The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-06-06

IA was my good fortune, writes corr
rshp0ndent 10 a Karachi paper, for some
years TO spend some months every season
in fne forest and hill country, where
my duties gave me chances OF seeing
great deal Of elephant, bison, and other
big game that frequented those parts.
Our camp was on q partially isolated
hill. a good deal above the surrounding
country. We had been some days in
camp, hut had not been visited as usual
BY our friends, the elephants, when one
afternoon the sudden below Of one, eYi-
IDENTIFY In pain, reused everyone In the
camp. A hillman presently came up to
say that two large tuSken were hard at
+ close by. Everyone turned out onto
the hillside, from whore IL was easy,
oven with tho naked eye, to see what
was going on, while with q glass even
che movements Of q star tied deer could
be made out
About 700 or 300 yards below the
crowd watching the fight were two
tuskerA The one somewhat nearer us,
. burly, stout built beast with short,
powerful tusks, was evidently getting
much the worst Of the combat, and the
white and red burrows in his sides and
rear plainly indicated seams run by his
antagonists tuska Blood could be seen
trickling down his head and shoulders.
On the riss Of The hill was the rival, a
still larger animal, possessing the ad-
vantage Of longer, cleaning tusks. It
was q lost fight, and in q few minutes
che victor, with quick rush at the
other, made a good thrust at the side,
and though there was a severe struggle,
the tusk went its full length into the
now beaten brute, and, using all his
weight the victor pressed him down the
hill, where they disengaged themselves
and prepared for another bout
The wounded tusker's cries of pain
and rage were pitiful to hear, and
though he would have escaped il he
could, the other kept close behind and
administered thrust after thrust but
not in any vital part.
Presently wheeling round, they raced
and came together with a crash. This
was about the only stand made, and the
smaller beast was quickly overpowered
BY the more powerful victor. The
thrusts now put behind the shoulder and
Into the body quickly disabled the poor
brute, and in fact in a few minutes the
combat was at an end, the conqueror
with one rush completely rolling his
enemy over, and by repeated thrusts into
the prostra'e form finishing the fight
amid meanings and trumpeting.
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 had occurred. In
it were several small tuskers besides the
big conqueror Of the evening before,
who seemed to instill 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 q general stampede out
Of his way.
We came on the dead beast, which
had been butted and rolled, after it wal
killed, into clumpof bamboos It had
been a fine, burly animal, but wat
marked from forehead to rear and TOP
% foot by rips and cuts. He measured
nine feet six inches at the shoulder,
and the tusks, which were taken by the
hillmen, proved slightly over 100 pounds
the pair. The victor, which in the fight
appeared to tower over his foe, mus
have been at least 10 feet high, and
had the longest tusks have ever seer
clear of their sockets. l tried to gel
him, but what with his harem abou
him, and the difficulty of getting cleai
tiew in the long grass, / failed to get I
ahok