The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-17
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Accompanied by Nabi. clever Arab
who spoke French fuently and at the
same time understood the idioms of the
country. we came into the land of the
! Faez. a tribe situated on the coast, where
| Two days before a panther had eaten an
OK; The remnant of the carcass had not
! yet been touched by the jackals, proof
positive that the beast was not far away
Nabl introduced me to the chief of his
! tribe, Aghasua, who, after the usual COM
| phmentS asked Nabl the reason of nv
presence among them, and then INQUIRED
in what manner l intended to hunt the
panther.
ASTONISHING THE NATIVES.
/ When my interpreter had explained nv
method, he shook his head with a look of
pity and explained to the bystanders that
l was crazy. He said it was impossible
that a sane man would stay alone in the
| forest with a panther, especially when he
took .91 goat along TO lure the animal.
| 1T is easy to see,'' he added. that this
Kcumi knows nothing of the panther.
| twelve of you would not go together to
pass the night where he proposes to 90
aione, and II you were obliged to go. YOU
! "ould build fire to keep the animal 81
distance. l am not willing to be respoD-
slole for this mans death. If he spends
the, night in the ravine he will certainly
be devoured, and the Arabian bureau will
call us to account for him, and we will
have plenty to pay
- lei your chief, | replied. that if one
OF us is crazy it is he. Today is not the
frst time L have gone hunting Let him
| get me goat, and quickly, too"
He answered that if 1 would bring a
certificate of my sanity from the Arabian
bureau he would give me goat, a cow
or morse, or anything ! wanted. He
offered to furnish two horsemen to ac-
company me to Algiers for this purpose.
lett IN fury, followed by my escort
T. 4 only hoped the panther would devour
mem ana their cattle together
one DAY the next month Nabi came to
me IN great haste. A panther had just
G GeTIogr ed a cow in the territory of the
Tor us TO lose. We Travelled seventy kilo-
meters that day.
When we arrived we found the COW en-
nieiW eaten by the iackals. On the top of
hill, near the deep, wooded ravine, we
fSund small, open, sloping field with a
elump OF bushes; this was the post 1 Sc
'front.' OF ne. and higher up, so that to me.
sitting below. she was In relief against
tie sky The kid was with me in the
seeing anything.
On the. fourth evening at 10 O'Clock the
Nd cried, and the mother failed to an
A GOOD SHOT.
suddenly, on my right I heard the
branches OF my thicxet agitated. and at
the sanes moment my poor goat uttered
hie r dylng plant. The panther was upon
her, neiu her IN his powerful claws, and
grasped her head In his big, huge Jaws
The animal was full in front of me. 1
could see his head perfectly. I attempted
TO take aim, but the sleeve of my cloak
which was too long, and had therefore
been fastened with a pin, fell down, and
at this instant dropped over the hammer
OF my gun, hindering me from sighting.
rested my gun against branch and
using every possible precaution, rolled up
the sleeve. l then took fresh aim. But
at the imperceptible rustling l had made,
TIE panther let go the goats head, but
continued to grasp her in his paws. He
looked toward me to inform himself of
the sound which he had heard. This
movement set him too fairly before me
to allow of an instant's hesitation.
hree, and the beast fell dead; my steel
pointed ball entered between the eve and
the nose, ana came out at the back of
the head. having pierced the brain.
Inc Arabs living near came running
The panther was Immediately carried to
the tribe, and the women were called up
TO look at him. Words fail me to de-
scribe the wild joy of men. women and
cElidren, wnen they saw, stretched life
less before them, the animal who had
caused them SO much fear and done them
so much harm. They gave themselves up
to eXtraVagances of demonStrat ton that
cannot be imagined.
MY FOURTH PANTHER.
In the month of December and eight
Gays Defore the full moon, my scoutLak-
dar, who was very devoted to me, came
to report that he had discovered tracks
cality could not furnish, me with bait;
but for 10 francs he could buy me a goat
and kid at the market of Bouffarik,
and would meet me at the rendezvous
any day that might choose to appoint. !
! gave him the 10 francs and something
besides, knowing that although the
rogue loved me well. he at the same