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Show i I H i 1 lit lTldJMll& Ul Lilt kjy tldl 1UI v -feft S ! I By Capt. Fritz Duquesne. Ik" ' JSW ' Bfc' 1 H The lore of peril has such a fascination HH for' the average specimen of the genus HH homo that anyone who bns graduated from HH toy school of dancers has conferred upon HH him, or her, a great 013117 desirable social distinction. beside the pleasant newspaper HH notoriety that roost people with social nspi- HH rations KMk. Many society people, In Eu- HH roue, who hare neither the courage nor HH the ph) digue to do great deeds of vnlor H have, nevertheless, the doslro for the honor HH even if not won according to strict rules B of honesty. HH Naturally, Africa, with its vast amount HH of wild and dangerous came, its latvc H number of savages, and Its proximity to HH Europe, offers great attractions to the In- HH dlrldual of adventurous inclinations, real HB1 or feigned. H Everyone who Iias hunted biff game In HH Africa knows that be Is gambling with HH death and has not more than half a chance HH of winning. Nevertheless the most weakling HH title bearer of Europe can go into (he Hj wilds of Africa and be a successful big HH came hunter. It must be Inia tor tho HJ camera says so, and there must bo a HH reason. For a short time I was associated HH with the reaon. It was purely n commer- HH cla) proposition, and the lords of high de- HH gree were charged heavily for a ratine as HH HH Some traveler who sojourned and hunted HH In Africa during the time Colonel Itoose- HH ' relt was on safari, hinted on their return HHj to the United States that the hunting of H the Colonel was made wondirously cosy, H.' and explained their own lack, of game In H comparison with his shoot by making such H indecent aspersions as: "We never Dun ted HM doped came." "Oar game was not pre- HH pared." "Things weren't fixed for us." HH Time were expressions of Jealousy if noth- HH in? more. As n matter of fact Colonel HB Roosevelt hunted like a real man, not an HV" Imitation. His worst enemy coald not hon- HH eitly accus him of such a pjiltry decep- Hfl tloc as hunting drnjsed enter. He is too H good a hunter to need faking to help blm. H If be conld not bag his game, Hko a sporfs- H roan ho would let it go. Anyone who H hunted with him In Africa knows this to. H be (he troth. H Naturally, the great quarry of the would- IHf be big game hunter in Africa is the lion, HBfl who notwithstanding the disparaging re- HBh mark of some hunters who profess to HHn hare met him, is still the king of beasts. HHV I How can an inexperienced person always HBu ' make Anro of getting a Hon or any other HHV dangerous animal? Thero are tricks In HHT every trade, even lien hunting. And tho HHl trick of making euro of shooting his majesty, HHl Leo, Is to give him a good dote of mor HHfl pliine, or other drug, beforehand. -, pHa Drugging: Leo HBb The method of drugging 1b simple. In a HHb rTlttrlct Infected by lions, an antolope is HHh shot, preferably one of the smaller species, HHh which n Hon can completely devour. The ! HBn rump of the animal) is opened' and the HHV drug is smeared on the flesh, then the body HBV is left on the veldt with a Kaffir watch- HBn leg it. Tho Hon or lions in the district, HBV . getting a scent of the dead animal, come HBb ' to feast on it, but the Kaffir, by making a HBb nolso or keeping a small fire burning in HHn th vicinity of the carcass, keeps the lions HBb oC until the early morning, so that they HBV will not eat the drugged flesh too early, Hi thus giving its effects an opportunity to HHl work off before daylight, when tho hunt HHv HB To make a successful animal d rugger HHH one must have some knowledge of vet-HHV vet-HHV 1 erlnary science and the action of drugs HHH Different effects are obtalnsl by the use HHg ' of different drugs and compositions. Strych- HHTt ulne, for Instance, In a certain quantity, HHjf 111 paralyzo the hind quarters of an anl HHV mal, making it Incapable of walking for HHn several hours. Chloral benumls and puts HH t sleep. Indian hemp paralyzes the nerve hhh centers temporarily; morphine and atropine BbJI a composition commonly u&ed In the pro- HHV portion of ten to one, makes the animal HVl groggy, but still leaves It with enough HHh energy to make, an attempt to move. HHL Graminivorous animals, not being so dan- HHW geroui. naturally do not require, drugging. HHb Nevertheless, In districts where they n,ro HHfl very tntnj, they an- caught when young. HHb and kpt until some titled or wealthy per- HHb sannge goes a-hurrting and Is willing to pay HHV for the