Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03

malned gazing at us intently. Seeing tba
he was not disposed to make of, and think
ing l had missed him, 1 sat down on tn
ground and, resting my rifle on nv knee
took steady aim. This bullet hit him in tn
chest, and he staggered away few yard
and fell On going up to him, found tina
my first bullet had penetrated the nose
making small hole and smashing tn
| lower jaw to pieces. This wound mus
have stupified him and probably accounted
for his immobility after my first shot
Going on, we again ascend kopie to sp,
/ the plan. AS usual, we perceive harte
beest'and roam antelope in different direc
| tions, and We, as usual, prefer to pursu,
the latter. These were two COWS, who, oil
| being chased for short way, led US on to 6
herd of seven other roam antelope. We haC
a fine gallop of nearly three miles after thi
hero, getting many shots.
Some Very Bad Shooting.
knocked down the old bull, to which
in passing Lee gave what he thought to bt
a finishing shot. 1 made after COW who
seemed to be wounded and, after some time,
rode her to standstlll. L then saw that
her entrails were protruding from a large
wound in her stomach, in spite of which
she continued to gallop for a very consider
able distance. / finished her off with shot
fred from the horses back and returned to
look for the bull This old fellow as soon
as he saw me approaching rose to his feet
and staggered away for some distance, and
then stood and looked at me. Dismounting
within range of less than 100 yards, and
sitting down, resting my rifle on my knees,
fred four bullets at him, three of which
missed him clean, the fourth penetrating
the head and putting an end to his suffer-
ings. This was dangerously bad shooting if
lion had been the object instead of roam
antelope, but long gallop over the veldt
under hot sun makes the eye and the
hand alike unsteady.
On the morning of the Sd of September
Lee and 1 rode in a westerly direction to
another kaffir kraaI. Here the natives
were making what was evidently a new in
stallation. 1 noticed that their huts with
conical roofs and their small circular store
houses constructed of clay and waffle were
erected with marvellous neatness and even
symmetry. Here 1 tried to purchase COW
but the owner declared he would not part
with her unless he received two Martini
Henry rifles with sufficient ammunition.
One of the natives offered to guide US back
so We followed him. After going for more
than four miles he led us right OF to splcn-
did herd of about 40 sable antelope, among
which could be easily perceived a regular
old patriarch of bull with long outstanding
black name and wide arching horns.
One Shot Out of Twenty-Seven Hit.
had always been longing to come across
such herd, but until to-day had only been
successful in NEE ing with single specimens.
Nothing more beautiful can be imagined
than the sight of this great lot of antelope
careering over the plains from 200 to 800
yards ahead of us. For some reason or
other 1 shot terribly bad this morning. In
a gallop of upwards of three miles fired
% cartridges and only actually killed one,
although 1 wounded another which Lee
finished. Lee killed three, among which
was the old bull whom found on examina-
tion to possess pair of horns of surprising
excellence. These five antelope lay dead
on the ground over distance of about two
miles. 1 would have pursued the herd
further than did, but that a nasty spruit
in crossing by which the antelope
gained an immense start and, my horse be-
coming utterly blown, was unable to make
up the lost ground My last shot, fired at
a distance of more than 400 yards right at
the nerd, brought down a nice young bull,
which Lee managed to gallop after and
secure.
In the short space Of two hours these
three bucks had been cut up and bartered
away and distributed in return for mealies,
kaffir corn, some milk and few eggs. The
natives are passionately fond of fresh meat
and will give more in exchange for it than
for Limbo wire or beads.
On the evening of the 9th we encamped
on the banks of the Sarve river. Here Lee
observed some comparatively recent traces
Of hippopotami and early the next morning
he and L set off up the river in search of
5hese creatures. But we were unsuccessful
md saw no hippo.
Wonderful Fig Tree.
This morning 1 came across a wild fig
.ree with much ripe fruit This fruit is of
soft rose color, much smaller than the
garden fig at home, quite as sweet, with the
;eeds inside small and dry. These are often
much infested by ants, so that one has to be
,areful in eating them. This curious tree
seems to have habit Of producing ripe
ruit at any season of the year.
The only other incident of to-day's ride
vas the appearance of an immense quantity
# balloons, the first that L had happened to
zee since had landed in Africa. These
we're very wild and fed long before we got
It all near them. In the afternoon we
reked IA miles to the Zimboe river Here
found outspanned small party of three
men with donkeys, who were in a great
tate of excitement at having seen close by
he road large herd of Glands, as they
aid, some 80 in number. Next morning
ZEE and the "Baboon" found the spoor of
hese Glands and tried for a couple Of hours
to follow it. then again
reked, but had not proceeded far before 1
vertool my friend of the previous even
nc, who had been out shooting on the veldt,
ad killed roam antelope, had seen the
lands in the distance as also some ostrich,
either of which, being on foot, had he been
BILE to pursue.
An Unsuccessful Ostrich Chase.
On receiving this intelligence Lee and I |
mounted our horses, and leav- |
ng the wagon to trek on to Hartley Hill, |
ode Oh toward the spot where the Glands |
yere supposed to be. On this dav 1 saw a |
reater quantity and variety of game than I |
ad seen on any other since began hunting |
n Africa. We first sighted some large buck |
7hich we took to be Glands; getting. near |
hem they turned out to be a herd of seven |
ne koodoo bulls. 1 took a shot at one of |
hem at distance of over 200 yards, but |
as not successful, the herd galloping off |
ist as pulled the trigger. We did not
ursue them, as Gland was the game we were
fter. We soon came upon the spoor of the
land quite fresh, indicating their pro1-
nifty.
While we were following it up through a
rove of trees we discerned about half mile
ut on the plain five ostriches. 1t was now
question which to so after, the ostrich or
lie Gland, and after much hesitation and
we determined to chase the
strich. We had good gallop after these
II more than a quarter of an hour. They
ook a circular course, and as we occupied
he inside of the circle, both Lee and OBJ
lined half dozen good shots each. Alas!