New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

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pin The Charge of the Light Brigade
swung sonorousy into that stirring poem
All went well until he recited the line.
oh the wild charge they made;
ditional effect to his rendition.
gallery insistently asked:
Pat. was Lawrence Barrett in that charger"
The rivers of South Africa are infested with
crocodiles. which like a full meal and a live
at that and exceedingly bold and adroit in
their efforts fill their stomachs. OF all living
things their first preference is for dogs; in
the order Of crocodile delicacies comes the negro.
and last of all white person. a white person
crocodile will eat if necessity drives but by prefer
he will take the dog or the negro, if the op-
portunity serves
When the first Kafir in its preliminary
stages in the spring of 1884, Jones' pros
pector, essayed trip into Matabeleland to
what he could find In the course of his trek Jones
arrived at the Limpopo. Crocodile River. only
TO find his progress checked. One of those sudden
rises that occur in African rivers had washed
the ferry and further advance toward the interior
and seven hundred or eight hundred persons had
assembled on the Lmpopo's banks when Jones
arrived and the question how to get across
In the party jefferson Clark, of Louisville
KY, who was going into the country 10 act
gold commissioner for the Chartered Company.
On the further bank there plenty of timber
but the side which the crowd was gathered
bare. 1t necessary stretch rope
across and 10 construct raft strong enough 10
ferry over the wagons. To get the rope stretched
empty whiskey barrels and wagon beds but when
II completed II such crazy affair that
volunteer would essay the crossing upon IL.
The for this not the fear of a ducking
but because of the crocodiles, which great
numbers In the stream.
BY continual shooting and making great noise
a crocodile be driven from given spot and
knowing this Jones suggested that it be tried
and then the experiment of driving dogs across
be made.
Belonging to the party a varied assortment
of dogs, from the to the thoroughbred These
were carefully sorted on the banks. and the ours
first sent in. Not Then the
dogs next in value were sent in. All failed to
into the water and after another dsap-
peared Jones remarked that IL looked though
experiment with a would shortly be due.
The last three dogs however, got safely over, as
the continued noise the bank had scared the
crocodiles. Th-n a call for volunteers to
man the raft. OF ii the raft turned over
would probably be all up with its occupants, and
that held the crowd back. In all that crowd Of
Dutch English. Americans and Beers. only the
Americans would take the chance. for another
bold spirit from the States hnally joined Jones
and Clark.
The three got safely. however, and fixed
the cal bic. That done. the rest simple.
The three dogs that survived Jones and his COM
ing the protests Of their rightful owners;