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horns of its formidable antagonist, which died the day- 
after the combat. The lacerations in the neck were so 
extensive, and it became so furious under the pain of 
its wounds, that no one could venture to apply any 
thing to repair the mischief. 
This was altogether a painful sight ; I almost sick- 
ened at witnessing the fierce and deadly ferocity with 
which those two powerful animals strove to destroy 
each other. Though the strength of the buffalo evi- 
dently exceeded that of the lion, this was more than 
counterbalanced by the activity of the latter, and the 
deadly weapons with which it was armed ; although, 
moreover, it appeared to have had the worst in the 
encounter, yet the result proved the reverse to be the 
case. 
After this a few other animal fights of minor import- 
ance and little interest took place. A pair of native 
Mysore boxers then appeared before the Rajah to ex- 
hibit their skill in an art practised upwards of two thou- 
sand years ago in Europe, and perhaps even before that 
period in Asia. These boxers are called Jetties, from 
the instrument, a sort of csestus, with which the right 
hand is armed. It is made of buffalo horn, with four 
sharp projections like knuckles. There is a fifth near 
the little finger of greater prominence than the rest. 
These horny knobs are very sharp, and a blow in- 
flicted with this instrument, if delivered with the full 
force of a muscular man, would cleave open a man’s 
skull ; but as it is placed upon the fingers between the 
lower joints and the main knuckles of the hand, the 
fingers passing through a narrow opening below the 
knobs, just large enough to receive them when the fist 
