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Show 110 .T WIJ.D AMJIiLS CHAM.'E. &JXK tit Till. VAUIOCS WA1S IK WHICH T1IE1 ATTACK 1IIMU vicni..s- U'eaie in thcLablt of seeing in lwfcs ol traveUind sport icry art-Ilug art-Ilug illustratioua uf the attitude h 11 J auimals assume nhen charging thtlr human Bggres.ra alUtudea k hlch, in Hie msia and msht eeu-Oil eeu-Oil point, are most incorrect. For iustat.ee, the tiger has the credit of saiashing In hU vkltm'a skull with a clidge-nammcr lite blow of i . fore-,aw. The elephant is general-1 general-1 deputed coming down like a loco-luothe loco-luothe with his probocis extended ex-tended to its lull ienglli; tin bisju and butlali clurginj fro.n a dltai.co cf many yards, with ttielr hi ids and horns-loHtred; horns-loHtred; and our urtlnu friends ttauuiug ujion Uiiir hind leg, always al-ways ex(Osiug tho fatal u lute liorto-sboecu liorto-sboecu their hearts most conveniently. conven-iently. I should be glad, therefore, to hear the upiuions uf mDK of our corri.t-iioudeuls, who have shot thoe large ferae nalunc and bein Uiargcsl tiy thcni, regarding then attitude wlicu assuming ttio de-feiuh de-feiuh e, for my own experience, is no totally at variance with thu pro-c-mceived noli .lis of aiti-ta that I think the matter may nut be unworthy un-worthy if j ublie discutelun tlirougli the in--iliu.il uf J cur vol- Ultllts. Tolvgiii with the dais, lam glad tossy Hi it in thefew instances hi uhlUi I haruttood a charge my a itauuist never gut Ilume; but a rt!atiu of uilue, who was verj Uadly wku jded t a tiher, aud several sev-eral ftietius, who have not only beeu In the inuuths of tleri", butol Hour, all tell me that tho animal, to us?, (icrhaus, a hoaitly form uf ex preoiou, ''lumo lou-l bang up again-t them." The deacrii t.on U pirliain more exjmsive than re lino.! in language, but I thiuk con-les con-les the idea ol auiiusl "huiUing" up against you. In selling their FJil'S" anJ ' bellevo lion ' though with the latier I have hsd no experience, almost Invariably go for the throat, though in one or, two Ins'-atocs that have come ' under ray notice of animals kil'e! hy tigers thoy have evidently breii flr.t hsjiutruof,: these, proibly i were the work of young and ibex-' perienced tlgera. I once saw n man charged an-1 knocked over hy a pintlier, aad he only saved his threat by putting up his arm,whlch, as wellashli shoulder, the animal i grasjeJ with teeth and elaws. Tlie relaliro t9 whom I alluded was 1 a Jzed In a similar manner, and , tlirrn fr ends of mlna who have bcea miuied by tiger", and one by a II n, ail describ the aulmal knocking thcra uver by sheer lorce of weight beforo seizing them. I think, therefore, the being knocked over by a paw stroke is a lallacy. Any ooo who Cnows anyUiIng I about "elephants must be awaru that their trunks, and particularly tbu plpofUm trunk, is tho most dell catena! sensitive part of tho an!-j mil, and that he shields it from iti-j Jury by every possible means In its I uuiver. It therefore ery uu likely that he would exroso It in the I act uf charging. My cxiierleucr, limlUsl though it lie, poititi to the fscttLrt an elephant, ence he hxs nude up his mind to charge cu r!a up uphU minS tight. lJeloro charg IiU, aud in order to get wind of his ' advcrry. ho may indeed extend It, "-sit oui-e tin jinti'iicu ofafietolii tttakesl Is diterteu tho proboscis Is i itit nut ef the way of prjs-iblei harm. Bison I am thinking of iho In- I dtan animal, lktaaurut and lUa-lot, lUa-lot, when Uiry eliare. Invariably poko their no-e up m tliealrnud commence by running at you with, their heads well up, much in the ( manner of dometlc eottie. and only loer their horn, when witlilu a few yards of the olject of their attentions. at-tentions. This I lake to be a mere , maUerofcommoiun'on thu jart of Uie anlma', for, If ho puts his head down aiy even fortj yards j away, he could not losdbly sec where he was golux. Hears, when wounded, will in-1 deed, otteji get up on their hind legs j aud Jance about from sheer rage, andnillaJso at times do o in order lort a belter view cf tho where-nu-iuts , their enemy; but when they chaire-, w hethrr it be at a man mounted or on. foot, they Invariably charge on all fours. In charging, int animals give vent In ceitiln vocal sounds gru nls or roars and thls.lt Is natural to fu,rose. It done with a view to terrifying and demoralizing tho oh ject they are attacking; in fact, more often than not It Is mere bounce on the anlinal'ij part I have often seen tigers roar when charging who never really meant mischief, aud who, when me by a laid front, turned elf. No doubt ill the case of attacking their fellow animals establishing a "funk" and BOdimoralizallou, thit-e roars msy prove au aid in Irlrglng their victim vic-tim wfhln thelrsras;-utasa rule, when engaged in J umilt of prey the Jdukr de-ud principally on their lowers ofalrathy apr reach, md only mar at the last moment before jeitlnir. with a view to nam-Ijzing nam-Ijzing morally their Intended vl--tliu landand llafor. |