The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-04-22
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force and violence in his gigantic ho,,.. "s'
quently breaking the ropes or oy.r,,, .'.'e'
the trees In his frantic efforts tn esc.n s
meantime, bowling with rage and ,,,n
finally casting himself prone. nnon ana
earth in fatigue and despair, so,ne,,. NC
even expiring. Your co,responden, hs
the pleasure Of witnessing the lr., a4a
1870, known as the Dukes, and wa, W.
only American there. On this las, ,o we
sion, however, the great republic was ,nss
largely represented, there being nru...s
several Of its citizens, amongst ,hsu
New York gentleman and his wiee -
author and a newspaper corresnordo~'
from the City Of Brother)y Love bes;a
some others, over whose quarters IN d.
hastil. improvised Kraal Town, waved
diminutive American flag; and at leo,t NV
section Of the long dining.table in n.
Wheelta's Sylvan Hotel was daily n,,
cheerful by the pleasant converse and .,h
dued nerriment OF the little knot of :.
p"blicans, who, on pleasant entertainnen.
bent, whiled away the waiting hours mean
time, with appetites sharpencd bv ~.
mountain air, doing full justice to the crr,
ture comforts the place afforded. TIM.
we fraternized amidst the forest wi,dx =,
Saffraga'n. to witness the grandest snec;.s
of wild sport in the world.
The drive up from the Colombo w,s
made by our party during the might. b..
meath the silverv light Of bright FIJI,
moon. The road, presenting a succession
Of short hills and long levels wound +.
way amidst luxuriant tropical foliage and
cultivated fields. Prolific coacanut tree.
aboundcd all the way their feathery frondr.
reflected in dark, fantastic shadows INN,
the gray, sanded highway. Jaunty areca
palms, as smooth and straight as arrow.
without branch for fiftv feet, nodded their
tassled heads as we passed, displaying mar.
velous crops OF fruits hanging pendant
like mammoth clusters Of varicolor.d
grapes, some green, some pink and some
russet.brown and yellow. Huge jack and
bread.fruit trees loomed up in the so,uber
silence, the former bearing fruit about the
size Of pumpkin, and the latter neat imi
tations Of twopenny loaves, half concealed
amidst broad, dark.green leaves. Groves
OF plantains and an endless variety If other
fruit trees came into view and were quick.
" passed as we sped on our way amidst
pertumed breezes, dar.iny through umbra.
geous arches Of Natures hondiwork, sup.
plemented occasionally by others fashioned
by the hand Of man, and bearing words Of
welcome to the princely young visitors
Who were to accompany the Governor up
over the same road on the morrow Our
carriage contained goodly supply Of com.
forts for the inner man, which we did not
forget to partake Of on tile road, and five
hours Of pleasant travel brought us shorty
after midnight to LIE Abugan,a, the end Id
the carriage road, where we dis,no,,nttd at
his Excellency the Governors stables, and,
: hanging our hammocks to the posts and
beams Of a spacious barn, we slept the sleep
Of the just until dawn. After daylight We
wendell our way on foot, by short cut
across the hills, to Kraal Town, composed
Of comfortable. airy huts, built by the river
side in the valley, for the multitude, gentle
: and simple; with, in the near vicinity and
almost overlooking the kraal, a regular Mob
Hill resplendent with :asteft,lly decorated
) paviions Of ROYALTY and villas Of the tx.
elusive class-the utterly ton too of Cryylon.
About o'clock, p. m, the Governor and
Lady Langden and suite with the Primers
arrived, and were received with cheers. A
report was spread about and believed that thu
drive in Of the elephants would take place
that evening, for it was we'll known thai
the heaters, some hundr eds in nImber,whe
had been at work two months for the pur
pose, had succeeded in driving two herds
one Of nine and the other Of sixteen eIe
plants, up to the very gates.
i However, through some fatality, tn
drive was postponed until the morrow, am
during the night a heavy rain ensue'
which extinguished the watch fires an
!. drove the beaters under shelter, so that b.
morning the animals, lett to their own III
clination, had absconded-all but one
grand old tusker, who in the early part
. the night, when the weather was fine, az
preached the kraal, and after peepins u
was observed by the aston;shed watchers u
deliberately remove the entrance bars VIII
. his trunk and 20 inside; whereupon r''''
was made and the bars replaced and t;'ste'
ed, SO that the too inquisitiye brute remain
ed prisoner. In the morning, however
when the fact Of the herds escape dur'h,
t the rain became known, the tusker was fe
leased and allowed to go in search OF III
companions; proceeding much amman
verified upon by wiseacres, who declare
that the brute having now discovered ~
nature Of the Enclosure would inform III
others about it and Illustrate the af'''
Tuesday, therefore, and a part OF Ne'he'
day, were spent in much suspense o, u
!. visitors, who began TO fear that the Sf"'