New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
DEALING IN WILD ANIMALS.
HOW MENAGERIEs ARE SUPPLIED.


Butler" the lion. chewed two men ana 'rou
clean ous the establishment, Carl Lehse He walked
around tho cages Of wild animals In the back room 30
the bear wero Newfoundland pup. the leopard psyui
kitten. the saamsnders ordinary fsh ana the shafns'
spiteful old lion spoiled dog He had no reason
TO get excited for seven Of the year ne pre-
sides over bsrnyard beats Noshs primitive arrange
all hollow" Strictly speaking. IL 10 an encsmp
ment Of hundred called serbia In tho YER
nscular. On tho Settle River In Nubia
Lohse has spent many days In this enesmpnen'
which he stocks with the wild animals no mas
caught Reich Brothera In the corral no gener'
ally has from nifty TO hundred young ostricncs
ing in his garden dsputinx tho tin cans with his nu'
merous goats while be often has from thirty 70 iorS
CRATES incoming" around in the enclosure. he Is
walked up the Of dozen or 50 Gagged LIONS caneo
to dinner by the squalls Of baby hippopo@mus OK
two in tho nsh pond and goes 70 oed rs
tening tho Of q troop Of young eiepnants'
punctuated by the snorts Of occasional honesck mi
noceroa Hs has wcathsred the vclsstudes Oh the
African climate and braved the fury Of tho sroceo "hch
he is hot blizzard was cold for he was nero
during the blizzard Lohse is tbrtysx years DID, over
six feet high and rather handsome fellow. no looks
little like n Hollander with his calm unGnching gaze
but with his SLOUGH hat pulled the back OF HIS head
he appears something like modest Buffalo Bill Lonse
told his adventures tho other day. ana they give
q good idea Of menageres the world over are sup
Piled with wild animals He started in life as an at
tendant at tho Reiches establishment in Afeld Ger
many Sixteen years ago no put in charge OF thcr
German expeditions and this is how he conducts one
at pick out two three Germans" he began. - and
start abou. November. We take $4,000 IN
silver with US in old Austrian money the Maria Theresa
dollars We 10 Trieste thence through the suez Canal
Suez. There wo take Egyptian steamer ana 20 70
Suakim. A. suakim We have to buy dozen or more
camols tn carry the baggage ammunition, res etc. anu
we have to hire drivers also It takes four cainels 10
carry silver Camels used for carrying purposes cost
$40 each while riding csmels are worth s1oo each
HARDSHIPS OF DESERT TRAVEL
From Suakim journey across the Nuban Desert
trip OF eighteen twenty days We travel only In .no
night account OF the fierce heat In the cay me INK
Ing shelter for ourselves against the suns blasting rays
Sometimes srocco, terrific whrlwhd that
sweeps the sand before It in binding blasts When
springs up the day suddenly grows DARK linen
the camels nsncvely bury their heads In the SAND ana
we wrap in blankets and curl up In holes In the
sand that have and wait until the storm has blown
over There are twelve military stations along the route
gsrrsoned soldiers who protect the telegraph Our
destination is Casssla old Egyptian post OF 2oooo IN
There purchase an extra supply OF twenty
or thirty camels lumber for crates and take In new
supply provisions The has long ago been shot on
the desert and live preserved meats Next
we strike out and after ourneyins five or
six days arrive at the district Of Homrshan on the
Settle River our anal destination"
Here is where the work the year begins The coun.
try owned by sheks each district being governed by
shek and Lohse has purchase permission from the she
Of Homrshan work there The natives here according
to LOhse between the emigraed Egyptians and
Nubans and he that they courageous and nte
gent his methods Of procedure one might In.
that the natives first cousins to our Lo the poor
INDIAN Lohse brings with him presents with which
propate his dusy friends He has silks cloths cali
rifles revolvers ammunition. sweetmeats and beads
Lohse is foxy and he has difficulty In working on tho
affections brothers with beads and sweetmeats
The shek is the big gun readily gives Lohss 100
encampmen and furnishes him with 100 men
and help with the work First the underbrush
burned and the cleared space is encirced
with thorn fence eight feet high protect the serbia"
from the attacks Of wild animals at night.
1t is terrible piece Of work to con-
struct this fence, but up It serves for seven
months.
Next Lohse must buy horses for his native hunters.
The natives several peculiares They won't do any
thing themselves. Lohse they call Touil" or The
Long Man, that is why they look to him. so to speak,
do about everything Tho natives follow tho
and and too lazy to cultivate
soil though it is rich and fertile About all that they
good for hunting Lohse has to set their machinery
going BY sending to Abyssinia for horses
DIVIDING UP THE HUNT,
No native Is too poor 10 own a slave, and Lohse Is
forced sometimes to 10 Abyssinia for his horses
day 60 fIom this part OF Nubia to Abysslnia
Lohse rode he camel from Casssla to Hon.
rahan hundred Ensllsh miles. in twcnty-six hours
The horses bought SIS $50 apiece and then the
hunting expedlt lions organized. First Lohse
divides troops into elephant hunters, giraffe hunters
ostrich hunters rhinoceros hunters, ETC. Then hunt
is planned-an elephant hunt for example. Lohse talks
II elephant hunts were not particularly exciting
mere matter OF killing mosquitoes He takes ten or
twenty horsemcn with him, and number OF footmen.
-Four OF the hosemen" Lohse explained are to tease
tie elephants necessary feature O tho hunt As 20"
will The elephants herd in hftes and Sixties ana
live interior during the daytime Al night they
the river, sometimes remaining IN the hdoA al
night
We trace the herd from the river and when we find
them the teaser who the most courageous OF the
hunters begin to the leaders OF the herd The
bulls soon angry and excited and give chase 10
the teasers Each leader is followed BY his family,
relatives and friends and the herd Is strung out
lust what we want Then hunters ride and ham
string tho males letting the females CO. for they have
but little ivory. All Is confusion and the elephants
are dying ther and hither. After the hamstrnsng Is
over the jump from their horses On the backs
OF the baby elephants asso them and twist ropes around
their feet trip them up, when they are tied to
tree Tho baby bucks tremendously when 1t feels
It's back but tho hunters are agile and the
elephants big and the hunters hang on to them
The baby elephants left tied 70 trees for few days
until they sufficiently subdued 70 be led to camp
hunt once when We killed ten elephants ana
captured four. The ivory sold for s40o and some
of 1t was female ivory. Arabians were the purchasers
and that is the explanation Of the low price
The careasses used Only in rare cases Is tho
meat eaten. Sometimes It is cut Of dried and eaten
hide used shields Lohse pays the skeik sloo
for every elephant he kills or captures.
While the elephant hunters have been at work the
giraffe hunters been idle 1t takes only forty
six horses for a giraffe hunt said Lohse with SMILE
and q dozen footmen besides. The girsnes SO In
troops as many az hundred In number. We start
out in the hottest part OF ths day ana
find GU. long-knecked friends In thicRes |
TlRING OUT THE YOUNG GIRAFFEs.
We drive them into the opening and chase them
until the young the Gores that we
want fall down from sheer exhaustion We drop |
giraffe in about When they fail we secure them
haers and hold them until they recover their
Then we try TO feed them with goats milk II grane
Will take the milk drive him back 10 camp, for we are
sure then OF bringing up We capture them when they
three or four months old and they thrive on goats
milk and grow rapidly The CRATES are Kept In camp 1--WE
or Sly rnnnths and are therefore nearly year old when