| Show I i i h AN ACCOUNT of AFRICAN WANDERINGS OF A f L d Hwy 1 q ja a Farm j po and 1 1 I Is y r i I Roo velt Tells of N Week eek nt it Dot on African Fai Farm m of Countryman and r p Garne Found There j i tas as Thrilling E Ex per per i- i With kith Leopard W While hile HIst His t Encounters the Huge p and Bags One Onet t lIe be fourth of 01 b the fourteen en great grent i of u I n Ma big game hunt- hunt ad II d I h by Theodore tit elt tint will ill appear e- e f 7 Sunday In lu The lIe He r-n. r n n. n Iu artle from rom Colonel own of bl his bl African Nation flou African Came Trail Trails f t the t books bouk o of hit big hunting and nd adventure ever er The fhe n herald Liar Jin for 01 exclusive ne ne T Jah a In the territory It Mer serves enCH cn pedal i au tb ar ton Son ek rek C Colonel Roosevelt elt dethe tle- tle lethe the adventures nd that hat hen en he bagged rd hit hi fist In t rhino rhinot t et t hi bL s hi first giraffe He lie wa WuA be e guest Client oC or Sir Ir Alfred AUrell Pen Pease e. e he be ald Ild e to est keit nod and left for Juju Juja I he be became bee the eLf he guest t for or n a of or a fellow W. W X nan What happened to tu him ernaU then In lu the way nl of or big hunting IN J told today toda rend end o of thin this week neck of of hunting banting el Roo Roosevelt's eU unfurl safari moved cd on 1 Ing farm and iid d th there re Colonel Roosevelt elt tn In the tint first time what many many- nag lUll big bl KB me cune cun- cun lie Ile e most dangerous big bh game Africa the the buffalo Ills IH Ili ac- ac or of this thU hunt bunt TIll Ht nl he be Published fl II 5 permission 1 from fromn fromin t speck in n Gam t s Trails by b Theo- Theo Copyright 1909 b by Charles Sons reserved including that Into foreign es Including the I nia Farm we who wiro welcomed welcom d nth the most generous hosy hos- hos kr y my fellow e Countryman and Mr and Mrs W. W X lIl Ic s rm irm lies liea on the edge eels of oC the theas Ins ns as and the house houe stands near ar action cUon of the Nairobi and The louse house like almost jt t African houses S S was W of oC one broad brond vine vine-haded hade l veran veranda a around round it There were numer- numer b of or cr c every kind hind there an and h herds cornfields a garden an and aid Immediately In a very pret pretty or lo er carefully c tended b by unsmiling 8 age I Y long lone these old creatures sst at t the gross grass and among the tho ds accOrding to the l custom u tom of oC IDS bs bl their scars were silt so as them to stretch tho lobes to tot t unbelievable extent and In inures wore ore fantastically lice Uve ornaments One of oC them attracted b by the shining surn sura suria sur- sur ia n a empty tobacco can and he lie hea lieis 1 is a in one oar to match the Carved ned wooden drum h he care car- car e e. e other T r whose Vho 6 arms and le legs s were copper and iron brace brace- been given g a blanket t because pother o a other garment armen t he got gal along with the blanket excepting had haa to use the lawn mower he be b would usually wrap tho the ground around his neck and handle mover with tho thu evident feel feel- the Ie had done all that the thc most con conventionalism could require H S IX IN JUJA poUso ousa boys bos and gun-bearers gun t of tor ef tho the boys Los who took tol care crass Were Somalia whereas lie le keepers who tended the tine were Masai Masal and the tromen omen who worked in thee the thc e I K IC uyua The Tho three r races lag to do with one ono another Its ew w Indians had hall nothing to fay 11 of oC them hem The Tho bear beehive huts scattered in pas the Somalis Somalia all allwelt welt dwelt In sn a little Ule village mage on one ono side sido of or and half a mile off otC tho the Masai Masal u i tn lr village he Somalia Somalis and Masai MaRal were in ng fellows fellows' t the he Somalis were If 2 edans ns and hors men the ere cattle herders who did didI I rk as the they Y did Ald theIr e el fighting l aid a re heathen heath th n of ot the tl type e. e They looked Joked career care care- er i the e cattle and were doo dolie do- do lie o III iA tho chase o of oC dan er- er crbut c i hll j Ij- rJ but re regular ular w work rk the they despised Sometimes times s when L w tv herd ed a mass mails of oC or 1 t porters to together to k or r three Masai Masal would 1 stroll on en with u word j-word in rr great spear In hand liand their Vere wen cut their hair Plaited and they hall time erect n 1 fearless Jc h hearing that nat nat- oh th the a ra rase 4 ij hoe houlle ac with Its bedrooms room and and Its lib lIb lIb-ar library drawL draw draw- 1 ana the i e L cool l shaded haded vcr vcr- q i r- r l' l ii x t 34 ti r y I II 1 r r b P r a r dl ss t f at i I t r 5 i r 8 Y t t R it Y 4 t t Y r fM y 5 4 t tY f v td r tit's JC I If end avid 1 f s y the s f frai rai O r P fofo i 1 4 a at Y y 1 t II trl 3 t I f r f viv t f i Z a 3 K t LY r t r I j dIY a rr C f f I M 1 y t A. 