Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-29

therefore to get within 500 yards of an
ostrich
Perhaps ii was because they were g
hard To shoot that | was so determine
To get one" continued Mr.. Akeie J,
Anyway. | started out one morning
with only one syse instead Of taking a
number, \ syse is native man Wis
takes care of horses or mules. We lc1i
the camp at AN early hour and ! w:is
determined To gel an ostrich before
came back if it was IL possible thing
But didn't. | got other game. bat no
ostriches
FIRST KILLS y IiYENA.
We hadn't gone far down the rhot
from our camp before heard craoh-
ing through the bushes across the
stream In "a moment out walked j
hyena ON dry place. along the bank
of the river 1t was an easy shot, and
killed him with the first fire. on *
animation. however | found that Inc
hide was worthless ilyenas are al
ways lighting. you know They are al
ways being torn and bitten. aud
every tear and every bite turns
into an ulcer This old fellow had
been fighting good deal and his Skin
was no good To- me-. so we went on ard
left him.
We had not been out great while
before Ne eamt. to "A sort Of rise in tbs
ground " here stood for a time look
ing about to see il there was any If n,S
kind of game in sight Suddenly
hearu my boy raising a great racket h.
hind me t. attract my attention. Wher
looked around ! saw him gesticulatine
wildly ana pointing off toward my right
| looked over in thv direction which 1t
indicated and saw there in the brush
an old boar ar African wart hog. II
was easy enough To- Kill the old fellow
but when | had done that ! found he
would he Of no use To me then, ThCst
Samoli guides are all Mohammedans
and OF course viii have nothing 60 Dc
with anything that has come into CON
tact in any way with a pig | couldn
cut the boars tusks out because
couldn't carry them and my syse
wouldn't and because he Wouldn'
even carry my knives after
ward until they had been thoroughly
washed There was no water near ny
in which to do that. SO ! went on ano
left the boar where he had dropped
ONE POOR SHOT AT AN OSTRICH
Il walked many a long step farther.
continued Mr.. Akeley. before gol
even a trace of an ostrich. the game
was hunting particularly. ! did see on,
at a great distance and fired at him
but missed. / had the sights on my SUI
set at 500 yards would have don,
better probably if | had set them a
500. for | believe | fired low on tha'
bird down between his legs. After thai
was out for long time without ever
seeing anything and finally started
back toward camp. On the way | sho
a couple of beautiful little antelope
dickdicks they are called. They We're a:
pretty specimens as | ever saw. hu
they We're not ostriches. and | reached
the camp without any of the game
had gone out to shoot
After supper and about half an hou
before shutdown | took boy with ms
and started off to get the tusks of tn
boar | had shot in the morning. | saw
a lot of vultures flying aroundthe spot
as / expected. believing that the.
would eat the carcass and leave me tn
head and tusks. But when we reached
the place there was no boar TO be seel
nothing but a few bones and a lot 0
tracks that showed some other beas
had been there While ] was wonder
ing what had become of my game m,
boy called my attention to something
sliulking away through the brush. |
was a big hyena, carrying away IN
carcass of my boar, He was takin;
head, tusks and ALL and left me moth
ing. | fired through the brush at him
but didn't hi him.
1T made me a bit hot to be swindle'
out of those boar's tuskS in that way
so | determined to go back to where
had killed the hyena early in the morn
ing. There might be another one aroun'
there. | thought and | wanted To xii
him Just to get even with hyenas il
general. because that other fellow ha'
robbed me of my boar's tusks.
LEOPARD APPEARS ON TIL
SCENE
Il went back there Nh. Akeley con
tinued. but ! didn't find any NOR
| hyenas. had excitement enough with
| out them. however. and had all TIL
hunting | could stand for a day vine
| / got through The hyena carcass wa
| mot where it had lain when | felt It /
| the morning. ! found on reaching tn
| place. There was a nool OF 200
| thouob and {, track which showed tina