The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-07
ADVICE ABOUT BIG GAME.
LIONS. TIGERS AND osrRIcHEs
DISCUSSED.
..sasoas Why the Ostrich Ehould DO Served sspa-
ssteiy and Not at . General Game Dinner
How to Bafis Lioa Without
AM Da,ysr Whatever.

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Speaking OF ostriches the writer says:
ave did. on this hunt, become
| nightly oppressive to many beasts Of
all sorts and give them to death, and
at fall OF night making n camp. COM
mitted all to pot as lions. antelopes,
ostriches aud such. do think. how
ever. this latter far too fair fowl, II SO
ono may be called, to be thus misused,
as being alone most excellent and do
licious eating, and OF all other byrdo
in the way OF serving great many
people. by far the most preferable us
weighing. no doubt. at least SOC pounds
weight and in manner all one lump
OF fat; and SO one OF them be handled
with decency and respect it will suf-
fee you the stomachs of at least 200
men and they all a hungered and In q
humor TO eat
There were evidently no scales
along on this hunt Speaking OF the
method which obtains in ostrich hunt
ing our author says:
when your native Laurbs (Arabs)
are minded to kill an ostrich, which
being by no means pastime for either
fools or ones given to sloth, he is
never so prone to as one may suppose.
they do generally 60 about 1t in a
band, and at distance environing
him round, drawing nearer by de-
grees. driving him prey to fright
from one to the other. till at last to
Wow. tired. sorry and draggled byrd
indeed. he can seemingly do no more
harm; which as he cannot fly. 1t may
seem to those Herewith unacquaint to
be u very easy, simple matter. yet is
1t, l assure you very difficult point.
For when you pursue your ostrich,
he runs away with sucn heart and
swiftly as few are the horses in
Barbary TO keep within sight OF him;
and when he finds himself beginning to
slacken his pace, being now spent and
aweary. and the enemy to gain ground
upon him, he to that degree spurs
himself with his spurs (Which he hath
cuhningly growing beneath his wings,
prodigious long and sharp for this
work. as that he eftsoop RECEIVERS
again his pace. his wings being al
ways extended. and while of no benefit
to be flying off the ground, and yet no
doubt main addition to his speed.
being ever beating in the air and by
their squirting as said. he being at
last run down much In the nature OF
hare before pack OF hounds"
AS to lions our author goes on to
print:
Nov. shall / tell how you may
safely pass by lyon on the mischance
OF meeting him. Tho lyon shows
himself boldly sitting on his launches
with look prodigious sour. in the
road about twenty or thirty PAGES be-
fore travellers. In this case, instead
OF walking on and keeping your eyes
from him as timid might do. you shall
stand still and stare him in his face,
following at him and abusing him all
you can. splitting upon him and maxi
ing him heir to all vile names and
titles; and for fear that he may not
understand English. in the language
II you can-of the country. Upon
this following and staring he gets
him again to his legs. and severely
lashes his loins with his tail, walks
from you, roaring after terrible
manner. and sits him down again in
the road about the distance OF n mile
or two, when both traveller and lyon
behave again in like sort; and after
proving you thus tho third time, the
lyon will then leave"
The excellent author then goes on to
tigers and which with him seemed to
mean panthers or leopards as there
we're no tigers proper where he was:
"As for the Tiger which take it to
be far the most dangerous creature.
though not SO terrible to behold. he
generally is lying near the road side
on his belly, with his legs under him
in proper posture to leap, so he is
on his prey before it can we'll avoid
, him; and which cannot be done at all
save by due observance of what am
about to tell you; and in the first
place hope you will allow it mighty
necessary and OF merit to travellers in
these climes, that they carry their
eyes before their feet whereby they
may before too nigh approach the
better discover the enemy, and which
and they do not they may richly re-
pent when too late; and having so
discovered him to take away their
eyes instantly from of him and to
continue and persevere on their way
as one thoughtless OF this tiger and II
he be not stricken with hunger they
are quito safe. Whereas. should they
chance to make the beast stand aud
stare him into his face, he leaps di-
rectly mt them and it Ia hundreds in
the odds II he docs not have their
lives"
The writer closes by asserting the
truth OF all he has stated and an
nounccs that he himself has made all
these experiments and Is so In line to
vouch for their verify.