Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-07
WILD BEASTS
All Over the World and How
They Are Captured.
A HUNTING PARTYS WORK.
Men Hunt Up the Animals with Quick
Horses aud Drive Into tho Circle
whore Their Cap,ors Are Con.
oealed- The Rhinooeros,
by Raymond BiAthwayt.
Ccopyrirht 1soa, by Raymond hath

Copyright, 1909. by Raymond Bath
CWHyt)
For the Sunday Gazette
Hamburg, April 9i.--knrl Hngenheck
and ! stood In his beautiful gardens by
the enclosure In which tie lions and
tigers spent the long hot summer days
that are 50 frequent In the port of Ham
burg. Most cleyery and most artistically
has this enclosure been made to re-
semhle an African desert. In the fore
ground there are planted here and there
bushes aud few small palm trees,
whilst In the fnr-on distance there rise.
towering 10 deep blue tropical sky.
grim, hoNry mountains and sun-stricken
rocks, There Is thus conveyed 10 the
mind an exact expression of the great
Nuhian deserts, an expression the force
and reality of which is greatly strength
cncd by the actual appearance of wild
beasts themselves, which are lying bask-
ing in the heat of the sun or providing
restlcssly aud growing around the en-
closure
II should very much like TO hear,
MIR. Hngenbeck," said |, everything you
can tell me Of the way in which yonr
wild beasts were captured"
We'll" he replied, u will tell you as
much as | can. Lot us begin with the
animals which are caught In the deserts
Of Nuhin, for | have. as | have told
you, hunting parties all over the world
| send out 4 special messenger who goes
provided with n lot Of silver coin. which
In the old days before the war used to be
generally Maria Theresa thaltrs. The
people there know my courier who
goes on ahead Of this special messenger.
As soon as the courier reaches Suakim.
IL Is announced that my messenger Is
coming. aud great fete is then prs
claimed Guns are fired OF, toms-toms
are beaten, aud for at least two DAYS
before he arrives there are the greatest
possible rejoicings. Then the people 20
out to meet him and conduct him with
great state to certain state on the hor-
tlers OF the desert WHORE they have built
zereba. My messenger then gives
motley In advance to the hunters who 20
into Abyssinia to buy horses for the great
hunt.
's1hcn all being ready and the whole
party being collected for the great hum.
they proceed TO business. They arr,
armed with assegais and hunting swords,
these are long swords like the old Ger
man swords. They are as broad as your
hand. they are sharp 81 both ends and
they are two-handej. The men hunt M
the animals with quick horses-ihe large
animals such as elephants and rhnlo-
ceroses. Then the hunters, forming a
circle, follow the animals. Having
,anght a rhsnoccros with it, youpr n
man jumps ,,,lwn from his horse and cuts
Tie poor beGst 10 vein, whilst some Of
the other men chase another animal that
may b. IN 'front.' 10 distract the attention.
| Then tile black fellow hts go the rhioo,
ccros upon which he has been Oueraiine
/ lag, catches the little one. ties is less.
/ aud after il has calmed down he brings
| Il TO my collector who Is waiting .for
him in t.le zereba. The old ole 4 Lined
and eaten, having been previously sAnn.