The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-08


a E~nelsshnss nss~r.hss usls Compass
Ions nnd 11s surroundings
] have a great admiration for my
head tracker s'Nonny." ! wish you
could see him NJ work on the track 81
Z bison As we start In the morning
he leads the way 10 . sharp pace.
carrying my heavy eight-tore rifle. ]
follow him. Behind me Is trackcr No.
2. = most extraordinarily ugly little old
man. with . kindly wrinkled-up face
and a wall eye; he says he does not
know his age. but ] should think he
was between fifty and sixty. and with
out a white hair. He has a deep scar
on one naked leg. the remains u a
cash made by a wounded Wild boar;
and there Is q curious mark on his
other leg which he received when one
Of his masters was charged BY a bull
bison. He has seen an E~nglishman
killed BY a bear. He carries my second
ride. He Is not now Of much use, a
he has lost the sight Of n eye. Is q
= biz groggy on his legs. and can not
carry a heavy load far. But his knowl.
edge Of the jungle and animals Il
great and nothing would induce the
old man 20 give up carrying my light
rifle al: day long. Behind The old
man a~cooley carries cold food in a bag.
= flask 81 whisky and two bottles o.
soda water. for Il would be = sure
case Of fever IL one were 10 drink thu
water n forest dreams. And how
t%einptingly they ripple along oyer 4
gravel bed, clear as crystal. may a.
well mention that l do not speak /:
word Of Jungle language" except thu
words for camp. rifle. food and for q
the animals; but we quite understand
one another with these and signs
Leaving camp we plunge at once In
10 the jungle by the narrowest u foot
paths The word Jungle" does moi
signify only high trees and enormous
creepers; it includes also open glades
Of grass and marsh. which are mostly
a hundred yards wide and sometimes ~
much as a mile in length. Many are mere
patches Of grass the size Of an acre OF
two. and one wonders how they man
age to exist against the e-ncroachmen'
Of the forest How can / describe Il
you the jungle in the early morning
when nature Is awakening. frehnes'
Is In the air. and = thousand buzzings
cooings and other jungle sounds pro
claim the rising sune Indeed. I'll
well TO make the most Of his rising
for BY noon he will have subdued u
all. man and beast; but until nin'
O'Clock life is enjoyable. and we cal
admire the rays Of light creeping slow
ly through dense foliage till il light
up the trunks OF big trees. and pour
ling gently down on open glades. and
gradually lessening the length Of th,
trees shadow. The dew Of the<'
glades drenches US through ans
through as Monny hurries us on "a
the spot where he proposes to com
mcnce his search for biso On tracks
This spot is six miles from camp; ant
we walk on. getting wet up to tn
waist from the dew Of tall grass; ant
u my boots have witbstood the dev
they will soon b soaked. for we hav'
20 wade three or four streams Of COO
water running from those blue hills
Monny in his nakedncss looks back OF
me with pity rs 4 cross the tream
he shakes his legs and il dry, where !
come along. ''squelch. squelch," will
my boots full Of water. However,
have the laugh on him when he step'
on : bamboo thorn!--Sk james Budget