| Show HUNT HUNI 1 SAURIAN IS SOUGHT BY SPORTSMEN I 1 rent ll 11 alty tilt dt ahn ull 1 oser ol 01 clammy aters ter e r 1 1 1 to lit a N fond ne nes s for hunting combined with rare opportunities f tor 0 r ig the in lul genco of 0 11 pt this hobb recent 1 I leil led lit thc britti to 1 in a sport unique and unknown to his tx cx cc I 1 ahe lie bin gular ex ill to which 11 ach h in r infers fers an I 1 the inci will mill be presently chron I 1 sas as an hunt taken in n a he tile water of bouthern bou thorn asiana lana aas a irm beening 1 in the P y fart of june when the writer ed i on of the broad of a 11 thern acm plat pl ia w mas is attracted bv b i I 1 t coming from a babu to the be e hoube u the report was eib eihl to ingui sil as that of the grooved bore 1 I t he ie boom of a ri duck luck gun would it ive over tho eral al seconds after th the first the fact met of darkness 4 having act T rendering en dering object objects indiscernible at a few e feet na naturally excited curl y to learn how i a i eifle could be ahot ol 01 b aura cv in so feeble a light ae to a plantation hand I 1 ind f red tor for information and was mas toll t the shot was fired b by te es tes s and the night being calm an ani I 1 sit ik moonless with the ill ili clear vitious etious conditions for hunting he lie ild d cheerfull cht elfull take tah me out ha irs ors I 1 the IN ild bom fowl I 1 ind sit bic 11 hi IN ar long ong since lied to their north abe weding ure eding grounds ind shooting of desarli lion having haning been neen I 1 assented too bladl to hia his and m we c NN were ere soon descend 0 the pi ic a light n irrol bulc hol loveil bioni a log and still c ex jai usel in the sections tit 6 he ie south the boat wis mas soon light lot lof def its load of plunder and itter ed chil g j i bull s cne e lantern to m cp cap a etral passing about it ind fastened the he back by I 1 buckle I 1 look m poin poon on in the bow bou while 1113 m roll elue ed in the stern pio piol polled wiled us its for alth long decious det ious sweeps of his lie dle before detore rc m ching aching our destina was we pad lied quientin through i i three 41 0 tream stream leading iway imay from the tile geast of the house when nhen we ae came a a large deep babou for at ears lid been a favorite resort le professional hunters I 1 IN was as now ad it aimed to maintain perfect quiet and attro the light gentl to the right ight I 1 left ON oer er the IN water ater the pre presena il a i gator would be ree revealed aled b the rt action of u the jick jack s light ity I 1 i late 3 drs irs the great demand tor for M ator gator skins has so stimulated stimulate the suit of these animals that in lacall ins here the were mere formerly vei veo tra the ire now nov but infrequent dl abe obe found ind then approached onla rom eight light cognizant of this fact and lif the stealth necessity necess iry to a deer leer it night which I 1 had any ell hunted in the same fa vinner I 1 ill the vica test cire that our let proa roa h should not be detected sl in aly 6 MIN our frail pirogue cleaved rons dark waters maters of the babou its mo nio lver a made known kno n by the of which appeared about the ai v when the water mater was mas set in mo jtb b the advance of the boat the COIL bt cne hene here presented pie tented ted was as truly thy of the 1 enell of dore A wild ef is of smooth dirk dark waters as wt ck ek as the night itself where they re bt ned Ined unruffled A boat propelled by in figure as speechless as ohp oarsman IA the river A moonless au sky eded ed alth its points of light swi feted in the gloss black surface of babou file belt of yellow light oo 00 aror fro p the lantern brought out strong rong rel ct ef from the dark green the illie about us jig the long tresses and ole pd ped festoons of gray moss hanging 1301 he the live oaks ind and made the contort e 9 aks ki ol 01 ti e p ilmet tos itsume more PO bastic against the back al ind of darkness behind them the in ace ce of 0 the night N w in those dis solitudes Is almost oppressive was aas ift k anoni jl 1111 it t rire intervals b bv the ill dis be hoot of in owl or the weird cry of t ZO great light heron as it winged its 09 yn meon night flight to a la lit I 1 had hall falln into a train of reon ecal nhen I 1 vas mas suddenly etil amak awakened ened ny toy ile alzue will bering paring for me to inch aw n ohp IM h ims of the tile lantern to the so t ina h the belt of light was mis be fell ed to tit he desired point two balls falls tt ligh kh hoap a few inches above aboc surface of 01 1 ho lie water mater I 1 was nag about 31 loot then hen art in movement ans ir rid he by the hurried i at p ea don wit t ot of inv in guide A aho io w m ith w client jim cens of the paddle on the tile rt 11 tide de ot of the tile boar swung smiling it around ery the right r gin of the tile reptile atile the in mi t vt M I 1 later learned leir ned ried was to obtain rill rae a side shot because a bullet A g alwain glances so to I 1 khall t are the scales will the en body of the animal from his lous 1 I asami that he would acquaint in chui IN lit it to shoot and was mas not in thin belief as hu presently pres rit v MIlls ul in creolo creole french don lul lilt alip glip it to ilia at tah w were u bo close upon our anti I 1 I 1 etim tint that the con blaw huld lt c 1 I light ilca its ave c to shine as it if till bibat ale it kohl noor was mas there ill 14 icing the tile rifle I 1 held at its heil hell I 1 pulled the tili alli tr I 1 he lie light artil readi reappearing earing learing i ft aca leonds I liter iter in i I 1 gift nl direction a and till as sink i a second time during this flint the huge saurian lashed its tall from front bile slip to side with buch such N igor that I 1 jd id n blittle bt en less ifill in it h a JI tIlt lie G would halt been crt att NN these struggles of hie tile mounded m 0 untied sturl an violent viol tnt maill the tile listed mere of short dur MOD all I 1 it at last floated u lift lebs on oil the surface M 1 I alio A ito carnel carrie I 1 a rope for tho it it ay fastened tibt ened it about the neck lieck of our quarry and ashore allowed it to remlin until the tile following morning whan dpn lie ic turned to remove its hi ill ie le hit I 1 lit preceding summer he lie me nit lie shipped oscr twan of theba hides to the fur nur bets high at which NN alligator skins sell N han man mail into shots and other small arcides generall genen ll made of leather leith cr he lie received about 1 apiece for his I 1 lie alligator Is impatient of cold ind it a f ill of hurks burks itself in ill the tile mild cherf it re timins until the return of warmth though it Is silted st cited that the alligator Is especial IN fond of human aleah li and frequently seizes i t human being an I 1 drags arg it to its haunts to de devoured deou rod it leisure the charge cannot 1 N kholl substantiated that it Is ur fr often detected in the act of bt eiling a pig ilg from the tile pen to reach which icil h it has ila bien obliged to make a long journey journe or do dr land cin bt bc well mell its it on land ind are slow slon and amk m I 1 rd ml in I 1 through two tuo long bones I 1 lasting of its held he ill preventing pre ent an all mobil mobilia it of 0 that thit member in lod I 1 od I 1 lilt ordinia y agilia can avoid an old its is huge jams b jumping Juni ping nimbly to one bida hid enoc oe to anyone anone however hoi seier that thoughtlessly approaches ipp roaches to within of its long till tall ith m which lideh in its fay fa element it propels itself with N ith admirable swiftness sm and lie 1 ie cislon |
