The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-27

n German -NfbDltt1th "
t.rr.N.. u. Zig Game.
Baron Lutluitz Vi Germany. It noble
mal who HAS killed big game III many
ialGs and who has had some tiJrliille
escaues, is IT the Palace hotel. his II
th,r is chamierla:n to the German c;a-
perer.
! III, distinguished scion OF nobility AM
ye,-ran hunter has arrived here after
two wears wanderings. He has been III
Calcutta, China. Japan. Australia and
the remote and almost unknown places
of The world, not excepting the l"ftier
parts Of the Himalayas. He is "A man OF
not much inore than 80 years and has i;
quiet, ma eI q fact way OF TALKING
about the dangerous episodes in his II
yer, iackal and Ion hunting interesting
to notice. Els two big trunks are fuE
Of costly He..rons and trophies of tn"
desert and jungle.
The baron yesterday told of pursuing
jac.als in India on horseback, Of track
ing Bengal tigers in the delta of the Gan
ges and of curious experiences hunting
kangaroos in Australia. The most thrill
ing story he told was in reference to the
Tiger IlIlt.u, Ill IlIt uiptttil VI tiV oiih
river in so,.t hern Calcrtta, near the
Ganyes' mouth. He explained that h
equipped a party Of natives, who SET
out down the Bohla in Is boats. TIL"
hunting grounds were Il complete Jun
gle. Many tigers roamed at will there
and anon them were not a few man
aaterS.
- was fortunate, however, in not fall
ing III with any man eaters. he sali.
''but | was in the region when n OF
those ferocious animals had killed as
many as .1,r - natives. AS many as
$40 rupees are paid by the government
for the death OF any II of them. A
complete record is kept of the number OF
men killed, and the reward paid is ac.
cor,liisg to this number.
.'One night on the Bohla river, while
was perchea in Il tree watching AMI tht
natives were below, Il tremendously BIZ
TIGER stole mp. II was peculiarly fortu.
nate that l happened TO see Inn, because
the natives did 40 know he was around
| enillt him before | saw him. and tlt
moment he came into view | turne-
loose at him. He was Il very savage ami
nal aud 1T forth Il terrible howl. NJ
aim was good, however. and ! succeedrt
in s;opping l1m III his cjreer. had 9th
er experiences Of this kind about til,
mouth of the ttanges. and | may say tina
it always stands the sportsman III han,
to be very wary.
ut is very sickly down there, and Sc.
eral Of my men died Of the fever. Til
ONLY way t. avoid IL is - follrw the nj
vice of neil long in that corrtry. Ca
Of the things 10 do is never TO stir i'll tn
morl.iug without first eating II goo.
meal. Another thing /, to always hav
" supply of q~aininc pills and take then
three times II day. Then you will ney"
have the fever.
In India | had a great deal of sior
hunting the jaekals on horseback. The
are li'Lle ANIMALS. aud it takes IA goo
f, horse to follow them. | managed III thi
way and by firing rapidly to got Il goo
many Of them. The jackals are Yer
! plentiful III certain parts of that com
try, and hunting them i very eyhilerai
Ing sport.
! The kangaroo hunting which | 10
!, lowed, however. for some time on III
arrival lii Australia, was even more g.
CITING. ION can no longer .,ot goo
kangaroo hunting anywhere near :,yt
ney o Melbourne, and because of this
pushed out to the frontier Even III r.
mote parts. however, except in Mort
Queensland, the country Is fenced eithe
as sheep or cattle stations. Where II
'attlc are the fences are pretty nigh. al!
found it took Il remarkably good hor.
to clear them and to get over the lo-
and fallen trees found all over man
parts. Among the sheep stations, how
ever, the fences We're low, and Il reasol
ably good hons. could clear them a
without difficulty.
! Il got a good many kangaroos, and a
together was much pleased with my ST.
;, here."-San Francisco Chronicle.