privilege. Kven thesn anluiaH are HHh given an injection of morphine before they HHh are let out of their pens. To my knowl- HHV edge, this practlcn has been carried to nn HHn , extent that would hardly be credited, and H some big bags that have lcn the boast of i hunters of elongated Uncage have been procured pro-cured in this way. The man who conducts " these expeditions has an agent In London. HBV Naturally, the successful hunt brings many HHH 1 customers, and there is always a guarantee HBV aganst disappointment Then drags are HHV used. The success It shrew uy proportioned HHV to the srze of the check paid for the sport. HH It Is, therefore, r-ssy to tco s hat It pajs HHV to keep preserves to Btipply vt trade. HHV I first tcame sequel'-..: th port HhB bj coming In contact -Allh Its originator HVh on the East African coastwise steaushlp HHV "Kaiser," of the Deutsche Ost Afrlka Line. HH which carries the flotsam and Jtam of (be HHV Ipdlnn Ocean, up and down that part of HI the world betwen Durban and Sues Jack, HHV for that wsa his flrst name, needed help HHV badly, for he had just burW his partner HHV In Durban and was returning from bis HHV HHV "Old man." he said, "I'm In a fix I've BVI got to take care of an Kogllsh hunting HHW psrty. both whiskers and iraaoths, and J BW rau't do It alt alone. Come and help me BV cut. It will bi a new experience and VS grat fun." 1 consented. A couple of days later the boat landed as at Chlnde and then c traveled down the Mozambique HVB-- coast to Ltvcterc nnd went Inland to Rsmatawe, whero Jack hid his menagerie V nd museum of live and stuffed animals, which were the stage properties of many VI thrilling bunt, A few days after our BV trrlval a party of English men and wonen I W,.: HBB BBBBBBBBBBBS came in dressed In khaki, gaiters and snn helmets, with white puggaries. accompanied by their valets and maids and a caravan of natives. Tboy were soon in 'comfort-ble 'comfort-ble quarters nnd preparation was made at once foe the bunt. About .two miles nnd a hpf back of the pla,te was a line stretch of romantic, raystM-lous Jungle. Jack took me to this rcsatr, (he stage of the hunt, with a troupe of Kafflrs, who were to be tho stage hands nd supernumeraries. It wns not long before be-fore a buck sprang from the grass and wns shot. Lions were plentiful in the district nd the dead antelope was a cer-tnln cer-tnln lure. We rubbed strychnine Into the dead buck and left it In charge of n Kaffir. That night wo heard the lions in the district roaring, much to the satisfaction of Ibo English tourists. About l A. M , when everyone was aileop, the Kaffirs came, soft-footed, through the bungalow, nnd lifting lift-ing up the mosquito curtallns roused everybody every-body and told them It was tlm to dress. With wide yawns and much grumbling and protests, the party wns nt last dressed Cof fee wns brotight nnd some buffnlo steak snndwjchcs mnde a very acceptable break fast. Then, heavily nrtned, and accompanied accom-panied by an escort of under Kaffirs, wo started into tho forest. Jack lending the way. He gauged the tirao correctlj. for Just as the first flash of dawn rosily touched the tree tops, we come Into view of the 'ground where we had shot the nnte-lope nnte-lope thorny preceding. M ' . ft l$G$P ". ilm YW life ,p1I km iivw! Beddcsford, Raising His Gun Nervously, Fired Twice in Rapid Succession. A Lion Near. The TCafllr we left with it Joined us and spoke to Jock, who turned and faced the caravan, holding up both hands ns n. sign to holt. lie then called a monocled hunter and held a conversation In excited but suppressed tones. A tremble ran through the party and their faces whitened with the strain of nntlcipallon, lor the word was quickly passed that a lion. was near. Before Be-fore the game was within shooting distancv, everyone wanted to have the Urst shot, but now that it wns probable that we would rouse a Hon at any moment there was no visible anxiety to bo the Urst to approach blm. ., A tall man wllh a monocle said: "Smythe, old fellah, you bcttah take tho first shot. Vou're a. betlah shot than I, je know." "N. Beddesford, ye know, you ought to lead off, ye know. Yon'r. such n dashed sportsman, old chap." "Well." answered Reddesford, "ye know I'm rathah off in my shooting, don't ye know, and we oughtn't lose our flrst blooming bloom-ing Hon." So the talk ran while the caravan halted for the exhaustion of the courtesies, and then Beddesford, adjusting his monocle, set off in the lead with thV rest of the party trslllng behind. Ten minutes' slow, cautious cau-tious advance brought us to a donga-boseh, where