conclusion 0f 1.tte.exyfci.tiott. on horiebacfc,*it isj.not .unusual |br..the youths
andjpetty chiefs w.ho .have contended in.the saddle-to dismount.and practice
the attack vancbdefesce. of.t-he spear t>on foati^)ttey are .then , termed iM&ksa
Iduoung^r .uEilts are likewise exhibited t e th e dhm-dlun, joij the -days o f public
festival. when.(j£ie<shie£ appears.;. u_
The Chace. " • The».Javans >.have long .advanced, fceyoiid.thp.ti,state, an which the. ql^ace
yraa ^>pnsid orad asgcnmnacted with titer subsistences j
T h fi slam is. hunted .chiefly , in. the- eastern and western. .ext-remitiestef
the island, by the descendants o f the* i l d / h ' a n d . . r a c e s :„.the,Javans
inhafcifcing/the:centrals districts are.pot'pragtisedin. .tliefi.diversion nor much
acquainted- with at. Theyjuniformlyi .pursue-the animal on horseback's In .the
eastern districts he is Skilled with a spear :-in the .Iwesteish he- is -cutdown. with
a Jcl4wang~or <cutlass j here the-chace is conducted, with -more regularity and
method,, and jnany o f the inhabitants,- particularly; die Ghiefe*i.are-passion*
ately addicted >4o it, employing-the-best-and swiftest -horses- and dogs they,
can procure for the purpose.
Combat be~ A favourite and national spectacle is, the combat between the buffalo-and
felo and-tiger. the tiger. ...A large cage of bdmbu or wood is erected, the ends of which are
fixedinto the-ground, in which .the buffalo sis. first, ^arn^tte; tiger ««afterwards
admitted, through openings reserved for the-purpose..- It seldom fails that
the fcuffal» is triumphant, and one buffalo has been known to destroy several
full grown-tigers, in g n e ftew b .« In these Gombat'svthe tyffala-iS'^stimulafed
by the constant applicatioruof hailing water, wHch-dsipoteed^ovEeE.diim .from
the»upper part o f the cage,- and.oflnettles,. .winch. are fastened fe.tbeentLof.-^
stick and applied-by persona seated in the. same quarter. ...The, .tiger, isoine.
times-springs «upon -the buflalo a t once.-: .-he very .generally* howeverjj,.avdids
the
the means pride ithemselvesi upon a respectable „e$[tabli$impnt. „Thejj-^lmve., an. aversion, .to
some colours, and there are particular marks, the possession of which renders a horse valuable
to the natives; if, a few hairs on the neck curl, or have the appearance of a star, the horse is
highly prized. Previously to the cession 'of Kedd to the "JEarbpean-go'varnmeht MylSuzij the
native-prinoel maintained a very! respectable stud in that province: 1 Horses-- are ■ never-shod on
Java, .nor are th e y secured in . the, -stable, as is usual.in Europe and Western-India. A
separate enclosure is appropriated for each horse, within which the animalAs allowed to move
and turn, at pleasure, being otherwise, unconfined. , These enclosures are erected at a short
distance from each other, and with separate roofs. They are generally raised above the
ground^ andhave a boarded floor. *
' ■The- Javans use an extremely severe-bit, and in Consequence have the horse always under
-command. The saddle, .bridle, Ac. are extremely heavy, and disprdportioned to the & e of
th e animal.
fhefeombat/ until'igô'aded :foÿ sticks and ronsed by the application off burning
straw, w te ft hewdovés’ round"the eagé;- -and' beihg-gored by the buffalo,
seizes- him 'by'theteedF,’ - head, orleg. ^ THd buffalo is tetki1 dreadfully’torn,
and-seMorA kfrvives:the- combat many 'Mays?! ■ lethese! entertainments, thé
Javans’are'âccûstomed^o . odmpafeiltltehjSffit’lbnto’th‘e Javan and thé tiger to
the European', ‘aridHit'may be ’Teadilyrirnagined,' hvith '-what' eagertaess they
look tQ'-thefeucms ©f’t t e formef?.1 1Thercombatrgê’nê'cally lavts'from twenty
minutés ftdlhalf an’,'fciôùîÿ'#teîi ifAtïèitter teTthem' ÎS’' destroyed,” the animals
are changed, rand’tte'-tigeiy i f .fe Survives', isTeftioted to be destroyed
in the manner called'VYtepogy Vvhieh'is as .follows.
©n deceiving information ’of' tfcé'tetrèafc - "of â’^tigS? thé’ mâle1 inhabitants ^ ^ 1 ’^
a r e ' so'méttxnesl/ealled'óiitin a'bady,''by ithebórifer o f chief, ’ each'man being Tiger,
obliged to bè provided1'with a;‘spear,5 the? ebmiteri weapon fof’the country.
The’place where'the animal is 'CÖncëalêd''is:’stóótinded p a doublé !or triple
rarigé'béing 'formed' according''ib the number of hiihtets,* and he is roused
by-shouts, by th e '’.beating oRgbngS', 'te 'by'firë.1- The place -where he is
expected Tb attempt his'escape’is"earefu'l'ty’,;'göarded, "and he‘is geneïally
spehred on the spot. ,1-
;. idkf mahy districts, ' whebe the population is" not-deficient,- the-appearance
of ' a?skglê"tóger 'rousfes- the neighbourhood, and1 he isrinfallibly -destrbyed by
the* method" described.*
■ When the rdmpog is ïësteted'fó -byt'way of-amusement-at die capital-of. the
sovereign,' !a hollow square ‘of'-spearmen, four- deep, -it formed -on they alun
dlun, in” thé Center of whi'ch- are' placed tte^ftigfets in small separate cages,
orîrather 'tracts, with a 'sliding' door,rin the 'manner n f -a rat’trâp.c Two or
fhree'menj 'accustomed to thfe practice, at - the'command of the sovereign,
proceed into the’center of the square, and placing plaited leaves-in front of
tte'cagê, tor,süpply thé place of the wUodemdoor; setitoó fire j. and drawing
the* woöden'dööf Up, throWit on •’onfe^dej.'th'emselves retreating :from! the
spot at a sluvfr 'pace fö thé' sound of music; j Assoon às f e tig e r "feels'- the
firfe, te! starts, and in endeavouring to'make his way through the fspearmen
is'generally received 'upön their Weapons.' Instances however have occurred,
in which the animal has made good his reî-rfeà!t', bût he- was soon afterwards
2 Y 2 killed}
“ Thé frtit'WU species oH0^o’'k a M ^ J c2la^UUikg, has a deadly efféct on tigers. It
is Spared’by'the 'admixture of other vegêtablfâ,’ arid exposed-on a piece of tag at the
■plaees frequentdd-v byHhem. In some «stricts their' nmnberhas been sensibly diminished by
.thtepoilon.’’—■ HorqfitU*