The morning call., 1890-10-26
TO THE DEATH.
A Description of a Fight Between
Two Full.Gr0wn Elephants.

1t was my good fortune, writes a CORE
spondent to a Karaehi paper, for some years
to spend some months every season in fine
forest and hill country where my duties
gave me chance of seeing a great deal of
elephant bison and other big game that fire.
quented those parts. Our camp was on
partially isolated hill, good deal above the
surrounding country. We had been some
days in camp, but bad 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 the
camp. A hill man presently came up 10 say
that two large tuSkers were hard at it close
by. Every one turned out Oh to the hill
side, from where it was easy, even with the
naked eye, to see what was going on, while
with a glass even the movements of a
startlr d deer could be made out.
About 700 or 500 yards below the crowd
watching the fight were two tuskers. The
ore somewhat nearer US. burly. Stout-bult
beast with sharp, powerful tusks, was evil
IDENTIFY getting much the worst of the combat,
and the white and red burrows in his sides and
rear plainly indicated seams run by bis an
tagoniStS tusks. Blood could be seen trick
linz down his head and shoulders. On the
rise of the hill was the rival, a still larger
animal, possessing the advantage of longer
cleaning tusks. 1t was lost fight, and in
few MINUTES the victor. with a quick rush at
the other, made a good thrust at the side,
and. though there was a severe struggle, the
tu>k went its tull length into the now beaten
brute aud using all his weight, the victor
pressed him down the hill, where they dis
engaged themselves and prepared for
another bout
The wounded tusker's roars of pain and
rage were piiful to hear, and though he
would have escaped if he could, the other kept
plnSp bnhip1 and admin stored tbrlSt after
thrust, but not in any vital part. Presently
wheeling round they raced and came to-
gether with mighty smash. THIS was
about the only stand made, AMI was quickly
overpowered by the more powerful and
fresher victor. The thruSts now put behind
the SHOULDER and into the body quickly dis
abled tie poor brute, and in fact in a few
minutes the combat was finally over; the
cOnqueTor with one rush completely rolling
his enemy over, and by repeated thruStS
into the PROSTATE form finishing the light
amidst meanings and tTumpet.ne.
Next morning, on our proceeding to look
for the tuSkers, we found large herd in an
excited state, almost on the spot where the
finish hal occurred. In it were several
small tuSkerS bt sides The big COnqueror OF
the evening before, who seemed 10 inStil
great deal of fear into the youngsters. He
came now into the open glade with fine
young female, and as he approached even
the other cows there was general stampede
out of his way.
We came on the dead beast, which had
been butted and rolled. after it was killed,
into a clump of bamboos. 1t had been
fine, burly animal, but was marked from
forehead to rear and top to foot by
rips and cuts. He measured nine feet six
inches at the shoulder, and the tuSks, which
were taken by the hill men, proved slightly
over 100 pounds the pair. The victor, which
in the fight appeared to tower over his foe,
must have been quite ten feet high, and had
the longest tusks l have ever seen clear of
their sockets. l tried TO get him, but with
his harem about him. and the difficulty of
getting clear view in the long grass l failed
TO get a shot.