The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
HGa6at iin Z "a r. AlfIIoa--.sea Gov.

Hunting IN Ahfca---Sea Cows
Hearing frdmc6s Kafirs that there were
seacows in the Umlilas, waited till the sun
was getting low and Went in pursuit. How
my he9t beat at hearing the well Known
blow jdst'ar0dn4, a-bend of.the river, and,
cautiously peeEing round saw three making
up the ream!-They were very shy, and
showed pnb1 hsadS. CT took a round, and
got above them unperceived, and made sD
excellent shbeAt very large bull; he only
just showed hisyeye above the water at fifty
yards, and put bullet in the very centre.
The next dsyAI found m sea-cow on his
back il, the middle of large hole, about
forty yards from land with a dozen alliqa-
tors round bin. 1 bribed the Zulus aud
bullied kaffirs to go in-aud fasten cords on
him 20 townhimT ashore. but ID vain: so, af-
ter hiring couole of shots, and throwing
stones to frighten the ahigators 1 swan in,
made the cords fastSto him. and made for
the shore again as soon as possible, shoot
ing dsty'toscafs tb 9 aHfgatots.. Phe ropes
had~bseulso,5 csrelessIyb fastened together
nattesy came lnco1eas soor as they we're
used, and was obliged to swim in again.-
1t was not a. very pleasant position % he
rolling about ono .sea=cow5 with salligatqrs
ali around ops, apd, did not at all relish 1t.
Thtedgh Bad n a1agement I had to 20 in
four times. At last, however, after several
failures. I'VE, got him to land, ~
The uextday / brought up the head =,
which ths anig ators, adjutahts, and MIXTURES
hadspickAd tolerablyclean, and buried it
neaFIa9 kraal, i'm chsrge of an old Kafir, sal
ted the tongue and tub full Of meat,
strstehed some sjamboks and whip lashes
rouHd1 the.Yagon, and in the Afternoon
started1n pursuit of more, but without suc-
cess. ~ nay 49, -t- ~.
DUELfwTTH a HIPpoPoTAMUs. RI
We mustered a strong party Of fifteen,
including the captain of the kraal, and three
fellows to carry beer. We took our ban-
kets with ms, and walked long way with
out seeing anything. At last an. ola bull
buffalo jumped up close to me, and | CAV e
him bullet behind the shoulder, which
brought him on his knees but soon recov-
cred himself and went off. | sent a second
Dali alter him, to no purpose. Father on,
saw large sea-bulL lying asleep close in
land behind some reeds, and proceeded to
crawl ID OF 1htIh; and justas showed nv
self half way to nay waist in water, to nv
surprise, instead ofepSeavoring to make his
escape:S HeSstopped for second about
twenty yards2off and gave him pull un-
def, the ear, which made him spin around
and arodnd= like atop. IIfreaj two more
bullets ipte bis body without effect missed
him wit a third (meant for his headO and
began tofeaf we were to lose hin. altogeth.
er, as be seemed recovering, and was grad
ually getting farther. away into deep water
and giving very poor chances of a shot
Fbe , sun was shining. 1901 directly
him that could not see to shoot bit; the
footing was slippery aud 1 was half wey up
m III 10 in nd I 7
got last chance, and put the ball exactly
between the ear and eye, and killed him.
The sun was fast setting; the Kafirs got
him yearly ashore, and we lighted three
huge fres'%ith a cap and powder on the
heelplare of my gun, giving it a smart blow
with stone. and fed On him, but be was
horribly tough. The night was avfuily,
foggy. and the dew heavy; and, when morn
ingcome, / had every SYM toms of fever.
Notwithstanding, was obliged to walk
twenty-five miles home, with scarcely any
shade on the road. Many VOW I made
during the day, never to return to the coun-
try,