The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-08

THE NATIVES REMARKABLE POWER
OF ENDURING PAIN.

a Horrible FIorainI MntcI, u, which
Bride In W"n-lIow the Ostrich Iu
iuntcd-Pursuinn the Elephant ON
! FOOt-The Chase OF the GnxeIIes
The power of enduring pain exhibited
by the Nubians is almost incredible
This is strongly instanccd in the COM
petition by the youths of the villages
for the championship of their camps.
! 1t is II much coveted honor to bo call
ed "Akho Benat' ,thc brother Of the
) girls), and the youth who nttains this
distinction is entitled to marry tho
belle
The competition itself is il most ago.
niZing spectacle 1t commences 10y the
maidcns on certain festivals heating the
drums to a quaint and peculiar tune.
which SO excltes the spirits of tho young
men that numbers Of them at once riisli
into the arena each lnu,lly cxciuiminy:
Il am the brother of the girls. l am
the brother of the girls
They are then paired off by casting
lots. and when stripped to the waist II
powerful, tcxihlxwliip"f hppopota,nns
hide five feet i'll Tn..th is rlac.., in the
hand of each ccInhalant, and III IL Ger.
tain signal tloggin:, match commences
The strokes are not given ut random
or i'll haste, but with the utmost DELHI
eratioll, each youth delivering his blow
Ill turn and keeping time 10 the music
The long. plant lash lcsccnds with
keen precision. cutting deep into the
flesh at every stroke while the monot-
onous "hwit. 'hwit." ..hwit," goes
OH INCREASINGLY and the red streams tell
he tale of suffering which the tongues
di>'lain to proclaim. At last the one
who can endure no longer falls fainti1g
10 the ground and is borne away by his
kinS,ucn.
Tho victors are subsequently pittcd
against each other till the remaining
one becomes the champion and bears
the proud title of .'thc Brother of the
Girls.
Ostrich hunting involves good rid
ing and is animated sport. Having as
ccrtaincd where II nest is to be found.
three or four mounted men 20 ont on
the plain together, and one of them
rides III the direction of the nest
Instantly the bird sees him it starts
off Mt u tremendous pace. the hunter
following i'll hot pursuit. until, after
running perhaps IL couple of miles. the
ostrich begins to circle, its object heing
to get back to its nest, from which it
fOndly hopes it has diverted its pursuer.
The other hunters, who are scattered
over the plain take up the running by
turns, succeeding each other as each
horse becomes spent They are thus
! allie to press the bird to its utmost
! speed, until it falls exhausted ON the
! ground with outstretched wings, gasp
ing for breath
The nearest hunter then gnllops mp
and sewers its head with IL blow from
his sword. Hastily disnollnting, he at
! once seiZcs the bleeding stump and
thrlstS it into the sand to prevent the
| feathers from being soilcd by the blood,
which is squirting i'll all directions from
! the convulSivc movements of the neck,
| even after death.
The feathers of IL full grown bird
fetch from $50 to SO (e1O to $50 at
kassala, where they are bought by Arab
traders from Cairo, hut they ultimately
! realize treble that value in the Euro
! pcan markets.
When the elephant is pursued on
foot, it is invariably sought in the
| depths Of the forest, where it has retired
for shelter from the monday sun and
| also for the short rcrose it takes during
the "a hours. The hunter, having
tracked his quarry to its retreat, is
obliged to use the utmost stealth in ap-
proaching it, the elephant being q very
| light sleeper and awakened by the
| slightest unusual sound.
|
dense thorny jingle without making
| any sound dissimilar to those which
might be produced by nature, such az
the stirring Of tho branches by light
breeze or the occasional falling of Il
dead leaf. Is greater than can bc realiz-
F., ed by any one who has not tried it,
On getting within ARM $ length of his
| gamc the swordsman slowly raises him
self to an erect position and deals u
slashinK cut ON the lack sinews of the
nearest foot. about ten inches from the
| ground, at the same time lcaping nim-
| bly, back to avoid Il blow from the ami
mails trunk. The cut if properly deliv-
cred bites sheer to the bone, severing
the large arteries, and in short time
death ensues from hemorrhagc
| Gazelles are hunted by powerful
breed of hounds in build somewhat
heavier than IL greyhound. In spite Of
being far swiftcr than the hound the
gazeiie falls IL victim from q nervous
habit of constantly stopping to look
back to see if it is pursued. 1t also ex-
pends its strength by taking great
bounds in an almost vertical direction,
thereby not only losing time. but ex-
hausting itself. SO that it is overtaken
without difficulty. "A Glimpse at Nu-
bia," by Captain T. G. S. Speedy. IL
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