The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-14

to the ground, gasping, dead. The lit
tic lion whelps are too weak and small
to offer any defense the crucl-looking
fangs, the terrible claws arc only Just
beginning to bud. They are gathered
up by the hunter, who takes them back
To his zereba. There they are brought
up on the milk of goats. The little
ones grow very fond of their foster
mothers, and jump and play around
them quito as if it were family party
Young tigers arc obtained in the
same way M lions. But leoparls and
hyenns are frequently caught full grown.
They endure captivity a great dcnl
better than other members of the cat
family and, being less heavy and pow
erful, are more readily managed even
IN their most fcrOcious moods. In or.
der {" catch them huge traps are sct.
Sometimes these traps are made ont OF
wood, sometimes they are cut out of
tho solid rock. They net much on tho
principle of tho common mouse trap -
that IN, they have II hanging door in
front of the entrance which is raised
by lever held down by bnitcd hook.
The bait consists of meat. The ami.
nal comes in and soiZcs the bait, tho
lever flies up, tho door shuts down
upon him and h" is held fast. Once
- rur,,ln t;n h;, I.,,,. t,t,,
nim aud h,,r him nff In tr;,r,,I, ~, a.,
zercb.
Sometimes great hunt ~ got MP
and then everything which comes in
tho way of tho Kauri negroes liz fair
i'' '',"Bh''i' "hiic MI thc ialrs
th"t hre discovered, whatever the
parent animal may be, are relieved OF
their rqUpG. and tho -YnunR-bccome
his exposure, hMvr1ser rumpeucu TO hf6es I
.,s.-lsAiIsAkl1iull rPsa,.as., -AaA--Sil-aAl-4
ger VINO gets up TIC il"ht.
Sre"' p"r'y oi n'Rro'S' "r",o"
WIN hSSegais ana iohR n"h''''S S"or"S'
or sometimes even WIN guns ''i,oc.
toEc'her' M'h 'ho"',.oo -" i"''
horses 4" "he"" 'o 'ino 'no game
"h'h 'heE nave come hcr"SH my "fRo
animal, such IN rhlhoc'r"S' III c'e-
phnnt or Eir"lc' th'y give SiE'i'''
lhe hunters Er"'u"'iy ci"Sc nro"i'' 'iiG
amman IL, ''r'ic "no "SS'i, MN VII WI
sih's with "SSoS"'s or gun S""."' n"'
tn' gam" ""'H ''' VIE "',"""' ''i"B
Ei'' r''I'''""'S rSp'''.''' '' ',''''
very "nhRero'S ana turning upon ,,''i'
hunters with VII" rag" may XIII or
w""''d S,V'r"' Oh thom IL 'h'y "o ho'
'urn nm" run.
Tr" arno 'H "l""titics ar" rv " vsrr y"p p;mnla
n.thnI nsnrr;,llv Nv tn, natives of
Nurmnh ,nh Crvi,p First an inclo-
.,,ro ,,II,J kcId,b or corral IL
Cornwall Iv forc;no in a lave" .,,aac -
ground with fhn trunks and branches
of trees. On one side only is there an
| opening. IL is the aim of the hunters
| to drive the wild elephants through
| this opening into the inclosurc. But
| this can be done only by the aid of
thousands of heaters, who make m cx-
tcnsivc circuit around the ii.;iii.s u.
| tho elephant. Gradually but surely
| they narrow the circle, driving the
animals before them, until compnrn-
lively small area is completely sur
| rounded by tho bcatcrs with tin,
hunted animals in tho midst At last
IN, brotrrs with n ycncrnl rush. scream
; ~ a., t'',, ~ itn;r ,,,;.,s an,
brandisbiny lipht,d torches in thci,
hands clnsc in un,n tho ,I,nhauts
Tho afrrichtcl creatures. seeing II,
wov cl,or cxcent in TN, direction @
tho corral m,kn fnr il with all spcr,
and enter IN, onenino One, they mr.,
inside the entrance is barricated. Tn.
,ptrspncd animals rush ~;llI" ",~,.
Lo' I, 'tI,,, T i"s'' cohPleteiy exhausted
th, ua, '1su'ioi III 'ne centre o
tho ,>raa'n "iI 'nef. """'. m"tiohles
tnn, IaI ". '''itS' hunpcr o
kcenor IN 'S; n! oncil ii"umtou by .
foot. are tben r;ddon ;,tn th, ;n,I,' Wv