The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-06-27
THE WILD HOG DEFENDS HER YOUNG.

THE WILD HOG DEFENDS HER YOUNG.
hear good stories on my journey, l see
strange thingS which no one else seems to
have come across. Now, on TINS last
journey, by the time | reached SlnSo.
came TO Il little village. ami / was drinking
banana wine with the chief: he told me
that there are TWO lions near his country
who have 4 band of hYenaS to serve as
soldiers under them They send them OUT
in pairs, sometimes to one district anu
sometimes 10 another, to purVeE lood Tor
them. If the peasants snow h< ihey
20 back and report To their masters and
the lions bring all their soldiers with them.
and bother them until they are glad 10
leave fat bullock tied to Il tree as tribute
When the lions see this they take the bul-
lock and give orders that the peasant VINO
pays his tribute small be left in peace. The
chief declares this to be a fact, for he has
had a proof of it repeatedly.
At the next place which is MbaG-
i've the man Buyeah, who IS in charge, told
me that when he went L short time before
10 nav his respects to the Muzimu, the ora
Gle of the district. that he mel about thirty
Eokorwa on the read hunting close together
for snakes and that as soon as they saw
him they charged at him and W"uid nave
killed HIM bad h. not run UP a tree. llt
tells me that though they are not much
bigger than rabbits they are very savage
and make travelling alone very dangerous.
/ think they must be some kind OF small
dogs. PERHAPS the old men at the court
may b. better able to tell you what they
are.
AT the next village of Agondo smart
little hoy called Eutuana WAS brought To
me. who was said to have been lately play
ing with a yOuu. friend OF the same age at
lous stick and little stick (tip-cat.) Ills lrend
hit tho LITTLE stick and sent it Il great way
and Iutuana had TO fetch it from the long
grass. While searching for it one of these
biz scrpcnts which swallow goats and calves
cau-hr him and coilod himself around him.
Though he screamed out for help, Rutuana
laid his stick across his chest ana, Gluten
Ing hold of each end with hand. held
fast 10 it until help came. Ills frieIsl ran
M a tree and only helped him by screaming
As the serpent could not break tn" boy $
hold on the stick, he was unable 10 crush
his ribs, but when he was nearly exhausted
the villagers came out with spears anu
shields. But these fellows were so stupid
that they did not know how to Kill the
SERPENT until Rutuana shouted to them:
Quick. draw you bows and shoot nm
through the neck \ man stepped Tor
ward then and when close to him pierced
his throat with an arrow and as me ser
mont uncoileI himself to attack the men
Rutuana fell down. The serpent was
soon epeared and the boy was carried nome.
| think that boy will become Il great Wor-
riOr.
AT the next. village the peasants were
much disturbed by u Elhllltuhe "i Hi"N'>
which had collected there for some reason
They had several long black snakes when
had taken lodging in the ant hills. these
bad already killed five cows ana lately n;td
taken 10 attackn., the travellers along the
road that leads by the ant hills. when an
Arab. named MassOudi, hearing OF their
trouble. undertook to kill them. He had
some slaves with him and he clothed their
legs with buffalo hide, and placed cooking
pots on their heads. and told them to 80
among the ant hills. When the snakes came
out of :ncir holes he shot Them one by onc.
Among the reptiles be killed were three
kinds of serpents. which possessed horns.
The peasants skinned them, and mhde
bag. Of them to treasure their charms. One
Kind Of horned siake, very thick and short.
i; said to lay eggs as large as those of
fowls The nubarasasSa. which Is of II
prayish color is also said TO be able to kill
elephants.
Il then went to Kyens beyond Suigo,
anu the peasants, on coming to gossip with
ne, rather upset me with terrible stories of
the mischief done by big black leopard.
J. seems h. had first killed Il woman, and
had carried the body into the bush: and
another time had killed two men while