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V H 3 r L ed Y ti t ands anda everything was so comfortable that hat it was hard to realize that we were vere far In the tho Interior of ot Africa an and almost under the equator Our hostess was vas herself a good rider and good shot and had 1 killed her lion and both our om host lost and a friend who way wa staying wHit him trim Mr were not merely mere mere- ly h. y mighty hunters who had bagg bagged d devery every very Important variety arlet of ot large and dangerous game same bu but t were n nl also 1 o 0 explorers explorers ex- ex of oC note whoso Whose travels travel had materially materially ma- ma helped In widening wIdenIng- the tho area of or our ur knowledge of oC what wha t was once tho the dark ark continent QUI QUEER EIt YI VISITORS Game came right around the Se house hartebeests ts wildebeests and amI ze zebras rai grazed in sight on the open plain Tho Tito hippopotami that lived close b by in the tho river rl came camo out at night into tho the gar gar- den en A couple of ot years before a rUno had come down Into tho the same g garden uden In inroad road broad daylight dalIght and quite wantonly attacked attacked at- at tacked one of oC tho the laborers tossing him and breaking his thigh It t had then pa passed sed by the hou house e out to the ho plain where it ft saw an ox cart which It immediately attacked and upset up- up set et et cannoning off ocr after atter Its Its Its' charge and passing pL up through the span of or oxen breaking all tho the yokes okes but fortunately I not ot killing an animal Then it mot met one nc of oC the men of or the tho house hous on un horseback horse horse- I back ack Immediately Imme assailed him and was vas killed for Cor its pains M My host was about to go o on safari for or a a. couple of months with anti and ud to manage manac their safari the they had hart one nc of the tho noted hunters of oC f East Africa Mr Ir II n Judd and Judd Judil was ras kind enough to take mo me out hunt hunt- lag ng almost every awry day that we were at nt JuJa tija I I 4 AMI U DULLIn DU In the open woods which marked l the e border burder between cn the barren pIn plains Ins and nd tho the forested valley of or th the th Kermit and I shot waterbuck and Im- Im alla Tho The waterbuck la Is a u stately antelope an- an with long coarse gray hair and andino flue ino carriage of or the head and neck 1 03 So 3 male malo alone carries horns We Ve found then hem usually In parties of ten or a u dozen ozen both of ot bulls anI and cows COW but ut sometimes a party part of or cows would go golone alone lone or three or four Cour bulls ml might ht DO bo found Cound together In spite of its name we did not find findt It t much given to going In tho the water although It would cro cross s tho the river rl fearlessly fear fear- lessly lessl whenever it desired It was wae howver how how- over ver always alwa's found not er very far tar from Crom rater It liked the WOO woods 3 and did l not noto go o many miles mlle from tho streams yet ct wo we frequently saw Maw It on tho open plains a a. a mile or two from trees feeding In Inho tho ho vicinity of the zebra and the Uc harte- harte ecat This however usually quIte early in the morning or quite late ate In the afternoon In the heat of the he d dl day l it clearly preferred to bo Lo in the forest brost along the thc streams stream's edge or In Inho tho ho clad bush ra inos The aro are found fount In exactly the tho same alno kind of oC country as UtI the waterbuck and nd often oCten associate with them To 10 m my mind tho they att are o among tho the most tul ful ul of all antelope They art aro about the size Izo of oC a tailed white deer eer their beautiful beau beau- annulated horns making a a. single spiral and their theil coat la is lIl like c satin with r i iII II t ty I y q 2 y I IZ Z Jl rf 7 J dud and Chee Cheetah 17 P Jd o a by y 1 lYA s' s Z it 1 r z 2 L I I Its Uti con contrasting Ih shades de of or rod and white I Thc They have the tho 1 most graceful movements move move- movements I I ments of oC any animal I 1 know kno and It Is la I extraordinary to see seo eo a herd henl start sturt oft off wh when n frightened both bucks nn and does boun bounding ln clear over the tho tops of or the tall talI bushes helS with a peculiar pecullar birdlike motion and lightness g. g AN tU U U I HAG In connection with shooting two of the thc there thore occurred little incidents In- In which are worthy worth of oC mention I In one case casc I 1 ha had Just killed a 0 waterbuck waterbuck water water- I buck cow hitting hilling It at nt a considerable distance and b by a tL lucky fluke luke after attora a good heal deal of or bad shooting Wo 0 started the porters in with the tho waterbuck water water- buck anI and then rodo rode west through an open country countr dotted here and there therewith therewith therewith with trees antI and with occasional anthills ant ant- hills In a few ew minutes we saw eow an buck and I crept creel up UI behind an anthill ant ant- lull hill and obtained a shot at a about out 50 yards Tho rho buck dropped anI and as nH I j Iwas Iwas was putting In another I said to Jut Judd that I didn't like to see fec nn an animal an un- imal drop like Hlee that so instantaneously Instantaneous as there was always tho the possibility that it might only be creased nn and that If It an animal so hurt got up it alwa always 8 went oft off exactly as if IC unhurt When hen we w raised our eyes oyes again to look bolt for tor the It bad had vanished I was UI sure that wo we would never see seo se It again and Judd felt fell much touch the tho saute same I wa way but we the walked In the direction toward which Its HH head hend had