West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-06-19
NATAL.
rho wild Animals That Abound la south
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of coming f,r. a. f,cn ,,,,h ,',. ,.'',
thoro b. - sm,IIc,. oIi,i,,,, "s ,,, 49,, 9,V
tribe which ig morc q, I,o Iraa,iod ~,
account of its frco,,,n, ond dori,,,, ,i,,,'
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the .tiocr-rot " mr. mr1rcri,, s,,o,iin,r ,i, -
busb-cst Whorc,c, No. ..,.,. Is',,'i' >, -
bc had those cr.oi,rns ,yiii ha,,,'t ,I,,
place and t,l,c cvn,,, onn ',,,i'''s ,i',.
fowls ore securely sb,,t u,, ,Thn, L..,.I,
through tbc Knnir-builf huIs ,ghicI
p.oplc often unwi.rlv krnn ,bcir fno,ls
IN. as a nriobbor of o,ts fornd tn Ia
cost. for one mornipo ali mi. fn,,Is ,,crn
stroyn obout d.,d i'm tbc foul bn,,so
kill.d by tbe tioor-c,t ,Thc.. crcot,,.o5
arc much ln~onr Than tho common c,t
and very Eer0c and sirnro tI,ongh r,,
pnblr of BEING tanned
Another kind of cat also docs a do,I a
harm i'm Natal. namely fine common cot
run wild Oats 0nt drivcn ,,,,.,,, r-o,,
home. or left behind when uonnIs lc,vr
their farms. these coIoniso and bocomo
prcnt pcsts When we Inft our bnrsc
there was brood of kitten an tIc rnnI
which we could NOT oct nror. thov ,y.rc
pcrlcrtIy wild bavn hoard ,n,i,Io .,,
that these cnIs become Gcrcer md do
more harm tb,n c,o,, ,I,oI,,.l, o,t..
There are some other cncmic to' no,l-
try of all kinds which sbouIJ bo caro-.
fully kent at a distance. One of tbreo
il the iackal. the black hacked ono bc-
inp the most common i'm Natal mi.
animal j. pifted with a ranocious anne
tito. TO which nothing come. aui.s Uc
will walk of with any small weak crra-
lures that come i'm his wav. EovIs.
Young PIGS. lambs. and even small nm.
pics arc never safe from him. and he
has been known To enter bouscs and
take oven the cooked mrat Luckilv.
they. too. are 0cttipp .cnrccr in Not1'
though there are stlI number Ioft
about Cape Town Tho Kalirs make
splendid faTyOaseg of their skins mar
tinularly Of thc rare silver iacl,al. very
handsome animal, which skins tbcv sew
fpggthpr with .,nrC.cti,. c,,., .ttyL,.