Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-07
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Baron Luttwitz " Germany, noble
man who has killed big Eams IN msGy
lands and who has had some thrilling
escapes, IA NJ the Palace hotel. His r.
thor IL chamberlain 10 The German em.
peror.
This distinguished scion of nobility and
veteran hunter has arrived here after
two years wanderings. Ifs has been IN
Calcutta, China, Japan, Australia and
the remote and almost unknown places
OF the world. not excepting the lOftief
parts ~ tho Himalayas. He is n man Of
not much more than 10 years and has
quiet, matter Of fact way Of talking
about Tho dangerous episodes In his u.
ger, jaclsal and lion hunting interesting
10 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. Themost thrill
ing story he told was In reference to the
tiger hunting at the mouth Of the Bohla
river in southern Calcutta, near abe
Ganges' mouth. He explained that he
equipped party Of natives, who set
out down the Bohla in 10 boats. The
hunting grounds were n complete jun
gle. Many tigers roamed at will there,
and among them were not few man
eaters.
II was fortunate, however, in not fall
ing in with any man eaters" he said,
"but I was in the region when one 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 one of them. A
complete record is kept of the number Of
men killed, and the reward paid is ac-
cording to this number.
"One night on the Bohla river, while
was perched in tree watching and the
natives were below, a tremendously big
| tiger stole up. 1t was peculiarly fortu-
nate that happened to see him, because
| the natives did not know he was around
l smelt him before saw him, and the
| moment he came into view l turned
loose at him. He was very savage ami
NAL and let forth terrible howl. My
aim was good, however, and succeeded
| in stopping him in his career. I had 9th
er experiences of this kind about the
mouth of the Ganges, and 1 may say that
it always stands the sportsman in hand
to be very wary.
SIT is very sickly down there, and sew
| eral of my men died Of the fever. The
| only way to avoid it is to follow the ad-
vice of men long in that country. One
| Of the. things to do is never to stir in the
morning without first eating good
meal. Another thing is to always have
supply of quinine pills and take them
three times day. Then you will never
have the fever.
"In India 1 had great deal of sport
hunting the jackals on horseback. They
are little animals, and it takes good
horse to follow them. l managed in this
way and by firing rapidly to get good
many Of 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 some time on my
arrival in Australia, was even more ex-
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
found it took a remarkably good horss
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 reason.
ably good horse could clear them all
without difficulty.
~ got a good many kangaroos, and al
together was much pleased with my stay
here. San Francisco Chronicle,