Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01

as pace makers. lay down on my |
back with the gun between my shtys
IN the approved colonial style. s'kn.eu'
500 yards. and pulled. Tony gteAt SUI
prise at the same instant the uuek
dropped. In the Innocence OF my htati
] family imagined he was my meat anu
started at bfcakneck pace 10 force my |
way through the bush 10 The other sue,
got through a clump Of thofny o'ue'
aloes safely, and then my troubles De
gan. The bush was SO dense uiat ~
some places had 10 crawl on my nianus
and knees for twenty or thirty YARDS
would most assuredly have lost my way
had Il not been a simple case OF Gown
one side and up the oihcr The bush
wasjust high enough 10 obscure the sun
and sky. AT the bottom ran smali
stream with big trees growing aroun1
IN prOiusiOn, from the branches OF
which hung long, yellowish, green,
bcardy moss, also inicrlacing cfecpefs
and monkey ropes. However, reached
the other side painting, only I'VE nun,
dfed yards out IN my calculation, anu
proceeded to claim my game, where
upon there seemed 10 be another
claimant In the case, who ~ very
iotciblc language consigned me 70
nasty warm place for my gall. lhe
buck appeared to have a young hand
iull Of buck shot BOO his shoulder
aud even with my explosive
bullet theory, IL was mathe-
matlcal impossibility 10 hit him In that
spot from where / fired. Dixon added
insult TO injury by saying that II my
bullet was not already spent u would
probably light on the shore Of Madagas'
car.
My next experience was equally dis
tressing. Hall an hour later | was
tuning over in my mind where the
pleasure came in, In tfamping around
and squatting down 10 tick.inicsted
grass, under a broilng sun, until | could
Try eggs on my face. when from out the
bush came a most hideOus and cOmical
looking animal. II was Wild pig.
Our eyes met simultaneously. He
elevated his snout, also the bristles on
his back. and gave vent TO a comical
half grunt and squeak Of surprise. |
lust squalted there aud took In the
sights, and not until he turned tail into
shelter once more did ] realize what
was there for. lie was only forty yards
distant | fortunately RETAINED from
firing, or else there might have been
some spoiled hams, two OF three dogs
and a Niger or so 20 my credit.
In two or three seconds pandcmon.
ium reigned supreme. When ! arrived
on the scene twigs were swapping, pggie
was squealing, dogs were piling on
wherever they could get an opening,
more coming from all directions and
two excited Nuggets we're getting ~
their work with, their knob.
kcrfies. | should imagine the pork
turned out to be tender TO say the least
Of Il, Judging from the thorough maui
| ing Il received.
] tudged that livclong day-alas for
my hat rack, and got only poor, panic
stricken doe and an unmerciiul chatting.
| shot the poor brute three times, filled
her full OF buckshot and then she went
along like a wheel barrow on two legs
and finally sat ON her before she got
| her quIetus,
The above Is the usual way OF hunt.
Ing tnot the sitting part. The bush
box and kadoo, buck as big as a
pony, with immense curly horns, are the
principal game sought after The less
sportsman like but surer way Of getting
a meat supply Is % sit up In the branches
Of some tree on moonlight night,
ovcrhanging a path down which the
/ game comes TO drink 1t q Wei. II one
can keep perfectly still and ignore mos.
quitoes II IS very seldom but what you
fire oil your gun before coming home.
| A buck Is very keen as regards his
hearing faculties, also Is endowed with
a well developed seeming organ. With
those instincts he invariably travels
against the wind, and on seeming dan.
ger will stand concealed and emit a
peculiar barking sound which is quite
startling ia the stiffness Of the night,
The spring box. oribe, and dakir are
the principal antelope species to be
found In Cape Colony; the former,
which IS getting quite scarce, being so
named from the antics II performs by
jumping six feet In the air and otherwise
skipping about | had the privilege OF
watching troop through glass that
were being preserved on Mr.. Collects
farm near Cradock. They would sud.
denly appear TO be seized with q buck
ing mania and all 30 prancing and
skipping around in most lSug liable
manner their tan colored little bodIs
with white acings assuming all sorts Of
conloriiOns,
The dakir Is small, Of a dusty brown
color with little sharp, straight, six
inch horns on the males, and Is 10 be
found on the grassy plates.
| There Is also herd OF elephants pro-
! tected by the government m the big
| Aliccdale BUSH but occasionally when
they get on the rampage they break
bounds and proceed to pull up wire
fences, posts and all by the rod and
play old Harry with the mealie crops
The farmers rise up In arms and shoot
them on the sly, but they are tcklish
customers TO handle-in fact young
English officer met his death while try
Ing TO bag a rogue" a few years ago
there.
A nasty thing TO run across Is a Cape
buffalo. They are tTeacherous IN the
extreme, and when wounded will chase
a man and keep him freed for days.
Unlike the American species, they par
take somewhat Of the swine In habits,
have tough hide sumounled with
brlstles and are colored by the mud
they last wall0wed in. IL is impossible
to shoot them In the head from the
front, the skull being guarded by a
horny proiubemuce from which any
bullet rebounds. They generally aver
age about 400 pounds IN weight, which
being the driving power OF a formidable
pair OF horns, makes them an unpleas.
ant enemy 10 encounter.
| The prcttiest OF all game is the de.
minutlye little blue.bok, the smallest
buck in the world. When full grown it
reaches the dimensions OF a fox terrier
| IN height little twoinch horns, the body
being supported By four little slender
legs terminating IN little black, skinny,
miniature periec, hoois that would brae.