Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-21
BEST OF ALL HUNTING GROUNDS
NOT EXCEPTING M GAME LANDS
OF EASTERN AFRICA.
The Idcn M the shore OF
the Cnspinn. where the Rulers
OF Persia Pass Their Iris-
ure Weeks In sport.

When Crown Prince Frederick OF rrns-
sit heard of II scheme to uppotnt him
recent OF his fathers kingdom he rN-
pressed "a reluctance to, leave the books
AMI art collections of tastl" RhcinsborS,
but with IA probably much more SINGER"
regret the present ruler OF Persia r"lin-
punished the sports OF his inyorltc hunting
ground for the cares of q throne About
six years ago tn" Invitations OF the latn
shah first called thu attention of the lsrit-
ish Nimrods to the natural game pre-
serves OF the Caspian coast range: and I
tho accounts OF those visitors can hr rrcd-
itgd, even the hunters paradise OF Eastern
Africa cannot rival the upIdhdS OF thc Ill
truS mountains,
steamers following the east shore of tn"
Caspian in u suIthctly direction pass n
long series of barren snndhiIls, TIL. about
2J miles from the sQutheru extremity Of
tho great inland sea, q lofty mountain
range first heaNcS In sight, and soon tow
ers along tn" southeastern horizon with a
crest OF Elittering snow peaks. and with
culilr hllish-grccn tlnts that distinguish
wo0d-clad heights from tn" barren ridges
So. prevalent in Western Asia,
1t Is the lilhrus range a link of TIN
great mountain chain which formerly
probably extended all tn" way from tn.
Hindookush tor even from III. Iilinalaya)
to the western foothills Of tn" SWISS Alps,
TIL" Caucasus follows tn" same trend and
rises to an altitude fully cuualing that
of the giant mountains on the border OF
France and Italy. but in height, as we'll
as in wealth Of game and woodlands, Is
surpassed by the Elhrls range, who's"
n."ht,t l,thNS ny AT i'h'l 800 ir't may
It's foothill forests extend about 800 miles
IN az w '"H.'ihu'c "i s'ni-'turlg,d Hits
Of that MS'' oasis s' a iHe x NHtrf I"I BY 'P tHS VASE
!akc, WIN II swamp tHtnhrl'S ana ian
sulous shn,,nWs. ahu IN lh' splth py u
tuic of l2,"s, feet, and banked by sterile
rlatcnus visited only IN spring by the
I'm! NO. ,'r, aI Els nns.vai, e.,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the animal non
~, al Xxi, E,"I"S Tn"Er n'I '"thES
Of Nimr"d, who may have VISITED their
Ai"xan nd u nrrsss,w%onI' an nm nIa ,nmuntain,ar
Of pHit ,'oun,y rr.nn' 9" nnr |" ,mII me- M,
years ago. when he iirst settled On The
49, rII,. .yar ~ ~ .Ti,h, IA m m ,,hbiI'.
III wlirhb, i, $40 ooWd rfi,r S,r, I'M Ihnni,
nonthers scream ana htr wnnInwis hnot
after all The most rormilabla beasts OF
nrny mi m" cnmmon Vireimin daar ~, rcd
lis n,sturr prnun.s "nIy with Inc ,.il AMI
an ocra.i,nni herd Of ronmiup butaIo".'
Viii IN H.. Eihrns ,rn1ntnins No." ~.
,Thrrn,. Wartc,t.s Of der H. siins ,jit niiL
rnttIe ibex rhsmo,s mountain sheer. Wild
cra,s and :, small sn.rins AZ c.rv,is nkin In
IN. I,,trnnean roe uip ,hc EASTERN ni,t"anS
uII3 $50 rnnm in "onnouv Of haIs Viii
h M NJ NV ana shv n. nnr 1-.N " nus ms'
1900 ,rbar., ~, tvn az ,b,aa ynYin,i"s az
, Iii Nv" n .n.c,.. al ~ mnnk. ~ nha ,, ".
cnc,,s sviv,nus, nnn,sr,,,s viii c,ts vnx-
es' isopnrds' wolves' wild dogs. bears and
,vsa ma INA E-ibrus ann.nrs 20 Ia, ,ha
nj, r,r;nn ~ w.. n,ss,nt ,y"rLj ,Shnr. 10
,imsr dIsni,es The h,intinr prnunhs az ~
. usTri ~ lion. In 1nGin thev have aiyilcd
,boir lon,ain ,Igers sti,kinY Ia mo ,iver
imnnrles Will. lie maneless lion Is found
oonIvy on the uplands OF C;uz.rat, Int on Tia
I'm ~ M Kisii- Earmat ahort tbirtv
nthks % III Al, from iis nuth M
Willow Srakes of ill., Caspian' cap,ain
urehenr h'tlsu u non 81 " v'r'.es nkIn 10
ne uark p,owh spas'es or rhe E'st.rh
atias, hmu iMo mon's a'tsr m'L a ON,
hsht with q she Tiger
which n. hal AT nrst mistaken Tor n leo
pard, and before the end of that week a
native settled all doubts on that point by
fetching in a live tiger kitten, a little INN