they not only devoured five or six pounds of camel flesh, bones and all, but destroyed every thing they could lay hold of, though they did not molest the man that slept there. I sometimes placed water for them, but they very rarely drank it, or, if at all, in very small quantities. I sent them to England, with a live stock for them of four sheep, as many young pigs, and thirty fowls.

AFRICAN TIGER.-The tiger seems to have a pleasure in destroying, distinct from the necessity which urges other wild beasts; for the sheep are frequently found untouched, save that the animal has sucked their blood. One of the beasts, whose nightly depredations had roused the farmers, was killed during my stay in the valley. This is the general course of proceeding on these occasions :-The animal is tracked to its lair in the thick underwood, and, when found, attacked by large dogs. If possible, it flies; but, when unable to escape, makes a desperate defence, raising itself above the assailants by leaping on a bush, and from thence striking them down with its paws, as they rush in, and, from its great strength and activity, frequently destroying them. But the tiger seems to know its master foe, and should a man approach within the range of its tremendous spring, it at once leaves the dogs and darts upon him, and the struggle is then for life. I was told of a slave, who, on going out early one morning to look after cattle, heard his dogs baying at a distance in the jungle, and on coming up to ascertain the cause, was met by the tiger's spring. The savage clung, and seizing the slave by the nape of his neck, tore the skin off until the scalp hung over his eyes; but, even in this state of torture, the slave drew the wood-knife from his belt, and stabbed the tiger to the heart.

HUNTING WITH LEOPARDS.-After dinner we had a "grand chasse," i. e. we formed a quorum on the principle that corporate bodies have no souls, to justify by reciprocal support the laziness which neither our zeal nor our rivalry would have allowed us to indulge in alone. When we were within reach of them on these occasions, we rode out with hunting cheetas (leopards). These are beautifully formed, with barrels drawn up like greyhounds, quite different from the heavy bow-legged domesticated race. They are brought on a car, as near the antelope as possible, when the winkers are taken off it is most interesting to see their vacant and roving gaze catch and rivet itself upon their victim. An intense singleness of purpose seems to speak in every muscle as the leopard strains upon the rope till it is slipped, and he springs down. He moves off sometimes at a swinging

trot, and at others steals on crouchingly (lying flat and motionless if the deer but turn toward him), until he is near enough to burst upon his prey. His last spring is grand. At one moment he is in the air, and in the next flat on his stomach in the cloud of dust he has whirled up—his teeth fast in the throat of the antelope, whose horns are driven in the earth, and whose feet, all upwards, are quivering in their last sensation. They seldom run far, but when they fall, stop and purr like a cat, and the winkers are put on them by means of a long rod. They show training by singling out bucks, for which they get a haunch-whereas they only receive the liver of a doe. It is by forcing this perquisite into their mouth that they are disengaged from the deer.

SAGACITY OF ELEPHANTS.-Elephants take great care of their young, rather choosing to loose their own lives than that they should loose theirs. They always go in herds, the largest foremost: and, when they have to pass a river, they lift their young ones across on their tusks, twisting the proboscis round their middle. When they find any of their species dead in the woods, they cover the carcass with branches of trees, grass, or whatever they can get; and, if one of them be wounded, the rest take care of him, bring him food, and run together to save him from the hunter. The elephant, when tamed, becomes the most gentle and most obedient of animals; and seems formed in a peculiar manner for the service of man in the hot climates. Strong, active, and laborious, it is capable of the greatest exertions; and, owing to its sagacity and recollection, it may be easily trained to almost any particuliar use. He soon learns to comprehend signs, and even to distinguish the tones of command, anger, or approbation, and regulates his actions accordingly. He never mistakes the voice of his master, but receives his orders with attention; and if properly treated, soon evinces the most affectionate attachment; learns to bend his knees for the accommodation of those who mount him : allows himself to be clothed, and seems highly gratified when covered with gilded harness and brilliant trappings. When employed in drawing chariots, waggons, &c., he draws steadily, and never turns restive, provided he is not insulted with improper chastisement, and that the people who labour with him have the air of being pleased with the manner in which he employs his strength. One of these amimals, in a state of domestication, performs more work than perhaps six horses; but he requires from his master much care, and a great quantity of good victuals.

History affords many surprising instances of the fidelity, gratitude, and sagacity of the elephant. Ælian relates that when Porus, King of India, was subdued by Alexander the Great, he was wounded with several darts, which the elephant drew out of his body with his proboscis; and when he perceived his master fainting by the loss of blood, gradually leaned down till he fell flat upon the ground, that his rider might receive no harm by alighting.

A sentinel, belonging to the menagerie at Paris, always requested the spectators not to give the elephants any thing to eat. This conduct particularly displeased the female, who beheld him with a very unfavourable eye, and had several times endeavoured to correct his interference by sprinkling his head with water from her trunk. One day, when several persons were assembled to view these animals, a bystander offered the female a bit of bread. The sentinel perceived it, and opened his mouth to give his usual admonition: but she, placing herself immediately before him, discharged in his face a considerable stream of water. A general laugh ensued; but the sentinel having calmly wiped his face, stood a little on one side, and continued as vigilant as before. Soon afterwards he found himself under the necessity of repeating his admonition to the spectators; but no sooner was this uttered, than the female seized his musket, trod it under her feet, and did not restore it till she had twisted it nearly into the form of a screw.