Jack was told by the Kaffir that the lion was lying On reaching a nice shooting distance, Jack gave a loud cry nnd pointing to th boch dramatically ex-clalaed: ex-clalaed: "There he Is now!" At the sudden alarm there" was a screech frota the women behind and two wer on the edie of fainting, whllo a third cried hysterically: "Oh. tako care, Charles, don't let hlta bite you '" One look at Charles was enough to convince con-vince anyooe with an experienced, eye, that if the lion really did desire to bite him poor Charl would have no choice in the matter. He was using np all his energy -4fl '- ' L. i " if. $ 1 f4 suppressing tho waves thnt agitated his scanty flesh. At that moment, startled by the noise, the huge, tawny head of tho Hon rose above the gross, not twenty yards nwny, and Ucddcsford, raising his gun nervously, fired twice in rapid succession. The Hon, whose hind qunrters had Ixwn paralyzed by the strychnine, could not move. Although Jled-desford Jled-desford missed, the brute could only gnash his teeth nnd roar in helpless anger. Sraythe. who was rondy with his gun, fired both barrels of his express at onco with a kick thnt sent him sprawling, but the bullets bul-lets went home and the heavy head of tho lion sunk to the ground. When wo were sure that the animal was dead, we nil stood around it. Thn tho Important" Im-portant" part of the hunt took plnce. Jack called up his Kaffir camera carrier, and, posing the party of amateur hunters behind the dead animal, took helr photographs. Then each was taken separately, nnd from a different point so that the photograph would haye a different background nnd look like another Hon. After some dozen photographs were taken, the Hon wns trussed up on a bamboo pole and wo relumed re-lumed to headquarters That night letters were written by the members of the English party to their friends In all parts of the world, telling of the wonderful and dangerous danger-ous adventure with a lion. Danger by Accident Of course, even In hunting doped lions, one can come across danger by accident. Wc'arranged thlngj as w did betore, shot our antelope, doped to flesh, allowed a Hon to eat it; ond, the next morning, started out on the hunt. Our hunting ground was situated about half a mile above tho spot where tho last Hon was killed. Jack nnd myself, with the Kaffirs, accompanied Smythe and IWdesferd. The ladles on this occasion were contsnt to stay behind in the bangalow. Spreading out for about two huadred -7 4J41 : - . . . ' , , t v -'$ .J" V ' i '' . yard, we advanced (0 the spot where the doped lion lay. With an imposing pretense of caution. Jnck and mi self slowly pushed ahead, the Englishmen Imitating our very motion, and the. Kaffir gun bearers walking In our rear. Wc were within fifty yards of where we expected our game, when a huge blonde bead of a Hon rose above the grass. Wishing our English friends to shoot flrst. we held back our Are. Beddesford Beddes-ford nnd Smythe emptied their rifles at the Hon, and, from nppnrent results, both missed. I noticed that the animal Jumped up inna oddly alert way for one that wns loaded with dope, and the next Instant it ennje bounding towards us like a rocket. The Englishmen dropped their rifles and ran for the nearest tree, the lion after them; for a Hon, like a dog, will always follow a running animal, knowing that an animal in flight is rarely dangerous. The Dope Failed. As It passed, one of the Kaffirs burled an aos:al nt th beast and wonnded It In the hind quarters. The lion, with a roar of anger, rang at the native as he was about to cast another spear, and. with a terrlilc Idow of Its paw dashed htm to the ground opening his; breast with Its sharp claws. Jack and I ruhed ahead to save the native, nnd before It could do hire any further harm a couple of express bullets laid the beast low. "Well," said Jak to mo In a whisper, "that's the flrst tlrae the dope ever failed." The Koglisbmea, who hail viewed the scene from the t res-top, slid from their perches and began te make excuses for not shooting the animaL blaming, of course, everything but thamwlves. Jack was visibly vis-ibly perplexed at the turn which the hunt had taken, and he whispered something to c. runner. Ths by toft on a trot, and, returnln; in about ten ralnntes, there was another whispered conversation betweea my friend and the satire runner An expression of surprise cane over the - T"5 ' - T j e i i S former. "Captain." ho said In an undertone, under-tone, "we've shqt the wrong lion." j He drew me aside and told rac that wc ..must not waste the lion which had hen doped and was