Scene III.
In one of his hunting expeditions, Mr. Lovesport finds an elephant asleep under some trees. He has only one attendant with him, a negro, named Jumbo; and this man takes it into his head that he will tie the elephant’s leg to a tree with some strong rope he has, while it sleeps: and see what it will do when it wakes up. He had just finished his work when the huge creature awoke. In a moment the rope was snapped, but unluckily Jumbo was entangled in it, and remained for a moment attached to the elephant’s leg, which he had to cling to that it might not step on him. In this way he was carried some distance, though without being seriously hurt. Our hunter did not fire at the elephant, lest, becoming furious, it might crush the little creature clinging to it.
Scene IV.
This is a scene where our hunter was a looker-on, not an actor. He was on one of his expeditions with Jumbo, when they heard the trumpeting sound made by an elephant when angry. Looking through the trees, they saw a huge creature stamping with his feet, and tearing up the grass with his trunk. Presently a rhinoceros approached, as if the two had appointed to meet and fight upon that spot. The battle did not last long. The poor elephant could not guard the under part of its body from its enemy’s horn; and it fled away, perhaps mortally wounded, leaving a stream of blood upon its path. This is the last scene for to-day of Mr. Lovesport’s adventures, but perhaps he will send some more another time.
MOTHER’S PETS.
Little kid is bleating, bleating,