The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-19
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THE BARON Has HUNTED.

A German Nobleman's stories of Adven-
lures With Zig Game.
Baron Luttwitz of Germany. a 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 to tine German eat
perOr.
TINS distinguished scion of nobility anu
veteran hunter has arrived here after
two years wanderings. He has been in
Calcutta. China. Japan. Australia and
the remote and almost unknown places
of the world, not excepting the loftier
parts of the Himalayas. He is II man OF
not much more than 30 years and has Il
quiet. matter Of fact way OF talking
about the dangerous episodes in his H.
ger. jackal and 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 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 hunting at the mouth of the Bohla
river in southern Calcutta, neal the
Ganges' mouth. He explained that he
equipped q party of natives, who set
out down the Bohla in Is boats. The
hunting grounds were a complete jun
gle. Many tigers roamed at will there.
and among them were not a few ma
eaters.
Il was fortunate. however. i'll not fall
ing in with any man eaters" he said.
but l was in the region when n of
those ferocious animals had killed as
many as 80 or 40 natives. As many as
$40 rupees are paid by the government
for the death of any M Of them. A
complete record is kept of the number of
men killed, and the reward paid is &C.
cording to this number.
"One night IN the Bohla river. while l
was perched in a tree watching and the
natives We're below. Il tremendously big
tiger stole up. 1t vas peculiarly fortu-
nate that l 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 / turned
loose at him. He was a very savage ami
NAL and let forth a terrible howl. Ny
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
1t always stands the sportsman in hand
to he very wary.
1T is very sickly down there. and sew
- g $500 Ii e Al. G,. nj
only way to avoid it is to follow the AL
vice OF men long i'll that country. Cne
of the things to do is never to stir in the
morning without first eating IL GOO
meal. Another thing is 10 always havs
a supple of quinine pills and take then:
three times "A day. Then you will never
have the fever.
In 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. | managed in this
way and by firing rapidly to get a good
many of them. The iackals are very
plentiful in certain parts of that conn
try, and hunting them Is very exhilerat-
ing sport.
The kangaroo hunting which | fol
lowed. however, for some time ON nv
arrival ia Australia. was even more en-
citing. You can no 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
l found it took a remarkably good horse
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 were low, and a reason
ably good horse could clear them all
without difficulty.
Il got a good many k~angaroos, and al
together was much pleased with my stay
here San Francisco Chronicle.