lying out on the veld wait- Mng to bo sbot. Turning to Smythe nnd Heddcsford, he told them thnt we would leave tho dead lion in the hands of Ihe Kafllrs nnd go forwnrd in search of another. an-other. Doth the Englishman, whose nerves were somewhat shaken by the late adventure, adven-ture, thanked Jack very much, but said that they were satisfied with the shooting that they had scored for the day. After some persuasion, nowever. wucn tney were informed in-formed thnt the Hon was sleeping out on tho bosch, where he would fall an easy prey, they decided to go on. Wc hod not walked far when Jack held up his hand In warning, and pointed to the tawny form of Ihe lion stretched out under lha bush. Jt was motionless. Beddesford tiptoed to a good shooting position ond tired. The animal never stirred, nnd Smythe cried with delight; "Good shot, old chap I" and was about to rush forward, when Jack shouted: "Stop! Don't you know It's dnngoroos to run ahead like that? The Hon may be only wounded. I'll go tlrst" With a great show of courage nnd caution, cau-tion, his rifle randy for action. Jack stole forward nnd reached the side of the prostrate pros-trate beast. Then he 'drew his hunting knife and drove it to the hilt Into the animal. ' , "Coroo on. boys,'' he cried, "he's dead now, all right." Wc ran up lo tho side of the dead brute, when Jack called out in sudden alarm : "QutcJ:! Get roe some water; the lien Is diseased. I want to wash my hands!" Then, turning to the Englishmen, he sold: "Don't touch )t, you might get infected." The Englishmen stood off at a respectful distance. Getting near Jack, I asked: "What's wrong V Over-Doped. "Why, the blooming boast has been dead more than an hour. He is almost eold. but I couldn't afford to waete It Had similar case beforo. The iCntllr ovldently over-doped over-doped the antelope, moat, which poisoned the Hon." Within r. week th news of the hunt was tent lo the coast and telegcaphed to England, Eng-land, where II was' published sensationally, in the columns of certain daily papers, and the noble marquis- nnd the honorable Smythe stood high In the ranks of African bhr game nnntcrs. In the -dry season. Jack had another taethod of drugging which ht used with .'am equal effect. At this time of the year the pools nud water holes In tho district, with few exceptions, wero dried up. Those supplied sup-plied by small perennial springs held enough water throughout the year to attract tho thirsty animals from the surrounding Jungle. A rough estimate of tho water in theso holes was mode, and drugs were put In proportionately to make a solution that would stupefy, without Lining the beasts, that came to drink. Camped for the Night. About four miles from headquarters, towards the sonth, there was an arid pntch of veld. Wc took a party to within n mile of one of the water holes, and camped for the night. wr After pitching our tents. Jack took ma to the water hole, around which wo found the spoor of different nnlranle so fresh thnt it was evident that the pool had been visited by several the night before. Jack put In tho powdered drug nnd stirred the water thoroughly to make tho solution. Several Kaffir boys were left around the hole to keep the nnlmals off till near daybreak, by flres and torches. About an hour before dawn, the natives came to our tents nnd awakened us, Informing us thnt as soon as the Arcs were put cat at the water hole, ond they bad retired some distance, fifteen or twenty animals of various sorts came eagerly to drink. This wns Just the news Jnck wanted; We had with us a party of fonr, two English Eng-lish brothers and an American and his son. After a hasty breakfast, we all Mt out for the water hole. Whon we came within three hundred yards of the pool, dark, shadowy forms moved ahead of us on the veld. We spread out In a line and halted, waiting for the dawn to break, so that wc could see to shoot. After rating twenty minutes the sudden tropical moon revealed a group of nolmuls standing and lying around the spring. Not far from us was a rhinoceros with her calf, which was apimrentlr comnlr(iv nurnim. by the drug, lying prostrate, while the mother swayed to and fro over It, partially stupefled. Between these two and the water hole there nets a. superb huffalo, lying on the ground with the composure of a tame cow In a barnyard. Scattered over the veld were a number of antelope, koodoo, blesbok. sprink bok, water boi, olaud. and wildebeest, nnd a few zebra, conspicuous with their black and white markings. Although the anlasals most have seen cs, there was apparently no alarm Sbfnp of them look toward us. merely spreading their ears and blinking in wonderment. Joefc gave a signal and the rifles flashed forth a deadly jreHey. The rhinoceros s'tnggered under the) blew of an express bullet. 