oolish men teach their elephants to
rample upon dead body. and by SO
oing ruin them for sport An elephant,
nless vicious by ylature. will only do so
t .flrst with the greatest reluctance, but
ftcr a time, if anything falls before It.
sgis apt to- charge, and ifsit adoesunot Ii
neel down suddenly and throw the &C.
upant out Of the howdah, It gets the
nimal betWeen itslegs. and PLAYS a sort
I football with. it, throwing,it backward
nd forward between the front ana hind
,gs until iit is of the censisteney of 81 H
lily. Men are Occasionally thrown off
le packgot an elephants what would
lelr rate be mounted on beast who
ad been taught such tricks IAN eIe- D,
hant | bought. of Mr.. Tyes had once
cen cut by a rhinoceros Nothing
otdd induce herto entera Jungle where
le. OF these animals was; the very
ightest scent Of one would send her
ylngs A splendid female lnuckna be-sk
nging to. my department cared nothing 4,
r a tiger would kick one out Of her
ath without showing the slightest signs Ii
pneasiness, but if she. met a pony
,thing could hold her. II London Fysld. III
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