Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-27
THRILLING STORY
OF A LION HUNT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


The brown, rugged rocks, devoid o
vegetation and heated by centuries o
tropical sunshine, Lreathed forth theii
concentrated heat upon man and beast
Between the barren foothills stretches
of white sand blazed and shimmered
while occasional eddies of furnace-heat
ed air came down from above anC
raised spectral dust spOuts. which raceC
along the desert until lost in the whit,
haze above the irregular line Of horri
zon. Over all the remorseless sun gilt
tered and hurned-burned as only tht
midday sun can burn in the mecas o.
Western SomalI Land, writes, in the
Chicago inter Ocean, Art S. Jennings
engineer for the De- Beers Diamond
Company.
Son OF my honorcd father" criec
the Somal guide, who Usually replen.
ished his stock Of courage ard endnr-
ance (and egotisrn) Ivy swearing BY
himself, this is most dad, Satib Jen-
mig; will we ever reach the. bad. country
alive" ~
Yes, never FEAR answt}ed L al
though my own supply Of hope had beer
rapidly diminishing. AS | five I be.
lieve those are the IA Dig eli MAZDA Il
1t is so, we will find fresh water anl
green grass before tomorrow noon
The caravan had stopped for Il brict
rest on the summit Of enc of the MI
mcrous small elevations. ard as spoke
I pointed to the south where the din
outline, Of two slender peaks were visi-
bic above the horizon; at the same time
/ drew the field glass from its sheath
at my side and raised it to my eyes
When the powerful lens brought almost
10 my very feet the country lying fifty
or more miles distant l Involuntary
uttered a cry of JOY. They are the
Madas, for a crtainty, for l can see the
Ura-Nibo (clcar wascr). Juno, we
shall soon be out of the DESERT
Allah il Allahr breathed the guide,
while the remainder Of the Somals
faced the sun and offered thankful pray
AS to IL pelivcrer for the welcome
news Than followed a renewed crack
ing OF keddah whips as the faded pacl,
md saddle animals were urged over the
5rggh ground.
The expedition into the Karma COIN
try had ended in dismal failure. Not
only had We failed to find the immense
deposits of friable ore which the mana
ger of the De Beers Company John
Hays Uammond) had believed were To-
Gated there. but on the rsturn trip our
Somal guide had lost his bearings. and
Tor nearly a week we had wandered
1imlcssly about the semi-dcscr.. -Four
of our donkeys had died of "shagga''
thickness, and our supply OF water was
almost exhausted.
As we slowly progressed toward the
south the soil became more and more
fertile. the desert being i'll time replaced
by a rolling, grassy plain in which the
gray sage brush and scattered c~cti gave
place to mesquite and "dhero" bushes.
Just before sunset We enCampcd near a
small wadi. which was caused bv a per
iodical spring from which the water
Oozed in a htiul stream By scraping a
hole IN the hard soil we soon had a pool
of muddy v.a.cr for t,c ,,,,,,-,. .nl
after few. minutes. - ,,.;.t, ., ,''',
had cleaned enough f,, ,.r ,,,.., go
The night came on with usual tr0pi-
cal SwittncsS, the gray dusk being re-
,,ofr,r,,d ,,,,rct, fr,. -, - -, 10
e,r,,o- c-, 49, ,,.r,:.,r, H., ,''''I O.
ebccrfnIrv ca,i,g ,hai~ 49, ~ =.
The s,,r'ieb, zion, d,rL. -, -. ~
7ccks and shannon be,L-s nj ,r,, -
els and sh,c..t f,;.,.f,- -. -.
wbi-e-cr,d fcur,, nf IN. go. !,
stood M IN. o,.sJ;-.s - q" -,
or3..,ir,r p, h;,,,s,,f , ,,,,,.-,,t,,, NJ
sell, so,r So. d.. h., s.,.t,.
mo and ,,,-. s.~s,.,I,,4 f..T -, u -
,baur the f~, Nh, IN. -, ~. =.
iupcIe ,rr,. over III .;,,.,., -,
Al intervals b, -r,, ,,,.r,,..,,,r,. 49,. - .
jRcLal or The weird how, - -,
sounding n, thorc,, .s,.,, we're ,,,;,ss 49,,
miles away
II was r7oif'v o,ss;,c, i've, 4-.,,,,,r,..
when. follawing De-,,a os ;r,,,,s., =;
Eence came IN avn, leo, ,,,.,,-;,,
sound While bv -, r,r,,s 3,v5 :,
s,artripr. ), b-ourhr ~, v-;5,, sv.,l.- -.
sitting uprirht ON nv c,. nv re-,
hncied with excitement. :, v,s ~,
awakening roar Of a lion,
Excited voices from the direction o.
the camp -fre ind,,atcd nv men IN.
heard The oruinDuS sound and v-e-, MI,
awake in consequence. \ n,r,rn, I,,s
I could hear ,ber, D.r;,c dr,, g,,sj,4,,,
on the slvn,be-irg ,,aIs The Do,
rumblinc roar, We're reoe,.sd ., me-
walls. apparently crowirr nearer an,
diving away in the same r,n,r;rg noe
Finally an interrninable time el,nse5-.
c-eepv silence. in which the men hu5
died about the blazing ,amD-6re Su8
dnIy there was the sound ~ br,,.a'