The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01


WITH Caution, and Running 1t
Down on Horseback Is Lively
Work-stories Of Hunter.
From the Hartford Times.
There were plenty of giraffes to be met
with on the borders of the Kalahari des
ert dozen years ago, and maybe are now,
though l doubt it. These beautiful anil
mails have wide geographical range, but
are very local and may be plentiful in one
district, while they are practically UNI
known in the adjoining one. Personally,
always had great conjunction in de-
stroying them, and only did so when meat
was sine qua non, for the killing of so
large creature was an act of mercy
towards some half-starved natives. He
must, indeed, be cold-blooded who does
not experience some slight pang from the
expression Of a dying deer or antelope,
and the effect produced on me by the eye
OF an expiring giraffe is more than l care
10 express No other animal has such an
eye, not even the gazolle. But hunter
must not be tender-hearted, or he had
DETER give up all together.
Ot late years these animals have not
un4aturally been getting much scarcer,
ana perhaps, with the exception of the
square nosed or white rhinoceros, none
OF The larger game except the elephant
nave appeared to show the effects of mod
en- hre arms more so that the subjects of
.Als article. Their CRATE innate timidity
ana love OF seclusiOn being more marked
.-ah IN the antelope proper, they have
lquSltiyeue of the latter, which, al
r1~f oil fT1,a1 his
.oI5' is fact all the same. But with
Sle giraffe, to get wind of man means a
Stampede and that to some purpose In
vnv AelghbOrhood north of the MolopO
i1Ntt, both while on foot and on horse
PACK, killed several. OF course the lat
yer is the more certain plan, for in their
ti1hOerlng way giraffes are swift. A good
morse mas generally all his work cut out
W run them down, and it is often case
vi a long stern chase before one can get p
224oJ likely to be.effective. AS remarked,
Sonetmes have got them on foot,
o.d'Aeq them, and must say, putting on
oIG SIDE the extra excitement of good
ka.top over rough ground / prefer the
a"tyef way where sufficient cover admits
vi IJ5 practicability. These chances, how
yer. occur but rarely the country the
crane trequents is but sparsely dotted
b"Lu umoer, at all events in the kala-
one day happened to be out on foot,
Ivy morse having fallen lame after a gal
SogaIJer some koodoos a couple of days
core Away out in the veldt l caught
.nI OF the long necks of a troop of
francs under a clump of cameeldorns.
iI1ey We're quite indis'inct, owing to the
a., 'lduce. 10 return for the horse meant
rI "ouf waste of time, and by then the
I@--e might have been anywhere Then
t tG was lame, too, so / made up my mind
~ seJ one by stalking, if possible. Not
o oSL TO the eastward OF them a small herd
u u. llaf Jebeeste was feeding. and had TO
C1o3o3uch to the left keeping as low as l
to,li and using the anthills and scat
gIeu brush and boulders as cover. 1t
v mgS tough work crawling over the rough
SuJ' and by the time ] had reached
, mall kopje, some half mile nearer my
AIRY, was not sorry for temporary
L.3Y 10 make observations. The game
,tul. not perceptibly shifted, but ! found
v., ay 10 De perfectly safe AS regards the
sr '5u must still sheer Off to the left,
-DO IhIs added to the distance between