The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
HUNTING IN BECHU4NAL4yD.
The bold ArriLander freshman WI was Guide
TO the NUntannB.

From the PrOrfdsnce Journal.
Tit following is an eNtra"t frCm a letter 10
friends in Providence dt t,i at job inncshurg,
South Africa:
On the day that my letter left on the mail train.
l started out with two American friends on II
hunting trip in Bachuan.land We took the
train ri 1928 In the morning for Mafeking and
arrived there the next day. Besuto ponies,
guns, ammunition, p Scotch cart, guide and mig
ger were hired there. and the next day wo
started on our trip. and let me tell you it was
a cleaner" | was too weak TO ride my
horse all day and had 10 get of and stay in the
cart the first TWO days; then l got n little
stronger and stuck 1t out with the rest. Boys, it
WINS a treat sleeping out in the open air 5000
feet above the ocean. eating bread and game
twice II day. riding about ten miles each day,
i HHts'a me- Of and 1Ie f'f is there ! ' yet. '0H VIII y Pa The ns sy,o p,,l
day out we struck the first antelope and Spring
buck: That meant fresh meat; no NOR canned
goods nfter that. In all. we shot two lcoparGs,
one ant bear, four. porcupines, three brffaiocs,
any number Of wild pigs. and sprinGbgck and
found that ] could shoot better than | expected.
Just let me tell you something about, our
and without fear. and one OF the bravest men /
have ever seen. His name WIS Became. As wo
were riding along one day toward evening look.
thing which VIC thought was n wild pig. Tho
grass was about ten, feet high, and we couldn't
scS, 30 we St"Tlcu ulter tncIn, IollOWlnH inc DARK.
and when we came there was u leopard UP three
yards on a big gum tree, and ono OF the dogs hld
him By the neck, bit fast. ana he couldn't go any
further. What do YOU suppose the lrishman
did He jumps OFT his horse, takes tho leopard
by the tail, pulls him off the Tree, the other two
dogs take hold OF him, and he kicks tho leonard
insensiblc. got n rock aftcrward and knocked
his brains out.
One day as VIC were out looking for bucks we
hoard u roar, nothing like ! had ever heard be-
fore. II was the roar Of IL Hon, the only one wc
met IN the two weeks We were out, an uncarthly
nln nnI m kYgAIf InAgnI laI.,4 .
tree very suddenly. and then waited. He came
within scvcnty-lvc yards OF Us. and then he
sinellod a rat, turned tail and skipped. He had
business ~c'sowherc; was more scared than we
were. We banged Mt him. but he only went 30
much fastcr. That is the king OF Beasts"
We shot u lot Of other stuff, too, but MI the big
game ns elephants. %giraffes, &c, is nearly wiped
out. \ on must 20 up as far MS tho Xambcsi TO
lind 1t. which hope 10 do some day.
The only thing that is dangerous about hero
is snakes. don't mean the snakes thai you arc
lot you find here! At night we put buffalo
manure, all dried, on the fire in order to keep it
burning, and then we would sneak away from
II about forty or Atty yards. The croepcrs go
where IL Is warm. and we were pretty
nearly safe. Harry saunders. . Boston chap.
ever since. although there are no snakes
about: Ono day | got II nasty fall on account Of
one OF the big ones hanging in q tree. 1 didn't
Sc; II, but tho horse did. He takes a very sud
den jump, OF go, and away goes the horse.
] spied the sucker. He was watching me. so |
concluded TO look after the horse instead OF tho
snake. Beahc, the guide, says to mo: "Why
dom you go and wiring his mock !"