St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-08
THE CALIFORNIAN.
for the ijouna :fnlR5.
kidder and the Horned Horse.

halt Dutch anu nan LuSilsil, anu Tic III
herlted all the mingled phlegm and cour.
age of his parentage.
He was we'll eff in the world, having
amassed "A handsome fortune by trading
and in consequence having much leisure
lie had cultivated his love of hunting un,
til it became passion.
He often spent weeks from home IN
pursuit OF The elephant, though it mus
he confessed he cared more for the spor
than the ivory with which he sometime
retL rned.
OF course, in this life of almost con-
start adventure Kidler encOunIere..
many peril-, and sometimes narrow !!
escaped the d, ath but he always testifi-
cd that in all the pinchcs of hi, Inner
fortune, 10y assault Of lions, or elephants.
CT boa-conslrictors, he never came :,
lear berg killed as be did once in an
encounter with horned horse or gnoo
This animal is one of the numerous
species OF Africa antelope. 1t is "A sorl
OF monSrel creature, with a tan anu hl""-
or parts like a horse, and a head and
ha"e IKE !" o"i'io' IL Is any 'iI''S ou'
Innocence III appearance Dut II MS
power for harm 80 insignificant, WHEN
compared with That oil many Other DeaH'>'
that the old lIon-hnntcrs ordinarily de
SplSe H. and rarely associate II with ideas
oi danger
kIdder was camping with party o.
fellow hunters III the wild lands OF the
anterior, when lie had the combat witt
tie g"oo which proved 80 nearly fatal to
himself.
y rhlnoccro' had been started up and
wounded. In his rage lie charged tie
hunters 20 turlou,ly that they were g'ai
to see, safety without much regard TO
order, or the points Of compass.
kdder became separated from Iii
companions, and running INFO a kind o,
.inlgIc, wandered about for some time,
.o>i'
AT length he came upon an extensive
table land, and stopped TO rest and look
about HIM. No elens Of the rhinocrro-
were visible, ami though he listened lon
ana 2 rly, no shout, or rife shot, or
Sonhi 81 hr'"NIh" tWIg' informed him u!
Tie direction OF the huG" brute, Or iir
H'9h' OF tIN leIIow-iInnierS.
The rhlnocero> had, probably, conceal
ct himself, and the men were either eau
toueiy looking tor mm, or tor one ;'noin-
er' or perhaps Tor n"th'
AFTER awhile h'dder began to explore
The PLAIN before INN, and soon saw, at
''' distance OF about h-lf mile, NV
''''''a'S grazing from tier appearance
ne I"'@ed 'hey must be sine KIND "i
antelope 'houGh lie could not determine
Inc species
Determined 10 improve his time, ami
@''H 10 console himself for the loss OF 'h
I''''"''rO-' 10y shooting came 'f any KIND
lie exam ned his rIfie and set tor!h to re-
'''''''''e''
!" "'''" alarming The animals, IN
was "''@ei TO crawl part OF the way on
Ii hands and kne ;. H. thus slowly
;c'"''Pi'>h'a about halt the distance
.. ''' "'''''' point he could make out tn
character OF his INTENDED prey.
1t wis par "' ""rned horses, or
S"'o'' lie paused " i'" minutes watch
10y 'n''r 'h"Nc'heh''' and soon discover
VI H""'- can H"'o 'y'hs near them.
lie " D" advanced with less cau'l'n.
''e''hS certain that the animals would
s"o'''' "''''u Tue call '"an h'e' as, evil
'''''y' one ol them wds the young
',''"'' : '''''
n lew scattered trees stood ON tie
t''''' anu ~ N''l'''S h''''a'' III rai-'
OF the trunks ct one another of these, he
was H"lr t" come WI lin rllit SHIT.
lie Took ann and tired at the largest
But he "ad mi$c"Iculaled the distance.
o"I''g to the peculiar glare OF the sun
and the Gead level OF the ground, and his
>"o' "'' NOT iu'hi lis ann
me Nee: OF 1t was no trlffe, however
i"e 'F''' Ii'1 broken the bulls LEG, and
@''e" h'e c'"t, that was lying Immediately
ON" MN.