The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-16
A GREAT HUNTER.
How Young Elephants, CRATES and
Other Beasts Are Captured.

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lishment In Alield, Germany. Sixteen
years ago he was put in charge OF theil
German expeditions, and this is how he
conducts one, as he told a Pail Mall Ga
sette interviewer 81 pick out two or three
Germans" he began, "and start out abou,
November. Whe take el0,0OO in silver
with us in old Austrian money, the Maria
Theresa dollars. We go to Trieste, thence
through the Sucz canal to Sucz. There
we take an Egyptian steamer and 90 to
Suakin. At Suakin we have 10 buy a
dozen or more camels 10 carry the baggage,
ammunition, rifles, etc, and we have to
hire drivers also. Camcls used for carry
ing purposes cost clio each, while riding
cames are worth eos each
ACROSS THE SuDIAS DESERT.
From Suakin we journey across the
Nubian desert, trip OF eighteen ortwcnty
days, We travel only in the night on ac-
count OF the fierce heat, in the daytime
making shelter for ourselves against the
suns blasting rays. Sometimes we en-
counter a sirocco, a terrific whirlwind that
sweeps the sand before il in binding
blasts. There are twelve military stations
along the route garrisoned with soldiers
who protect the telegraph. Our destina-
ton is Kassala, an old Egyptian post of
10000 inhabitants There we purchase
an extra supply Of twenty or thirty cant
els, some lumber for crates, and take in a
new supply OF provisions The game has
long ago been shot of the desert and we
have TO live on preserved meats. Next
we strike out toward the east, and after
ipurnakFinn HUn pr uix ,iu,s tVn a M
the district OF llomrahan on the Settle
river, our final destination. Here is
where the work Of the year begins" Tho
trict being governed by shcikh, and
shoikh OF llomrahan 10 work there. Lohse
brings with him presents with which 10
propitiatc his dusky friends. lie has silks,
cloths, calicos, rifles, rcvolvcrs, ammuni-
ton, swcotmcats and beads. Lohso In
foxy, aud hc has no difficulty in working
on the affections Of his dark brothers with
beads ard swcotrncats. The sheikh il the
big gun, and he really gives Lohso 100
acres for an encnmpmcnt and furnishes
him 100 men 10 hunt and help on with the
work. First the underbrush IL burned of
the land, aud then the cleared space is en-
circlcd with a thorn fence eight feet high
TO protect the 'serilla' from the attacks Of
wild animals at night. II is n terrible piece
OF work 10 construct this fence, but once
up II serves for seven months.
EEruASr HUNTS
Lohsc talks as II elephant hunts were
not particularly exciting, mere matter Of
killing mosquitoes. lie takes ten or TWEEN
~ horscmcn with him, and number OF
foo,mcn. -Four OF the horscmcn," Lohsc
explained, "arc Ia tease the elephants, n
necessary feature Of the hunt. ~ you will
see The elephants herd In fiiics and
sixties, and live In the interior during the
daytime. At night they come 10 the river,
sometimes remaining In the water all
night We trncc the herd from the river,
and when We find them the tcnscrs, who
are the most courageous of the hunters,
begin Ia tease the leaders Of the herd. The
bulls soon become angry and excited, and
give chase Ia the tcascrs. Each leader in
followed 10y his family. relatives aud
friends, AMI soon the herd IL strung !
out ust what We want. Then tho hunt. |
cr ride up aud hamstring the males. |
letting the females 20, for they have
hut little ivory. All In confusion,
aud tho elephants are flying hilhcr aud
thithcr. After the hamsiringing IL over
the hunters Jump from their horses ON the
backs oi the baby elephants, nsso them.
and twist ropes around their feet lnd soon
trip thom up, when they are tied tp tree.
The baby bucks tremendously when IL
i'cls hunter ON its back, hut the hunten.
arr agile and the elephants cnrs are big,
and the hunters hang ON 90 them. The
baby elephants are left tied to trees for
few days, until they arc sufficiently sub.
ducd 10 he lei 10 camp. The carcas-cs are
not used. Only In rare cascs u the meat
eaten. Sometimes u II cut of. dried, and
eaten. Tho hide ~ used for shields"
riE GiRArpE HUNTERS
while the elephant hunters have been
nj work the girnllc hunters have not been
idle at takes only ioriy.siN horses Tor a
giraffe hunt. said l.ohsc, with u smile,
"and about a dozen iooimcn besides. The
gimilc- 20 IN troops. ~ many ~ lO0 In
number. We start out In the hotties, pan
OF the day, and find our long ncckcd
friends IN the thickcis. We drive them
out into the openings and chase them
round and round until the young ones.
the girailcs that We want, fall down from
sheer exhaustion. We drop giraffe in
about M hour When they TALL W. sccuru
them with haltcrs aud hold them lill they
recover their strength Then We try io
feed them with goats milk. II u giraffe
will take the milk W. drive him back 10
camp, Tor We are SURF then oi bringing ID
up. We capture them when they aru
three ot four months old, and they thrive
ON goats milk aud grow rapidly"
Toward June Lohso begins 10 get ready
for the home trip. lie divides his process.
sion into dozen or so companica There
Is a cook Tot each company, aud they cook
or rather make "duah," sort Of a
Journey cake" oi corn. Each big giraffe
has one rider and two o. three men to
lead u. The elephants require the same
number Of attendants. Tho ostrichcs have
their legs shacklcd ~ that they can take
only extremely short s,cps They 20
along with their old friends, the goats.
The other animals au boxed up and the
patient camcls tug them along ON rude
carts. There arr irnm 300 to iOD men anil
from ninety to loo camcls In procession,
and they have plenty Of work 10 do.
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