The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-21
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iticed by local hunters, and very xus.ly
j, by professionals
Our party tried the first method
Stepping into the boat the Hghs aus
trimmed, the rifcman took his Scerxa-
toned position in the bow and sf,s,
party started a mile from comp cts,
stream widened out ilto q flat n1aassty
prairie, filed with small islands aua
quantities of driftwood.
Turning the light fuH ahead an an-
mensc fellow was seen lying on Il ptls
of drift and iptcntly watching sfss
steering apparatus. With gentle psf-
ding the boat approached cluscr.
twenty feet. fftccu, tcn-vould Tim
man never shoot?
A flash, n rear, and the great feuxa
dropped suddenly into the water, stxf,
through the heart. Instantly soS1e
part of the body is grappled with ttss
boat hook to prevent its sinking fon'-
ever, and with pulling and hauling III -
got ashore.
The next one shot was swimming xs
n little distance, only his eyes orId
snout bcinr above water, but arR cE-
plosivc bullet sent with uncrri1g aiaa
crushed into his brain, and aftc. o few
minutes work he, too, was lying 0xS
the bank.
Occasionally the animal sinks to- kfra
bottom Cad is lost, oftclc- he is only
wounded aad crawls away to die bv
inches, while occasionally a sharp hgflE
ensues between hunter and hun4s,l
and pair Of jaws crunching the graps-
wales of the boat is no laughing nrat.-
ter.
Proceeding up the creek about u
mile we came to n place where ew@
streams met and on a point of land Sky,
three, varying in size from seven tss
ten feet. Approaching in the sanye
manner as before. two shots wcrc.
fired, apparently killing one anN
wounding n second.
The wounded ono Slid into the water
and swan softly 10y the boat; as. it
passed l blew the top Of his head sGf-
but before l could grab him he snp3k-
All this took but moment, but ttas
was long enough fer some lively scenes.
to be transacted on land. The appae-
emily dead gator was the smallest of St1o.
three, but he was the livcliest corpse 4
ever saw.
One of the men landed to c1nr1irre.
him and inadvertently icoc within rcsssts
of his tail, which appeared suddenly tcs
become possessed of extraordinary ife-
and in an instant he was lying scnse-
less on his back Il dozen feet awag
The blow was q light one, however IS,
under ordinary circumstances. it is s1f-
fcient to break the legs of Il horse
A second shot finished him. The itz-
jurcd man gavc place to another ut thh,
rifle and the sport continued until lfGsc,-
after midnight. Five gators in als
We're killed, the skins of which, wlera
cured, represented about $75-rot q h1tl
nights work.
An alligator is naturally tilnid, Out "a
mother in dc4cnsc OF her eggs or you-xs-
is one of the most furious animals iul-
aginablc. After the eggs are depositeea
in the spring they are covered with dfc-S
and debris of various sorts, the whohs
forming mound about two feet hietz
and four feet long: ever this the female,
watches for weeks until the young ap-
pear, when her vigilance redoubles.
Clumsy in appearance they can. whcrs
occasion requires, get over the ground
with remarkable swiftncss, progress
ing in long leaps. Under these circum-
stances the best thing is to take to. u
tree and call for help. Escape eau also,
be made by turning quickly, care being.
taken to keep out of reach Of the taiA
No man has any business alone in stsse
swamps; he can never tell at what ma-
ment he may need help and that, too,
when miles away from any human e,e-
ing, and where, perchancc, months.
afterward another hunter may come
upon his bleaching bones to ten the.
tale. This is why two mon invariafay-
hunt together in the great wilderness
of the south ard why SO few scrioaSs
accidents occur.-Washingto ton Star