The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
SHOT THE MANEATER DEAD.
IN INCI7TNG LTON HINT ~ Nv
IERIC1N JUSGLE.

a Fourtccn-Ycar-OId BOY stolen In tho
Night and tho Experiences of the French
Explorer Fon in Trailing the Animal and
Killing Him-A shot Wen Put.
The French explorer. VI. Edouard Foi, III.
author Of the volume From the Cane t. Luke
NyGssa.' Is now publishing aD account Of nj,
exploits rs a lion and elephant hunter. which
the French parcrs are printing conspiclously.
The following Is his story Of a lion chase in
i-!-Tomo:
Two natiTeS nsino TO me. sent by tho clio,
~ a EHighborirg Village. They told me that I,
lion AL carried aray an I'D woman and that
he wts still p~roei'ng around the ncighbnr.
hood. ~ set Ous iiGmea!htely and aftera
march % ',dr hours vt arrived at the village.
Night vhs 'jrIing ca and &c IVES impossible 10
90 anything ~ the darkness. The best ulan
was 20 walt for daylight. A little distance
from this hahitation there was another village.
where the natives were dancing to the music
Of tam -tams. At half pa5t ! In the morning
heard shricks and cries In the little village,
and Just az I got out with nv gun in hand. fol-
lowed by my men. n weeping woman threw
herself at nv feet wringing her hands and cx-
plaiuinE TINT n lion had carried way her son.
BY torchlights we found our way to the
other village. and. on inquiring. We learned
that the lion Ind carried away the boy lust rs
he opened the door OF the hut to fetch some
frewood that was at the threshold. The cries
uttered by the people in the village frightened
the lion away. and. moreover. Il was impossi-
Die to find any trace of him with the torch
lights. Daylight soon appeared. l told the
natives not to come in any great crowd. 50
ten men only accompanied me in silence. &C.
cordi7g to orders. As soon as there was suf1-
cient light to follow the trail we went to the
hut from which the child had been carried
away.
I'VE found the trail behind tho house.
which proved that the brute had gone around
It. With the trail there were footmarks OF
the child. Evidently he had been eeized by
the upper part Of the body. Then we found a
. few drops Of blood. The animal passed
through one Of tho strects-if we may call
them strects-of the village. leading toward
the river. going along with his burden in
front of more than twenty huts. The inhabl-
tants. had not been aroused by the woman's
cries until after the beast had passed. StiA
followin Y the track. W. reached the stream,
whore the animal halted and left his prey be-
side him. This was proved 10y the presence Of
Il little pool of blood. Then he crossed the
river. which was only one foot deep. passing
oblipuely. almost descending the current, for
four or five metres. then coming out and en-
tering. the reeds which line the stream.
cont nbe Tom nb l1 piEn III w, thS t trail ,t any further ur J. RI
thick bushes and to ind il there were any
traces Of the animal having pissed through.
thaSs e such wSs .H Ent case. . so | took n5% to o9 tbe efen us
ing in order TO get to him as quickly as possi-
pie; After ,Io t fun for a short distance
poo,l OF blood which showed where the beast
had st9nped again. Their, we found ourselves
a a2 Wood. whe Msa we difcov eissf c ioSs Of Tf Blood eoie aHd
w! worn Se aro Sh dpfhnir a io mat ' hfts r:t that fe we foa hnd
part, OF his scanty, clothing. which was torn of
where the brute, began to tear up his Victim.
Finally on the opposite edge Of the wood
bic Krowi brought us to a,sudlen halt. There
We listened: We knew that The animal was
nothing more. / cooked my gun and kent
within reach Of my hand ny Slx chareoS o
trigger. watching closely and listening Tor the
f sasrd he S f%stiinr Ter Of the %e i6ss f esiese and uSw we s
We continued to advance SLOWLY. To. the
bonnie. Who Climbed it IKE a MONKEY II IN a I"s
' ibe watc Soon ?T he W ch;lh in +, the 6a trse'T If fork sa,a ana b on
t. shd is nd l !Here he Th1 IN, tT Gonie tS fG the %aS right
Then I sisnaiile"dI to the natives to follow us and
wit, With a increment enc Of my arms ] made them
to the LETT. sent Rodzani to tell them to
make q noise 50 as to fI!ehten the lion toward
and remained motlonless. watching the bunch
OF bushes from which I expected every mo-
the tree Whispered; HES Going away No.
he is coming back now. He stops and looks
he .eom"sl step back a little '" Ni'
lis S"ns may 2" td i%sR wsrd ise GpHiftS Y XII n SSRIIss I
fh' ind me H %ith the tSelr p1 %Tms MS men b TsTs RE RE
in a hurry said. Tambarika.. The tall grass IA
moved forward like a wave and the lion came
ont at about niUlt matraG frpn ms u-a1k inn
floviy and occasionaiIET looking Behind 'hktt%nS.
At last he saw ne. He stoned, showed his
his course. At the same moment he dashed Ms
e cha; ISwe ESy,h Ms i FSrs and n feem Witn about nT so to
! aimed at the name Of his neck and pulled the
trigger. His legs bent as il they were rubber.
e%Ht5emeiv thin hii y, TIC shtld 1 that he i I'ts %si
nave been Killed The yerv moment he was
seized. because these felines never carry on
so se'fbS ~ a sIrp Prise r "" We carried arqE dr. lack SEii on an 70 im mo
nrovised litter the bodies Of the two actors IN
s 'EIs %GG ds"1 Ao1 hsPm nhio TH Saa torn % III BE ,9 asef
= tfif fSs h. Iis5 bone ~S vas j i T ARE ,r a 'S;'9 e OS A.
village. carried b, eight mon, the Vwhntss
population ri at.empted to rush urT9n i with
th2t ths nrs' one to touch the earcnss
n nnnIn,o it WAS "a; m skinned n n Tn" ID MAKE 1h1,o the ao,
gallo. aided by Eoizani and Msinmbiri. fin
iShed their work. Then they rushed uron the
body. ilcl T. with urojectilcs. perforated 10
with smear. thrusts and dragged the remain.
through all the ,neighborinG villages. With
ont feet and without n heal |. looked like m
OK prepared hy the butchers. Later. in the
midst Of the lamentations Of the women. thcre
was n funeral dance and more noise. tbs
body Of the lion was burned upon an enormous
fire. When we were. half way on the road to
our cnmp. We could hear tho noise Of tho
tam-ta ms and see the rel light r the fire,
which proved to us that the natives were maxi
ing sure that e~N piation was comrlete."