The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-05
THE BATON HAS HUNTED.
4. German Hohieman's stories of N!yrn'
turc. MIA Zig Game.

4 Gerpan Ho5ieman'. stories of A!yen-
turc. Eii'i Zig Same.
Baron Luttwitz Of Germany. ii noble
man who has killed big game i'll many
lands and who has had some thrilling
ESCAPES, is at the Palace hotel. His ta-
Their is chamberlain 10 tine German cm-
peror.
Tnis distinguished scion of nobilit. and
veteran hunter has arrived here after
Two years wanderings. He has been i'll
Calcutta. China, Japan, Australia and
the remote and almost unknown places
of the world. not excepting the loftier
parts of the Himalayas. He is a MIN of
not much more than 30 years and has IA
quiet. matter Of fact way of talking
about the dangerous episodes in his IL
yer. jackal AID lion hunting interesting
to notice. His two big trunks are full
Of costly weapons and trophies Of the
desert and jungle.
The baron yesterday told of pursuing
jackals III India on horseback, of track
ing Bengal tigers in the delta of the Gan.
ses and Of curious experiences hunting
kangaroos in Australia. The most thrill
ing story he told was in reference to the
tiger hunting at the mouth of the Bohla
river in southern Calcutta, near the
Ganges' mouth. He explained that he
equipped q party of natives. who set
out down the Bohla in Is boats. Tho
hunting grounds We're = complete jun
gle. Many tigers roamed at will there.
and among them were not IA few man
eaters.
Il was fortunate, however. in not fall
Ing in with any ma eaters" he said,
''but l was in the region WHEN one of
those ferocious animals had killed as
many as 80 or ~ natives. As many as
$40 rupees are paid by the government
for the d-ath of any of them. A
complete record is kept of the numbered
men killed. and ,m reward paid Is &C.
cordilrg To this number.
"One nigh, on the Bohla river. while !
was perchea in IA tree watching AMI the
natives were below. II tremendously bi2
tiger stole up. II was peculiarly fortu-
nate that | happened to see HIM. because
the natives did rot know he WAS around.
I smelt him before | saw him. and the
M he came int view | turne,
loose at him. He was ii very savage ami
ma and let forth a terrible howl. Ny
aim was good. however. and succeeded
in stoppin; him in his career. | had 9th
er experiences of this kind about the
mouth of the Ganges. and may say that
1t always stands the sportsman ia hano
to L. very wary.
at is very sickly down there. and sew
rral Of my men died If the f-ver. The
only way r. avoid it is to follow the al
vice of men long in that country. One
Of the things to do is never to stir in the
morning without first eating IA good
meal. Another thing i. to always have
\ supply of quinine pills and take them
three times a day. Then you will never
have the fever.
I'm India | had a great deal of sport
hunting the jackals on horseback. They
are little animals. and it takes a good
horse to follow them. l managed in this
way and by firing rapidly 10 get IA good
many IF them. The jackals are very
plentiful in certain parts of that coun-
try. and hunting them Is Very exhilerat-
ing sport.
The kangaroo hunting which | fol.
lowed. however, for solne tim. On ~.
arrival in Australia. WAS even more ex.
citing. Ion can II" longer get good
kangaroo hunting anywhere near sgd.
ney or Melbourne. and because of this
pushed out to the frontier Even in re-
mote parts. however, except in North
Queensland. the COUNTRY Is fenced either
as sheep or cattle stations. Where the
cattle are the fences are pretty high, and
/ found it took Il remarkably good hor>.
to clear them and to get over the logs
and fallen trees found all over many
parts. Among the sheep stations, how.
ever. the fences We're low, and a reason.
ably good hol1 could clear them all
without difficulty.
Il got "A good many kangaroos, ami al.
together vas much pleased with my stay
here."-San Francisco Chronicle.