The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-14
MENAGERIE SUPPLIES.
CATCHING WILD ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLEs
OF AFRICA.

Carl Lohse, of the Park row animals
store, told some of his adventures the
other day, and they give good idea of
how menageries the world over are sup
piled with wild animals.
Il pick out two or three Germans,
| he began, s'and start ont aboat Novem-
ber We take $40, 900 in silver with US
in old Austrian money-the Maria Iher-
esa dollars. We go to Trieste, thence
through the Suez canal to Suez. There
We take an Egyptian steamer and go to
Suakim. At Suakim we have TO buy a
dozen or more camels to carry the bag
gage, ammunition, rifles, etc., and we
have to hire drivers also. 1t takes four
camels to carry the silver.
"from Suakim we journey across the
Nubian desert, trip OF eighteen or
twenty days. tie travel only in the
night on account of the fierce heat, in
the day time making shelter for our
selves against the suns blasting rays.
Sometimes We encounter sirocco, a ter
rife whirlwind that sweeps the sand be-
fore it in binding blasts. When a air
| occo springs up the day suddenly grows
dark. Then the camels' instincliyely
I
wrap ourselves in blankets and curl mp
in holes in the sand that We have made,
and wait until the storm has blown over.
There are twelve military stations along
the route garrisoned with soldiers who
! protect the telegraph. Our destination
is Cassaa, an old Egyptian post of 20, coo
| inhabitants. There we purchase an extra
supply Of twenty or thirty camels, some
lumber for crates and take in new sup
| ply of provisions. The game has long
! ago been shot off the deserts, and we
have to live on preserved meats. Next
We strike out toward the east, and after
| journing five or six days we arrive at the
district of Homrahnn, on the Settle river,
| our final destination"
| Here is where the work Of the year be-
! gins. The country is owned by sheiks,
| each district being governed by sheik
and Lohse has to purchase permission
| from the sheik of Homrahan to work
| there. The natives here, according to
| Lohse, are loss between the emigrated
Egyptians and Nubians, and lie says that
! they are courageous and intelligent.
| But from his methods of procedure one
| might infer that the natives are first
| cousins to our "Lo, the poor Indian. :"
| Lohse brings with him presents with
which to propitiate his dusky friends.
| He has silks, cloths, calicoes, rifles, revol-
! vers, ammunition, sweetmeats and
| beads. Lohse is foxy and he has no diff
! ficuity in working on the affections of his
! dark brothers with beads and sweet
meats. The sheik IS the big gun; he
readily gives Lohse 100 acres for al en-
| campment, and furnishes him with 100
| men to hunt and help on the work.
| First the uuderbrush IS burned off the
! land and then the cleared space Is Ell
! circieG with thorn fence eight fccs high
/ t. protect the "ser fla from the attacks
| of wild animals at night. IL is a terrible
! piece Of work to construct this fence, but
! once up it serves for seven months.
Next Lohse must buy horses for his
native hunters. The natives have sew
eral prcuiiarities. They won't do any
thing for themselves. Lohse they call
'sTouil' or "the Long MAJ" that is
Why they look up to him, SO to speak,
for he must do about everything. The
horses are bought for SIS to $50 apiece,
| and then the hunting expeditions are at
once organized. First Lohse divides
his troops into elephant hunters, giraffe
hunters. etc. Lohse talks as if elephant
hunting were not particularly excitipg-a
mere matter Of killing mosquitoes. He
takes ten or twenty horsemen with him
and number of footmeu -Four of
fine horsemen," Lohse explained, care
to tease the elephants, q necessary feat
IRE Of the hunt. The elephant herd in
fifties or sixties, and live IN the interior
during the daytime. AT night they come
TO the river, sometimes remaining in the
water all night"
While the elephant hunters have been al
work the giraffe hunters have not been
idle. 1T takes only forty-siX horses for
n giraffe hunt, =" said Lohse with smile,
''and dozen footmen besides. The
giraffes so i'll troops, as many as one hun
dred in number. We start out in the
hottest part of the day and find oar long
necked friends in tLickets. We drive
them out into the opening and chase
them round and round until the young
ones-the CRATES that we want-fall
down from sheer exhaustion"
The Settle river is long, and when it
follows its course it is shallow. In It's
bends, however, are deep pools, anil here
the hippOpotami are found. 81 have
often counted twenty or thirty hippopo-
tani in these pools" sail Lohse. SIT is
possible to catch only the young ones.
A rhinoceros is a dangerous beast to
hunt. You can dodge him, however,
for when he is wounded he runs in bee
line and bntts over anything"
Lions are not numerous enough in
Nubia 20 send ont an expedition there
for lions alone. The few there, however,
are healthy, vigorous and extremely
patriotic. They resent the approaches
Of civilization. An ostrich hunt is not
50 exciting as it is interesting; in fact
there is little of a hunt about it; it's a
clear case Of robbing the hen roost, and
Lohse's dusky friends appear to have
SCOT it down to fine art"
! Toward June Lohse begins to get
ready for the home trip. He divides
his procession into dozen or so com
panies. There is cook for each com
pany, and they cook, or rather make
"durah," sort of tourney cake" of
coru. Each big giraffe has one rider
and two or three men to lead it. The
elephants require the same number of
attendants. The ostriches have their
legs shacbled so that they can take only
extremely short steps. They go along
with their old friends the goats. The
other animals are boxed mp and the
patient cameis tug them along on rude
carts. There are from 800 to 400 men
and from 90 to 100 camels in process
sion, aud they have plenty of work to
do.-New York Tribune.
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