Some years ago there was a female elephant at Exeter 'Change, which was bred tame at Calcutta, and brought to England in 1796, by the Hon. Hugh Lindsey, of which Mr. Smith, the author of the "Naturalist's Cabinet," published in 1806, gives the following particulars:—“ On visiting the menagerie, a few months ago, I was much gratified with the sagacity and truly curious performances of this quadruped. The keeper having demanded how many persons were come to see her? she replied by two strong exhalations from her trunk, which she held nearly perpendicular to the ground; and when asked how many candles there were in the room? (it being night), she repeated those exhalations six times. I now thought she had mistaken the number; but, on examination, I perceived that each of the two lanterns contained three lights. She next bolted and unbolted a pair of folding doors, and the latch of her own apartment, with the utmost readiness and dexterity; and knelt down at the word of command, to show how she might be loaded. After these demonstrations of sagacity and obedience, a pail of water was brought into the room.

which she drew up in her trunk at three draughts, and the noise it made when emptied into her mouth was exactly that of pouring water or any other liquid from one vessel into another. On being asked if she chose any more? she signified her assent, and drank as much and in the same manner as before. She then, without bidding, took up the pail by the handle, and returned it to the keeper, with a slight inclination of the head.”

STANZAS.

"I arose, I arose, with lightsome joy."

I AROSE, I arose, with lightsome joy,
When I was young, wild nature's boy,
At the happy dawn of the new-born day
And wander'd o'er hill and dale away-
Away from the vale of mirth and song,
Away from scenes of the soul-less throng;
Remote from cities and customs rude,
At a distance from man and ingratitude-
Ingratitude!

I arose, I arose, to sleep again,

Nor dreamt I of care or worldly pain;
My heart was light, my bosom beat high,
Nor had I yet felt misfortune's sigh;
Hours all blithe, and full days of joy,

Were mine while I roam'd a thoughtless boy,
And gazed on the waste of the boundless sea,
From the beetling cliffs of my country free-
My country free!

I arose, I arose, with melodious song,
And wander'd at will the day to prolong;
The bugle I sounded both far and near,
To proclaim my approach to those held dear;
Throughout the lone valley of beautiful green,
My flute I played 'mid the sylvan scene:
The wild notes of jocund youth shall bring,

Flowers of spring!-T. H. CORNISH.

Miller and Pearce,

Two gentlemen, of the names of being in the Caffree country, joined a large party in an elephant hunt. They, however were separated from their companions, and finding the trace of an elephant's foot they proceeded in search of him. The noble animal was reposing by the side of a hill. They are extremely swift, and upon an emergency have been known to travel two hundred miles in forty-eight hours. For this reason, it is always customary to get before the animal upon a hill, when an

attack is meant, because, although upon level ground, he can overtake a horse, yet upon an ascent the horse has the advantage. Mr. Pearce unthinkingly, fired at the animal when he was at too great a distance, and before they had attained a sufficient degree of height above him. The consequences were fatal, for the enraged animal pursued and soon overtook them. He gave Mr. Miller a violent blow on his thigh, and, raising his tusks, his fate appeared inevitable; but this blow was destined for Pearce. In an instant he pulled the latter off his horse, and whirled him into the air, to the terror of his companion, whose horse fled with precipitation; and, in the course of a short time, the horse of Pearce, panting and gasping, was galloping close by the side of Miller, who, upon looking back, saw the elephant stamping in a rage upon his poor victim. The elephant's discrimination was singular; and his revenge, though terrifying, was justifiable. He knew who attempted to deprive him of life, and he neither touched the other man nor the horses.

A few days before my arrival at Ennon, a troop of elephants came down one dark and rainy night, close to the outskirts of the village. The missionaries heard them bellowing and making an extraordinary noise for a long time at the upper end of their orchard; but knowing well how dangerous it is to encounter these powerful animals in the night, they kept close within their houses till daylight. Next morning, on examining the spot where they had heard the elephants, they discovered the cause of all this nocturnal uproar. There was at this spot a ditch or trench, about four or five feet in width, and nearly fourteen feet in depth, which the industrious missionaries had recently cut through the bank of the river, on purpose to lead out the water to irrigate some part of their garden ground, and to drive a a corn-mill. Into this trench, which was still unfinished, and without water, one of the elephants had evidently fallen, for the marks of his feet were distinctly visible at the bottom, as well as the impress of his hugh body on its sides. How he had got in, it was easy to conjecture; but how, being once in, he had ever contrived to get out again was the marvel. By his own unaided efforts it was obviously impossible for such an animal to have extricated himself. Could his comrades, then, have assisted him? There can be no question but they had-though by what means, unless by hauling him out with their trunks, it would not be easy to conjecture: and in corroboration of this supposition, on examining the spot myself, I found the edges of