Combat of cr
minais with
killed ; sometimes the tiger, particularly r-ifvhe has been opposed to ’the buffalo,
will noffmove from tKeicenter-of the sq'üare ; in which’casé the'sovereign
generally-directs six or eight of his choice men (gtfMé&yifeo'advaôee .towards
him with-spears. This they do’.with surprizing coolness’ and intrepidity,
never failing.do pierce the■ animal, byfixing their< spears into himpat.-ronce.
The smaller Species of ithe/tiger is generally selectedfforithisramusemenf.
t- The exposure ' of criminals in combat with tigers was formerly,practised,
and is said to-havé-been common on'the first establishment‘of the' MatStem
empire ; dm! of !late years, such,a method of-deriving amusementsfromifche
infliction’of judicial punishment had almost become •nblolëîfce,l and-vis- now,
as well as 'mutilation and .torture;- altogether abolished by treaty.-;:^§teVêral
t instances are' said'to'hâve'jnce.urced- during the -feign of the su!ta m ôfo ffi’’ügya-
kêrta who was.deposed -fey the British Government: in 4'812. - In', an .'exhibition
of-this kind, which took place- about ten.years.^ago,- -two * criminals, we're
' exposed for having,sefc'dire to a dwellingr* Theyrwereprovided eaôhlwith a
k'ris,1 ' which Was long, " but .broken off pr- blunted-at thefpoiftt, -aft 4» the: tiger,
was let in upon them separately in: a large: cage.jGGnStru£tedi f o r p u r p o s e .
■' The first was soon destr-oyedrdrat the second, after a combat of neat^yr^wo
hours, succeedbd. in ’k’ill!ngrf)he’rtiger, by repeated cuts àbbutfthbjhèadftand
I under the ears and'eyes, i On this â smaller'tiger, oft rather Jeopard^ wasclht
in upon him, and the criminal being-equally?suecésÆili:inithisVG0iï!ibat:ms
released, i itfsîàibeBSs, as in the judicial oï’déâls of the dark agesg;wasi itâikèn
for - a'-manifestation by ^heaven of his : innocence, ^and-?mp t-'.bnly
pardon, but procured for him the rahksof -a Mdniri,-; as;a recQmp.ense^fogfhe
danger'to .which he was exposed in itsiv^ndication1. Î'^Alth'o'ughithis.barrbaro’us
practice appears so' recently' to haves been resortéd togitiis not-to bej iafer-fed
'that, .as a-spectacle,'if is hélcÜiplany,estimation by the ^J-ayânsj'ÿm general.
- I f 'seeuis ’ to : have been of comparatively late introduction, ' and adopted -only
in fhe policy of a known and avowed tyrant, T-hei coqcourse, ,'off^pcefeitors
to witness .thé corobat camiïMàB&ze stampcthe general character. ; of -peo-
ple. with barbarity,-than the crowds which are always present - af pubkf! 'executions
in Europe., The bare relation of theifset excites,-fb.eli;qgsi;of-horror
in-the mind-of the-ordinary chief. -
aaii-fighting,: . : Biill-fighting is common on Mgdûra,and in the eastern parts of the. island ;
but it is perfectly different from any species of sppyt ^riyed from .the1epui’age
oc fero^ity of that animal-in-Europe. Here neither dogs-are-employed-as in
England, nor men and horses as in §j>ain,' but the'bulls themselves are'-di-Fecm,:
ted
tfed against each other. The population form ail extensive ring round the
Mm dtth, Withinwhiclf the animals'- are'first led'-up to a'cow,' until they, are
Iflfficiehtlj^' eWted,: wlfdtf the' cow tiling' withdrawn -they are1 set at liberty
and'1 conteiid-•With“’fehh1 bth'er, -'until''1 ohefb'ft them'gives’Way,: andiis driven
from within the ring by The small well foifn-edbulls 6£<Sfonerrip
afford ^S'Bsiderable amusemenffiin' this-way,-while considerable. bets are laid
%gSlhe-Jes&lwOT t h e - c o n f f M . '> 1 'G“-
^^Th^-'ddmbat^ between- the ram and wild - hog, which-generally terminates and Hog
by- sevifabdoga beiiigf let : in'to^compl‘ete*tl!,ei destruction of the flatter,-.is an
- exhibition'-which furnishes^frdc[U©ntLamusemen|i;la small-stand is raised
for the ram, to whitE/Jig’ dan ‘retreat’when.: iii'danger, land from whenceihe
-can take'1 advantage1 off'aTaV&Orabrermoirieiit; q£ atfack-upoh.? his antagonist.-
^■r;Quail-fighting.<f^^^?w'dr)* and.'cock-fightihg’ (dduMf^gu^ wereiforinerly Quail-fighting,
^ r y prhvakn^fee&teGp^tidtllarly, among-the'common-people, b u tb y n o
means to^rfei'samefjext&nt as jpiactiSred'in;'yhe:atheftislan'ds.ofttheJArchipel'ago,
'in m&y parts’ of which? particularly among'the’ 'fylalayws, ittforms, almost the
L Fhdle^odrG#<s‘f4iversion;and interest. 1 On the; establishment-of the British
power- icbckifighijing and-gaming, '-wHich'-hadrformerly proved, a productive
-%dure'e off'Fe^effue td the^-Europ'ead government, weTeqprolubited;'- and I are
- mow H H rarely* r&br'teddto.o:' ThgSjavans.Vwere n?of.'ih; the ’habit .of
Ihxing'spufs-Wtheir 'cockle this practice,tthey'sayi' belongs to the iMakk/us:*
lf c fe :e b - thm O n ip e 8 p l^& ^ ^ fe dm ’selves«wifh,betting[,npbrittheassde>of a
dghrb'etwedh'.twbr&ickets-'td^Aj&ngfei^ywhich* are daily‘«xpfl&& y n th e
^markets ‘f©VthlrtfpVrp-% « 'The.liitle.animals'being confined in smalVbdmbus
opened; J l R j § foJ afford ani amnsemeht^pfxbnsiderablejihteresfe'-.
Wfcifeneng th e gam’esrtrf skill may be::repko06dfrtho^fejj©fhcbpssy, drafts;*, and
several mi'ftor gdines played With." pieces - or" balls, on 'boards haf a somewhat
' -similar dbntt^actlbh^'T5" p-v" ' ’-w' 1 ' "-1*
■n- In'dWess^M^j-the-pieces arenamed, the* M tef or Idng-';: the-J>ateh, ,or Chess-
■minister,' 'Gorrespbhding -With i^ e - queen j ^iVm frdhup h r: vessels, '.corrs-
fvsponding with'-'CaStfej^-tWo ■mdntri’, <'correspqhdin| withnbisbops.;;>.two
ifdtdn, 'bj&H'br^es* corresponding' with1 knights!;- the didakj br*pa'wns; and
prearranged as m the English.game, -except thatthe'ldngpike'piabed.-on-the .
ffileft hand: off the [.queens, and opposite^ the adversary’s q®[§dh.f.: Thermoves
.are
1 # The cocks reared for this purpose are of the'.large g'ira^ ftfJecP® The cock whifcftWe
lldteproperly call ,the!'Baatam,’-is.not‘koiindjrHti' Java, exespti as a" dutiosity: ’ it comeg-froin
- Japan.