Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-21
LIGHTHOUSE HUNTING.
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en-. Game to the Hunter
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Hobt of great use to our pilots a. 'Ii .,ey
.tLo nE,s their y charges in and out through
ths intricate channels leading Oet"eeu s,
the roaring breakers on the sands ou'
q s'o Cleo serves tie purposes OF the Sports,
! a.. s.', o,nrlovees of the lighthouse ara
the telegraph office in procuring l ,resn
supplies of good venison wiien peinap ,o.
ths stores of provision in their iaruef
have rup low but which they wouiu 10,
40 readily get we're the light a n1ed anu
necessarily a much DINNER one 'r'''''
of flashing one. .a,,,-
This light oscillates over conNuoi i.l.
ahle arc and throws a concehIraVeu
beam across the roadstead about every
half minute. which is OF snfncient
br;obtness TO throw the shadow OF one 3
hand against the cabin bulkhead even
ae n tbe roads at distance OF two
and n half to three miles. Now I'd t,ie
drv season of the year, when all the
rain water pools have dried up and tne
colt water from the sea contaminates
all the water of the tidal creeks, tne
deer. hogs and tigers, with whlch al
these low lying Sunderland lslands
abound. get hard pressed for drinking
water. and consequently are not SLOW
IN discover the whereabouts OF the re-
serve tanks which have been dug In the
vicinity of the station.
So the lighthouse people, taking ad-
vantage of this fact, do little shikar
after nightfall, and for that purpose
have built a small hiding place IN the
shape of a loopholed mud hut on the
eastern edge of the tank, the tank be
ing between them and the sea, and the
lighthouse being some 400 yards OIL.
The hut is Just large enough Tor Two
men to stow themselves away in, ana
the darker the night the better for their
purpose. The deer, though naturally
timid animals, soon get used to the
regular bright flash of the beacon light
as the refectors swing around and
around, and with cautious tread they
wend their way generally toward the
far edge of the tank.
Meanwhile the two occupants OF the
hut are on the alert, and as they OBJ
serve their prey approach hardly dare
draw a breath for fear of the smallest
sound alarming them, for the deer have
very acute hearing. Their guns are
grasped and ready, and their eyes are
eagerly watching the deer's cautious
advance toward the tank each time the
well timed flash lights up the dark
bodies 1t nears the long coveted
draft and stretches forth its neck,
but Just as it's famished lips are dipping
into the cool water there is another
fash from the light.
Now is the moment for action, and
Just as the timid creature raises its head
to stare at the light two triggers are
pulled, and ere the quickly recurring
dark period has had time to swing
around again, and the echoes of the
two gun reports have had time to come
from the ship at anchor, while the
puffs of smoke steal slowly away over
the low jungle scrub, the next flash Of
light discloses the form of fne spotted
deer stretched lifeless on the grass by
the edge of the clear water which had
lured it to its fate. Sometimes hogs,
and, but very rarely, even tiger, put
in an appearance to be bagged in like
manner. er.-Calcutta Asian.