'nad then made a feeble effort 10 chaise. (Junv bllag over her calf as she adrancL A sond bullut reached her heart sad ihe ex- . &c . n . . , e3BE5rPRPl!Rro5 pired Emboldrned by this success, the vonng American rushed forward and killed the calf by a ball through Its head at dose range. Tho buffalo, which had been grazed by a bullet from the rifle of one of tho Englishmen, stood up and bellowed defiance. Ho made a staggering chnrge for a few yards and then almost turned a somsrsauH fls his forelegs weakened beneath him, and he plunged headlong, tearing up the ground with his horns Tho Englishmen emptied their rifles Into his body beforo be could tlsc, causing him to roll over on his side lifeless, with blood dripping from his J nostrils. fH The antelope, scared by the ehoottaa, 1 ambled off unsteadily for a few rods, and thon turned to watch us In evident bewilderment. bewil-derment. Falling on their knees, tho hunters hunt-ers brought down ono after another of the stupefied animals; not one of the group about tho hole was able to escape. Jack readily accounted for the ease with which tho nnlmals wero slaughtered by explaining; to the enquiring hunters that tho game in the district were unfamiliar with the sound and effect of rtronrms, nnd were rarely hunted by the natives When elephants cannot be drawn to a water hole that hns been drugged, another mejhod Is used to stupefy them. A steel or hard wooden rod, from tcrtn to ten inches In length, and with a diameter cor responding to the bore of the rifle to which it Is fitted, N grooved r deeply nicked to ' hold cither strychnine or morphine. The drug is made In n paste nnd pressed into ths- j' ffj grooves of the rod, wbera It Is held in place R by a coating of gelatine. A bullet Is then t taken from n cartridge, and a rifle loaded j L- with the blank behind tho rod. Half 1 j jf dozen pnthes, armed with drug charges' ! rifles, set out on the spoor of an elephant. At f A& soon ns they catch up with the snlmal, they . K flro their rifles Into Its hindquarters. As j E the rods are sharpened nt the ends, they pen- j. ctrntc full length and deeper Into the flesh. R Ihe gelatlno coating Is dissolved In the ' - warm blood, releasing the dnic, which ' J? stupefies the boast Then a native runner ! brings word to tho camp. . The hunters start in pursuit and 'In j M drugged elephant is easy game for their - J to rifles. Not only elephants, hut most of the b large game that is not carnivorous, I bare jj seen bunted In this way, JT Hippopotamus Difficult to Hunt. ' & The hippopotamus Is very difficult to 5f hunt by means of drucclng. In fact, out of , J half a dozen I saw shot with the drugged W rode, not one was stupefied. To make sure tjti that the amateur hunter will get his hippo, , HD another means was ndopted by my partner. 1 B It Is well known that a hlppopoatmus, ; Ht Immediately upon receiving Its death wound, ' R, sinks to, the bottom of Its wnter hole, S where It dies from the effects of the bullet 2f or by drowning. The tsresss does not rle j !J to the surface of the water till seven to ' jji twelvo hours, according to the temperaturt I fc of the water and the contents of the stom- t ach. With this knowledge, the professional jjr caterer to sportsmen sets out himself, or ( Jrj sends one of bis men, to shoot a hippo. ; As toon as one of the animals Is killed, the WS. visitor Is taken to the water where lb kH beast rn shot and directed to tire on any ji hippo In sight. The hippo shows only a Ilflaj mall lin,t fAp m Kttfl- ttw nnl, th rtnrwir i IfS. part of his head Is eiposed above Ihe sur- US face of the water when he Is swimming ,' fj As soon as the sportsman flres. whether 1 ijjj. he hits the animal or not, one of the nathra f 153? will cry "A hit!" and the hunt will end H If by chanre he bits what he sbot at. ths . IJJ professional with him lakes a shot at an v la Imaginary hippo somewhere out of sight, !t! and alp claims a bit. This Is lo account W'H for tho possible appearance of two floating Hj hippos next morning whon tho sportsman Is flfe?f Shown the success of his shot. ' Ejj Jn view of tbe extent of the practice ot ' l3 Jack and others. It is not to be. wondered 1 K at that so many banters return from tb Krf Jungle to boast of their aaoo'.lng, or blltt! t MJi tho danger of hunting In Africa. ljfl Copyright, 1910, by Metropolitan Nnw K?C paper Syndicate, He? ' i IS i' ' -f ' ISE W jHj |