48(5 miscellaneous wonders of nature, 
finished ; if I wished for ripe niangoes growing 
It J. WlSilLa UJl lipc iii 
coraraon reach, he selected the , ‘jiivri j,, 
breaking it off with his trunk, offered it to ^ 
tlie company in the houdah, accepting of _an> I ‘ ^ t^itj 
to himself with a respectful salara, by ori^” , 
three times above his head, in the manner of 
obeisance, and as often did he express his tn _ 
nmrmuring noise. When a bcugh obstru;tet jjiJet*. j 
he twisted his trunk around it, and, though ot 
magnitude, broke it off with ease, and often fe 
leafy branch, either tn keep oft the flies, oi > tnin 
agitate the air around him, by waving it wit ^ 
he generally paid a visit at the tent-door j p/ ri 
lo procure sugai-candy or fruit, and be chet ^ 
L'licomiunis and caresses he deservedly inct wi • j 
could be more innocently playlul, nor fonder fiir 
noticed him, than this docile animal, who o 
occasions appeared conscious of his exalta a 
brute creation.’’ r tlf'* ' 
However surprising _ may be ^ the _ docility ilt*' 
animal, when lamed, its sagacity, in a ^ h/ ir- 
is a subject of still greater wonder, as is iw ,r;nC‘y 
following narrative extracted froin Lichtens . 
Southern Africa. Two individuals, named ',i^cre 
Prince, being engaged, in the Caftre teiTiior) . 
animals abouna, in 
ed, in tne wariro a-rui...^y ' , tpe -^i- 
animahs abound, in an elephant hunt, aiiin'^jlit^^ 
steps of avery large elephant and 
self on the declivity of a naked and widely out ^ 
It is a rule, when an elephant is thus lodud, to 
, ___ I.: ii„. Kill i-n the end tnai’ 
get alwvc him on tne hill, to the end t ut ’^^jjif^’^ii’’ 
necessity, the hunter may flee, to the summd, 
animal, on account ot the unwieldmess o ,<)'j 
follow him fast. This precaution was neglv ^at ^ 
who shot too soon, while they were } ct 
tance, and the elephant on higher grounu 
his companion. 'Ihe wounded amma 
towards them, while they endeavoured to pu|>l tn 
and gain the brow ot the bill. Being a *^V 
ground, to run ns flist as a tliig*'h,iE'^ 
them, and struck wi.h his tiuk at Mulla^ 
tlie nearest of the two fugitives. 
me nearest pi me two iu^uiv^a. 
his fate as inevitable, as be endeavoure 
