The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
MANY TRIPS TO AFRICA.
The STANLEY OF THE ANIMAL
WORLD AND HIS LIFE.
How They Capture Monster Lions
Frank Healey las spent Fifteen
Years In the Dark Conti-
nent-Traip ping.

Frank Healey has been in the Willis
OF Africa again after various sorts Of
boasts. or course anybody can go
into the w.lds OF Africa; the difficulty
Is TO get back again. and the aston
ishing thing about Mr.. nealey is that
he has returned sale and sound no
less than forty times. He Is full OF
good stories about hunting queer ami
mails. and he told number to New
York recorder reporter His hunting
Is OF more diG.cu.t sort than the or
binary, because his purpose Is not
simply destructive 1t is instructive
so 10 speak. for he brings his prey
back alive for us 10 look at. Thus
we get some knowledge OF the jungle
without Philippians spears yard or
two long. thrust through our vitals
How do catch monkeys? Oh
that is easy. and quite comical. too,
when 1t IL once understood. Tho
catching OF monkey is good illus
tration Of the folly OF strong drink.
the mockery OF the appetite for rum. "
drunken monkeys?"
That is it, my boy" said the
African hunter. smiling. We arc
on tour for monkeys let US say; the
first thing Is TO find their haunts.
That is easy enough for the brats arc
chattering in the tree-tops day and
night Then. the locality decided
upon. of we 60 early some morning;
soon the monkeys are astir; each OF
my twenty native servants carries a
small pail filed with cheap ship rum
sweetened with sugar cane. The
pailS OF rum are buried at the bases
OF the various monkey trees leaving
only the outer rim o. the vessels ex1
posed. Soon there is a noise in the
tree tops. telling us that the monkeys
have snulfed afar their tipple. eau
tiously the beasts come out OF their
places and soon are drinking rum
like old topers.
The usual result-dead drunk
follows in. say five minutes. Then we
creep from our hiding place and seize
the prey that has come to us by the
use OF rum. 1t never fails. In my
time | have caught many hundred
monkeys III JHlS ldsnlon
ITO catch a boa constructor. con-
tinued the man from the dark con-
tinent lis difficult and dangerous
task. Briefly. it is accomplished by
a labyrinthian tangle; say embracing
sixty square feet OF ground. The
labyrinth is made by joining together.
end on end. pieces OF mating. This
;a aivh " a
placed so that the opposing walls will
be two feet apart All sorts OF crisis
cross and diverging combinations are
made with the mating lit is sup
ported here and there with stakes :
making, when it is set geometrical
puzzle that might we'll challenge the
ingenuity OF man. The trap is baited
! with live pig. which is placed in Q
pen in the center OF the labyrinth.
/ by and by along comes the boa
CONSTRUCTOR. 1t Is easy enough to ge
in; he scents the prey; he is very hun
| CRY; the pig is devoured-and here
( the boa comes to grief For hours he
strives TO release himself from the
tortuous passages which rise abou
him. but by and by he grows tired,
and stretches himself out for q nap
Then is our time. We open the LADY
rinth and catch him.
1T is a clever scheme. Mr.. Healey.
But how about the bigger gamep'
TO snare the lion," pursued Mr.
! Healey. 1.-The natives have recourse
to network OF green bamboo. This
is woven together till the whole
fabric covers seventy five square feet.
The corners are secured by pins. II
is loose in the middle. A live goat il
secured under the net The lior
crawls under the net to devour the
goat; the men rush out from their
places OF concealment; the lion starts
! TO turn. twist and fight but he hasn't
room. He threshes around. and the
sight OF his struggles is appalling.
but he only enmeshes himself still
more hopelessly in the treacherou;
coils OF the green and willowy BAN
boo.
Now comes the hardest part-the
/ lion must be secured alive. One
misstep one careless move on the
part OF the men. and every life is put
in jeopardy; indeed. deaths at the
lions claws under these circumstance:
are not infrequent The green net
ting is released from two of its cor
ners and the mating securely wound
about the lions body; in other words
the lion is simply wrapped in the
meshes OF the bamboo mating. 1t II
utterly impossible to explain how it il
done; and believe me. sir 4" added the
intrepid hunter. looking about hin
with the air Of one whom the variet
dangers OF the plains and the jungle
had made not insensible Of a worth,
foe ut is situation to try the stout
est heart The hoarse cries of thu
ensnared lion and the imminent pos
sibility that he will break his snare
are enough to make any man quail
! value my life as cheaply as does any
one, yet say that lions roar will
make me tremble like child.
Dangers and escapesP Well. yes
few"-and Mr.. Healey smiled. .
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