The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-01
THE BARON HAS HUNTED.
4 German Sobleman's stories Of Adyen-
lures With Zig Game.

lures With Zig Game.
Baron Lut.wi,z Of GERMANY. IA noble.
man who has killed big game in many
lands and vino has had some tnrill;nc
eacaEes. Is at tine Palace hotel. His ia
iher Is chamberlain t. the German en-
perGr.
This distinguished scion Of nobilitr and
veteran hunter has arrived here after
two years wanierings. He has been ii
Calcutta. China. Japan, Australia ami
the remote aad almost unknown place.
Of the world. not excepting the loftier
parts Of the Himalayas. He is a man Of
not much more than 30 years and ha, il
quiet, matter Of fact way of talking
about the dangerous episodes in his Ii
ger, 1aci:al and lion hunting interestin.
TO notice. His two big trunks are full
Of costly weapons and trophies Of the
desert and jungle.
TIE baron yesterday told Of pursuing
jacfals in India on horseback. of track
I'M Isngal tigers il the delta Of the GAN
res AID of c~Irions experiences hunting
k#naaroos III Australia. Themost thrill.
ing stcsy he told was in reference 10 til
tlgsr hunting ut the mouth Of the Boil.
river il southern Calcutta, near liz
Ga.iges' mouth. He explained that h
ca tipped a ldrty Of natives. who SCI.
out down the Dohla in Is boats. IT,
hunting grounds were complete JIM
gle. ..Iaay tigers rogIned at will tlere
AMI ,Hipas them were not a few mar
"a. =.
= Mas fortunate, however. in not fall
liz j. with any man eaters" he said.
"buE was il t.!@ re"ion when enc Of
thos@ tcroclous animals had killed a.
many as - or II natives. AZ many a.
240 rupees are paid by the government
for the death Of any one of them. A
complete record is Kept Of the number of
men killed, and the reward paid is &C.
corlils5 to this number.
One night on the Bohla river. while !
was perchei III a tree watching and the
natives We're below. ii tremendously big
tiger stole NJ. 1t was peculiarly fortu-
nat that | happened to see him, because
the natives did Rot know he was around.
l smelt him before saw him. and the
moment he came into view l turned
loose at him. He was a very savage ami
NAL and let forth a terrible howl. Nv
aim was good, however. and | succeeded
in stopping him in his career. | had 9th
er experiences of this kind about the
mouth of the Ganges. and / may say that
it always stands the sportsman ia han6
to be very wary.
1T j very sickly down there. and ser-
tral OF my men died Of the fever. Tn
OILY Way = avoid it is to follow the m
vice II men long i'll that country. One
of the things to do is never TO stir in the
morning without first eating a gooG
meal. Another thing is to always havf
supply of q~uinine pills and take then
three times a day. Then you will never
have tne fever.
In India ! had a great deal of sport
hunting the jackals on horseback. They
are little ANIMALS, and it takes a good
horse ~ follow them. l managed in this
way and by firing rapidly to get a COOL
many or them. The iackals are very
plentiful Ill certain parts of that coull-
try, and hunting them is very exhilerat
ing sport.
The kangaroo hunting which | fol
lowed. however, for s9.ne time on IN,
arrival in Australia. was eyer more TX,
citing. ieu caa no longer get GOO
kangaroo ha1tias anywhere near Sv6
ney OF Melbourne. and because Of tnzs
pushed cat to tha freatie, Even in n
H.oja parts. however, except in Nor
O. s8= a-.i, t.5e country Il fenced cithgf
as slea N cattle stations. Where II
eaatla ara the .aaaae ate pretty high. ar