Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-22
A BATTLE FOR WATER.
4 Lively Scrimmage Between Two Tigers
 and an Elephant.

A Lively ScrimmaEe Between TWO Tigers
 and an Elephant.
 The tiger hunter does not hunt at ran- dom for his game He knows that in tho heat of the day tho great cat sleeps the hours away in the deepest solitude he can find. His bed may bo in the dense jungle, whero he must worm his way in and out like a serpent, or in some dark ravine splitting the hills and offering him hun dred spots which havo never been lighted up by the rays of the sun since tho hills were created. When the sun goes down and darkness follows its setting, then tho royal beast opens his eyes, yawns and stretches, and after a fow snarls and growls lazily leaves his lair in search of supper He may cross a dozen streams, but ho will not lap at the water. It is only after ho has eaten his fill and is ready to retire and sleep again that n great thirst seizes him, and he seeks the nearest crook or pool and plungCs his head in until he must shut his eyes as he laps enough Wa ter to satisfy tho thirst of an OK.
 And tho mon who hunt tho elephant us well as tho tiger know that tho largest animal on earth is as crafty and cunning and far mere timid than tho fox. IT thcrc is danger in tho mir, he may thirst until his mouth grows hot, but he will not leave tho shelter of the forest to drink un- til after midnight. Then he makes his way through thickCt and over fallen trees and up hill and down moro quietly than the hyCna who follows after. When they arc in twos anG thrccs and moro, the tiger who has como down to the pool, will skulk about, splitting and snarling, and wait for them to depart, but when thero is only one the royal beast will assert his rights to drink where Inc plo;lScs and as long as hc will. After riding for two hours our native guido d Us to a water hole on tho edge of a i,:c:,; fuTp>t. During tho rainy season 1t Wa~ :I lNk' covering 20 acres of ground. In t!,', S,'a>un it was little better than r.':l n i,, but fur nishCtl the only wat Jar .I'rs around. Wc saw tho track "f tho rl,.l'l.ant, buffalo, deer md wild hog. anal d1uhlvtl not that the tiger, panthrr. hycna and jaCka! came to tho samC pool tu slAkV th,ir thirst. Erc tho sun went down We had built our platform among tho trees, eaten our sup per and prr ed to pass the night as com fortably as ,sihlc We carcd nothing for clephaI . buffalo or deer. It was n tiger wei como to kill, and knowing that ho W, id not appear until long after midnight the two of us slept and loft 1t to | tho guido tD watch and wnko us at the proper hour. Soon after l9 clock be whis- pCrCd to Ills that ''rOgue" Clephnnt-an outlaw from the hUrd and moro to bo fear cd than tho tigcr-had Comc down from tho forest and taken possession of tho pool. Standing in tho center of if. he was try ing tu frichtcn all other corners away. We | watched him for few minutes and then slept again, and an hour later tho native | whispered in our cars;
 | ''Sahib it is time. Tho rogue is still hero, but the forest has suddenly grown | hot fhaT a iS inc to drink, think he will como by the path ovCr the hill
 It was two hours yet 10 daybrCak, but wu had the lI1it of moon and stars and | could sCC everything almost aS well aS by | daylight. l; is never quiet in an Indian | forest by night except when tho tiger moves about Then tho very trcc toads | and Insects seemed to bc warned of his l presence and hush th.ir notes for time | The elephant Was standing like a block oi | stone his eyes fastened on the crest of the
 hill spoken of by J!e native. and for thrcC
 or four minutes the silence was So pro
 found that wc cl'llld hear our watches | ticking Then the head of a tiger ap-
 pearcd above tho Eill. and half a minute | Inter the beast cane slowly wal king down. | He was full grown male, and he was fol l lowed by his mate. Thcrc Were defiance l and contempt in their very gait they | slouchCd along, and bofure reaching the pool each gave UttrranCo to n vicious
 growl to warn the elephant that they wcvt | not tn be triilcd with, IIU S.on'i S, quiet
 ly that you would have thought him
 asleep, and for a moment tho tigers sal
 down on the CdGc of the pool and glarCt
 at him and struck out with fore paw, a,
 you havC scvn an angry cat. As he dit
 not movC they lowered their heads to lal
 at tho water, but at the first sound th'
 rogue uttered shrill scream and dashct | at them.
 We had looked to sec the tigers stand
 but his terrific rush frightened them fo
 the moment. nnd they ran away. closel!
 pursued to tho top of tho hill by the trum | poting elephant. After five minutes h,
 slowly returned to take his place in tn,
 pool, but he had not yet reached the wa
 ters when the tigers, perhaps ashamed O
 their flight. camc bounding down upOr
 him. As ho wheeled to meet them anC
 sweep tho earth with his trunk one Sprani
 upon his forehead and bit and dug ant
 raked him, and the other alighted on hi loft hip, and pursued tho same tactics | Tho elephant made a rush into a grove O | young trees, and the til;Crs wUro swept |
 the ground. Then he came crashing bacl in scarrh of them. Hugo as he was il
 
 quick. With a sweep of his trunk ho rullo, one tiger over and over and into tho wa
 ter, and to rid himself of tho other whiS had mounted to his back. he dropped dow and rolled over, and was up again bUfur
 wC had realized the trick. The bCAs knOCECd into thr water swum out. and tC . grthEr tho pair again attacked They faS tened tO his hind legs they bounded upO his hack, they wcrr under and over him q cats play with n hall We h.uJl thci
 tcUth and claws tearing at his tuish hid,
 and We heard them yrlp with pain as h : | brushed them oil or dealt blows with hi trunk. of n sudden. when tho battle wa : | flcrc,'st, tho excited nativ" nrcidrntall discharged his gun. Them Was a GroW from tho ti.,rr>. and a hlaSt from tho cl,
 phant, and when thr smuko had clrarr
 away thcrr was noihiu, in sight Tiger and elephant ha i!,-,l in terr.r fr'pru th | presence Uf man. ". @ Al n NapOICOn'S Portraits.
 No facr is hcttcr known through pu traits than that of Napnl,1'I. vet the ht= known pictur Of thu yr,'at CurSiCan iS b licvc,l to be the least reliable, Thcrc arc '- existence over 30 port raitS. taken in h own time, and tho variance between thel Is so grIsat that it Is sometimes difficult trace any resemblance. It is evident tn: : the portraits by David aro idcalized. whi 7 the little known portrait by Trumbu . represents him as beefy, ovcrfeti mal with little eintellcCtuality of expression. youth and during tho last few years
 his life he was undoubtedly ugly. BetwcC 1900 and lSl0, after his cancellation diSa j. peared and before he became grOss, he w