The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
CHARGED M ELEPHANTS.
Two Hunters Al, enturr In the IunEle'
Of Nest IndIa.

Two Hunters Al, enture In the JunEies
Of Wcsi India.
While the writer's ship was detained for
duty N the west coast " India he and
his friend. indifferenty armed set out
/ fpr the Nilgiri Hills where they were told
~anhur were plentiful. writes corra-
| spondsnt ~ the .SpectGt1v. They spent
a night at the foot NJ IN" hills and AZ
daylight naNt morning were arnuSsl hv
the owner of tn. housn. who was very
rNcited and said that during m" night
IN" ~ the villagers had l-on KILLED NV a
Wild elephant
II appears that the man. who was a
/ keeper " tame elephants usnd for the
/ purpose of hauling timhrr IN the sur
| rounding Jungle. awoEe hearing noise
! IN hrs compound and presumably think
ing that one of his elephants was eating
his plantain trees went out - drive the
haast INTO It's proper quarters. only TO
realize his mIstak" when too late 'o save
his life. as tn, elephant was a Wild one.
and turned on him and killed HIM
My informant. VINO was an old Sh,karl
/ told mo that there was a herd " elephants
T IN IN" vicinity and that they hit don" q
lot # damage To- IN" crops and asked me
20
Previous - this | had had up really
dln-"-'Us hg gam" shooting and nv
cpini anon very little experience Of any
srrr of shooting AZ all and moreover !
"a NOT i."' ,v-rrruiid"ut with regard tn
nv WEAPONS and ammunition. but |
r.-,hgci mat - vas chance. IT q life
time and concluded that 'u" opportunity
wa, tun good - mis- NrrrrirnEly
A a l. 4 H..
o. arrunrlny IN" and Tor three ~ the
jungle people - track the animals. and
by o.rlorS We started ~
About mile outside the village. while
gong through som" paddy fields toward
'u.' hills "a" cam" upon tracks - el"-
plants n the soft uuI aud iar some dis
,lu,r aitcr~ard until Vol MO me Jungle
sy" had NJ dInio~Ilrv 90 following tn".r
fHr'mark-. WHICH steadily went vV nIl
"a" track vas som" fuu- feet broad an
-" Walking "asv. although Very npt so
mat u" mad" Euud Progress '.r som"
f." mules pr ,n.
v" began 10 think that 're herd had
probably travelled Some. miles since. morn
ing aud mat y wa exceedingly UNLIKELY
that "" should $50. anything u hem.
- hen suddenly our rrl,k"r- ,.,ru.. back
- trll " IitA' 'A''i' 49, % H''Fl '' 'l'Ihtil@
f,-nlIng IA som. Daurpa- about hJlf =
mile ~ All VS. uuN .y.r'"m"ut ""
, .. . 1000, .,..t .........g .
''np"l zap al one" avn .''N'h y" our
f..h'- gave NV -h'E't' 10 NV sh'hhH.
IN" barrel hong I"H.i'i WITH hrlI IN"
u'irr n".-E 'uuH". W'' prl"r- 20 Nam tu
A,,.i, Gloss. n.''.ui ~" and ul'i B.. = u. II
| required - W" went slowly t.i Dau.
'ipu-tN forward. "ur lur'.-"u 'arrf"r-
-'ayIuE t"'h'ui 800 q ii''' iHr ~il"iv
tn" .Iu:l' up" u'.t'u" d"u~''r And m"
trac, difficult rp follow. ana tII up hfII
Thor. wa i'.,t -.I.'u." ~ around - and
~" ku"N not 1t what moment "" ~hpuId
com" uu 'u" h"rd "" >.'"ly cam" tr
tn spot "r"r'' oar .'b"N"g~ 'td -'-'U the
elephants bIi there YEA. 'U igiI u 'h"m
They had evidently moved ~ W"
nru~s,d d"i f''sStpu 900 'f'' ErurIri Sh"r''
thor" WAS uolhug hy' pI'uhups some
upr ghi u'h"r- l'lur a'0'-~ uur oath.
making pUr prugr''~~ very slow
GRADUALLY "" emerged from o.. "ICn
step taken WITH canton IT," ground
b.-oam" -t""p"r aru- and -" took al
yantag" Of every 'r"rluE h''W"ru tam.
boo clumps sid 'rr"'n lud 'rs''- To-
proceed W" again cam. 30 slight
bearing ~orn" e." yHrt- ~ extent. and
nv -hlkarI WIS whispering u, uI" - ne
trtch"r- 10 gp ahead and -. II be- could
lpoat" wn"r" 'n" Elephants N"r". and par
fiCIlriv ~h"r' Oh" longest iI-k"r Vas,
wn"n ~JIdd"ily 100 m" dead -il"nC" ""
H"1rt rgh' ~ front pl - ~pfn" itsidn'"
ahead q terrific nn.-" trees coming down.
and the crash ~ 'h"m coming closer aud
closer
Nv friend Z lived INTO "A bamboo
clump 20 my rgh' front ! had barely
time 20 got b"hIud small tr-' some
twelve inches 100 Hfrs'"r Uh"r" ! tired
10 MAX" myself ~ small ~ r"s.lhl". when
-aw m" head and rn"'i.':'r- q a hug"
elephant making -t~lE'' Tor ~" and IL
rectiy oyer ~" haml,pu- Eh.'r' g. wa
I,ng. ! thr.U up NV rlf' and fred ~
near as ! could udg" low down ~ M"
s.utr,. - his forehead bv IN" IIuCtur" II
his trunk Wv doing ~ brought IN"
beast Ip all standing ~ oars went out
ike \ hats wings and shot again with
nv "'' barrel ~ IA" Sam" sio' threw