Telegram-herald., 1888-09-02
CHAPTER II
A MORNINGS SPORT.

"Moving sumo five or six miles round the
base Of the great peak Of which l have
spoken, We came ths kan,e day 10 enc of the
fairest bats Of African country that have
seen outside Of Kukuansland. At this spot
tho mountain SUR that runs out at right
angles to the great range, which stretches It's
mighty sisza slaa length north and south es
far as tbs eye can reaca, xseeps inward with
a vass and splsndid csrve Tass curvs
measuIvs scnD fve-and- thirty miles from
point TO point. and across iss mocnliks seq
mcrt the Ifvs< asshsd, silver Lire OF light
On the farther side Of the rsyer Is q measure
less sea Of swelling ground, mighty natural
park covered with great patches Of bush,
sorns CT item beiug many square miles in
extent, vhick arc separated onofrorn another
by shIes sf grass Land, broken here and
there with ciaEnps Of timber trees, and in
come instances By curieus ISOLATED. koppies,
and even by single crags Of granite, that
start up into the air IS though they were
monuments carved BY man. and not tomb
stones set ey nature over the grave Of ages
gone. On the wust this beautiful plain
IL bordered by the lonely mountain from
the edo Of which IL rolls down towards
the feEerish coast, but how far 10 runs to the
north cannot say-eighs days journey, ac-
cordinE TO the natives, when it is lost In
rseaxrreless swamp. On the hither side OF
the river tho scenery is different Along tho
edge OF It's banks, where the land is Cat, are
green patches Of swamp. Then comes
wide balt of beautiful grass land, covered
thick with game, and sloping up very gently
TO the borders of the forest, which, Begin
ming a. about . thousand fest above the
level Of tss plain, clothes the mountain side
almost to It's crest. In this forsrs grow
grc1t trees most Of them OF the yellow wood
kpeciex SrEns of these trocs are 30 lofty
that bird n their top branches would bs
oat Of rang, Of an ordirary shotgun An
other peculiar thing about them r. that they
sro, fcT ths most part. covered with . dense
growth Of tho Octeiia noex Out Of this
moss the natIsps manufacture most excel
lent deep p1ryie dye, with watch they stain
tanned hidss. and also cloth When they hap
pen - ct asly OF the latter do not think
1 sver saw an hing more zrnarkable than
the apr>a-rzcs os sas Of these mighty trees
fsstooGsd frorz TOP 10 bottom with trailing
wrvatlls of this s3i hued moss. In which the
wind vbisDaTs crotiy as it ssirs them At a
dlzt1Dc- i looks ike ths gray locks Of q
Titaa crowned with bright green leaves,
ard hers snd tSsTs x.arfed with tbs rich
tioo.a cf orchilS
-1'he nish- ef thze dsv when I bad nv Iit.is
difference Of opinion with Gobo vs camped
npoR the eCsgs Of this great forest, and On toe
fsliswsns morning st Daylight 1 started Uut
ss0o<anz. As We were xaors OF neat deter
nlinsd 70 siu suGsso, of which thers were
pssaty about, e<nre Looking for traces Of eIe-
pbantk Not nor- tsan hall mile from camp
ws cszse scrass a trail hks cart road. evil
denty ussas by gTess hsrd of buffalo which
had PASSED up 81 dzw, FROM tbsir feeding
grosnd IN the nzxrssss 70 spend the day in
ths cs-os ar a Ess spsss<ss This trail fol-
f0-e< boldly. for x1cA vind as there vas
his~ straight do-s rs ,sosnsafs si<se-tAst
is. fro~a tAs Esffo& In Which - hvfSo
hsd xas>-so ase Aseus Ess fsrtssr on
tie forest sezss % ret dense, ard TIE sskzrs
OF t6s sraD sas~-s me thsf mrs. h. class
- my Esaa Asseser 200 yards. and tho
bssa ~ss - thicx sass as1 is po< b>sn for tie
trail ne eosid >esrr>sy havs eo< throush IL
As y 80. ocbs. che c>rriei ny .tSst sog>
rife tor Asd sk. $40 -xprp~ in ny h~-<n
ssd kb> s<Asr s~s E>a whom I lad tsk.n
visa sss, Shsrsd the vxry ssros<<t ai<siss 10
Eoiax any farss-r. poinfsn1 ozt fsas sse-s
vas 10 reous - run away tod tS-sa Tat
ss<, se-t sut eorns sufsz tbey kx~s, s,t
tes< ~zs cs~tstzsv rci1g o. ssd
ss~n, c~o~tng sshenn~t. thsy c.rns A.
otssr efty ysrts aza tss tra1a op>ned
fnao a hstls <sss,-. I ksese do~n ard
Fesp~a sDd r-e~~i, but ze bszslo eossS
go EviSesesv "a ss-5 hsf 6rok-~ - a--.
Il krsv saat fr0n go spoer-and p>ne-
trsrsd he sPpesas~ s~~a n as&ss srsops I
cTos~>d ts stess snd ehoo-ag o1s Rns a
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l w4s ~~n~r~<zr1a1t~ >~sx &z e<& k~n .