Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-15
HoWELEPHANTsFIGHT.
A Terrific Battle to the Death Fought
 by Two Monster Tuskers.

by TWO Monster Tuskers.
 From Galignant's Messenger.
 It was my good fortune, writes core spondent of Karachi paper, for some years to spend some months every season in fine forest and hill country, where my duties gave me chances of seeing a great deal of elephant, bison, and other big game that frequented those parts. Our camp was on partially insolated hill gooddeal above the surrounding country. We had been some days in camp, but had not been visited as usual by our friends the elephants, when one afternoon the sudden below of one, evidently in pain, reused every one in camp. 4 hill man presently came up to say that two large tuskers were hard at it close by. Every one turned out onto the hillside, from where it was easy, even with the naked eye to see what was going on. while with a glass even the movements of startled deer could be made out.
 About 700 or 800 yards below the crowd watching the fight were the two tuskers. The one somewhat nearer us, a burly, stout-built beast with short, powerful tusks, was evidently getting much the worse of the combat, and the white and red furrows in his sides and rear plainly indicated seams run by his antagonists tusks. Blood could be seen trickling down his head and shoulders. On the rise of the hill was the rival, still larger animal, possessing the advantage of long CT, gleaming tusks. It was a lost fight, and in few minutes the victor, with 6 quick rush at the other, made good thrust at the side, and, though there wa: a severe struggle, the tusk went its full l length into the now beaten brute, and ] using all his weight, the victor pressed him down the hill, where they disen gagged themselves and prepared for another | bout.
 The wounded tusker's roars of pain ant rage were pitiful to hear, and, though h. would have escaped if he could, the othe kept close behind and administered thrus after thrust, but not in any vital part Presently wheeling round they raced an, came together with a mighty smash. Thi was about the only stand made, and wa quickly overpowered by the more power full and fresher victor The thrusts nov :. put behind the shoulder and into the bod. quickly disabled the poor brute, and il fact in a few minutes the combat was final ly over, the conquerer, with one rush, com pletely rolling his enemy over, and, by re peated thrusts into the prostrate form, fin ishing the fight amid meanings and trum peting.
 Next morning on our proceeding to lool for the tuskers, we found large herd il an excited state, almost on the spot wher the finish had occurred. In it were sever al small tuskers, besides the big conquero of the evening before, who seemad to in still great deal of fear into the youngsters He came now into the open glade with
 fine young female. and as he approache' even the other cows there was a genera stampede out of his way.
 We came on the dead beast, which ha been butted and rolled, after it had bee killed, into a clump of bamboos. It ha been fine, burly animal, but was marke from forehead to rear and top to foot b rips and cuts He measured nine feet six il
 ches at the shoulder, and the tusks, whic were taken by the hill men, proved slight , ly over 100 pounds the pair. The victol , which in the fight seemed to tower over hi foe, must have been quite ten feet higl and had the longest tusks ever seen cle, f of their sockets. I tried to get him, b, , what with his harem about him and u 7 difficulty of getting clear view in the Tor
 grass failed to get shot,