Show IN DANKEST AfalKA I OU TIS VDLDT 18 IDUAL SPORT IIr 1e ese It lien ltrastloek i 11111 II M IM iim Ir olHmlrr 7heee1 nllll H etlel mllirr fur Nnrii JIuulM III I the lea AQOV LUK IN the 8olllh African I W Interior IIIM of coarse Ile ilraw y backs yet in B cll i oj root when fore for-e t nhoul nflvcnmoith ubMlutcly 111 l r weather may be rolled r ro-lled upon IU plra mires outnumber them fifty to one To mount enoa pony on a clear bright morning to ride forth Into a veldt with a friend and n brncn of pointer with the bl < Med feeling that you have not n euro In the world beyond the march of your wagon to the next water to be absolutely certain of nome pretty hooting In n wild country Innocent of farm and fences to return lo camp toward to-ward evening with perhaps ten or twelve brncw of bird and a imall buokth M thing to tho average healthy male seem as near perfection aa may bo found In this vale of tear It II I 8 oclock on n bright April morning In South Ilerhuannland Tho air II I full of light brink and wonderfully wonder-fully exhilarating Pour gunner have just hrTOkrnnted under the lea of their wagon Now having mounted their ponlm tho avenge South African bore la mldom more than fourteen hand they ride quietly down the hither aide of the tullow valley laagte It la I called In lliwo parts heroin they were outs itannetl oust 1 climbed 1 thin farther rise It I a 1lctllrMlUr scene The dope lira clothed wllh n long growth of waving grits now greentih yellow after the ruin nmld which great boulders of dark retl l rock crop up Hero and them imall patch of hub green biiih atari out from the grassy veldt Ileyond crowning Iho valley begin n thlcklsh woodland of short tree baitard yellow wood the lloera call them which extend for coma mile In front till the great open plain are again reached AI the gunner gun-ner ride up the further elope their wagon Is already In motion behind them starling upon III days trek eventeen nillen to the next water Through tho clear nimble air come tho crack of the drherH great whip mil his ahrlll crn hurled at the oxen tad the imwleldly homo on wheel crudest lowly through the yielding and Hut now the gunnrra hae spread out In lino and 1 tho pointer are already busy Kfor sonio boulder ono of Ibo doge feather n little then tand rigid t 1 n Score of bronze The two nearest gunner dismount They already carry their gun and bandolier and ride AI men do In the veldt In their flannel I shirt with their slwes well rolled up the arm There II I little lo Incumbcr their movement llrecche gaiter and tout boot a shirt and n hasty hat aro nil that a man need In Africa Af-rica The rein are thrown ever the pon le neck and hang In front of them nnd the tag will stand quietly for hour Now thus gunner are close upon tho pointer I atlll landing with rigid tall and outstretched neck These francolln lie close In tho long gross Where Ibo deucel I on a sudden upspring up-spring three brown bird within five feet of the sportsmen Twenty yards of law the gun are up two light reports re-ports from smokeless cartridge mil a brace of bird hit the earth Almost Instantly n third report follow and the rear gunner bOIl secured his right and leftnot a dlnicult matter wllh these francolln Hut the pointer is I not yet content Another brace of bird II 1 found and brought to bag within thirty yard The partridges are now gathircd They prove to bo tho moll Coqul Fran colln = Nanlmbl the natives call them perhaps tho most beautiful game bird In tho world As one of them lie In the gunners palm for a few moments the bright aank In yellow yel-low and orango of the hind the clear hanklike marking of the breast and tho beautiful shape and fentherlne mark this partridge of Africa as a gem among III fellows Tho bird are bestowed In n saddlo big and the gunner gun-ner mount and rbbi Into forest on the rlehthnnd aide of the wagon road Meanwhile their comrade have entered en-tered the woodland more to the left hand and their gun can bo heard already al-ready going Ior two hour the sportsmen quietly walk their horse through the forest moving due west Once their pointer get Into a small troop of guinea fowl delving for bulb and after a mart chase drive three of them Into a tree whence as they lip off the gunners secure se-cure them easily enough At length after picking up a few butterlllea In the forest clearings for they carry a net our gunners emerge upon broad rolling undrenched plains covered with long pale yellow grass Through thwe they rude tlead lly hour after picking up every now and again a head of two of game Now It Is a bravo of big redwing partridge Orange river francolln now one of these annoyIng yet handsome came birds the black and while buitard swart koorhaan the Itoers call him whoso very noisy and chiding way are familiar everywhere In open veldt fn South Africa Now after keenest March a Iwish of tiny bush quail are fluihnd and Meured one after the other having literally to be kicked up A bare and a solitary dlkkop thick knee plover ore added to the groMIng I bag |