anal been pointed point point- ed an and Judd ld ascended an hill ant to scan the tite surrounding country countr with his glasses Ho lie did so un and after a minute remarked that thal he could not see lice the the- woun wounded ell when a u sudden movement caused ca us to look down and there then It U was vas lying at our ver very rc feet t on the Bl slide eldo o of ot the hill ant unable to torl rise rl e. e I had boon been c n using n a bullet hullet In thy the Springfield and this makes a u big hole Tho Tins bullet hullet hud had gone too far fat back In n front of or the hips 1 I should nut not have havo wondered at all If It the animal had hal failed to Jc get gel up utter after falling falling fall fall- In ing but I did not understand tand why a asit us as It recovered ered enough from rum tho the shock tu to tubo bo ho able ablo to get up It ha had not continued to travel Instead of or falling raIling after going 1 00 yards Indeed I 1 am Inclined to think that thata a deer eer or at prong buck hit lilt In the tho same fashion would have ha gone Rone ot off and would have given a n lon long before being 0 overtaken on J I Judging gln from Crom what whal others othor havo have sold saM I have no doubt that African can game gamu antu Is Iser er very tough and succumbs lc less leas easily to wounds than Is IH the case caso with animals of or tho the northern temperate temper temper- ate nto zone but In Rt m my own experience I several times limes saw African antelopes succumb to wounds quicker or than the tho average northern animal would have havu succumbed to a a. similar wound Ono was this palin The rho other buck also showed an unexpected softness succumbing t to toa toa a wound which I do not believe c would have havo given mo me either cither a tailed white o or ora ora a tailed black deer cor I had hod been vainly I endeavoring to f get et a waterbuck li bi and anti as aa the day was growing hot I win riding homeward scanning tho the edge edgo I of or the plain where where- it merged cd Into the trees that extended out front from the tho steep bank that hemmed In one side Ide of ot th thu river bottom ottom From Irom time to we wo would see sec Hean an or a waterbuck making Its Itt wa way from tho the plain back to the river bottom to spend tho the lla day In tho shade shale Ono One of or these I stalked and after n. n L good deal doal of or long range o shooting broke a hind leg high up It got ot out of ot sight and wo we rode rodo alon the along the edge edgo of or the steep descent which lent led down own Into the tho river bottom bollom proper In Jn tho the bottom ottom there wore were largo large open Kr grassy places whine the tho trees made mote u a thick fringe along the river course course- o had hall given up the tho and turned out toward ton the thc plain when whon one of or m my gun beaters whistled to us liS usand usand and said Saud ho had hud seen tho tiro wounded crow cross tilt the bottom and go o Into the fringe of ur trees s bounding a deep tf r g j r d t t t ao A n 20 o Ca 2 1 a e I 2 0 m t 1 lf pool In which we knew there were both hippos and crocodiles We Vc were ere off oct our horses at once and ancl leaving lea UH them m at the top scrambled down the tho descent scent anI and cross crossed cl the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of or thc tho spot indicated The Tile had hacI laid down as soon as I It t re reached hed cover and ns as we wo entered the fringe of or wood I 1 caught a glimpse of It got got- ot- ot ting lag up an and n making off urt Yet fifty yards further It stopped again standIng stand- stand lug Ing right on the brink of or tho the pool so close that when I shot shut it It fell feU over o Into tho water WITH A When hen art after r arranging for Cor this Im Im- palla pallu to be ho carried back to the thc farm Carm wo returned returnee to where whore our horses had been heen left Limo tho boys hos told us Uli with much excitement t that there thero was ryas a lur large e snake near h by and sure HC enough a tow fow yards off coiled colled up III in tho the lon long grass under a n small tree WAS a python I could not B sea Rf O It dl distinctly and using a n solid bullet hullet 1 just missed the backbone backbone back back- bone tho the bullot bullet going through the tho boel body about It Ito ml middle dle Immediately the th snake nak lashed at me mo with open upen j jaws ws and then uncoiling came Caine gliding ln rapidly In our direction I do not think It was charging I think It was vas merely r l trying to escape But lint Judd who was utterly unmoved cd b by lion Hon leopard or rhino evidently hold this snake in ht r respect an and yelled to meto mo me moto to get et out of or the tho WIl way Accordingly ly I jumped ped buck back a few Cc feet t and and the sn snake le came camo over or the tho ground whore where I had nau stood Its evil ovil genius then made it halt for Cor a n moment and raise ralso its Us head hend to a 1 height of ot perhaps three feet teet and I It by a shot through h tho the neck The rho porters were much wrought up up about tho the 2 snaky nalo and did not at all like my touching It and taking takIng- It up first by tho tall and und thou then b by the heal head It was wag only tw lve feet long Wo We 0 tied It to a u long lonh stick HUck and find sent It |
