The Monticellonian., 1902-05-16
BIG GAME IN MEXICO,
Hunters Find Antelope, Wild Boars, Mountain Lions. Wild Dogs and
 Wild Burros

A civil engineer recently returned from the hacienda of Jimulco in Goa huila, an immense property containing | over 2,000 square kilometers, tells some stirring tales of shooting wild | game. Antelope abound, but great care is necessary in approaching these willy creatures, owing to their habit of always placing one or two on guard while the rest of the herd is feeding. The sentinels, faithful to their duty, remain with head erect, peering and snitfing to the four points of the com pass and give a swift alarm the mo- ment an enemy appears in sight.
 Not long since, party of young men were hunting the javali, or wild hog, relates the Mexican Herald and, com ing up with number, one of the hunt CTS succeeded in killing one and dis mounted to secure it. As he ap- | preached his prey dozen or more | javai that were hiding in the tall grass attacked him ferociously, and one fastened his tusks in the hunters heel, | hanging on like grim death. The oth- CTS came to their companions assist ance and the brute was killed, but the tusks were sunk so deep into the heel that the hogs jaws had to be pried | apart with gun barrel before the man was freed. Strange as it may seem, the wound closed quickly and with no serious results.
 On this same hacienda are both wild dogs and wild burros, the latter being remarkably swift and hard to take. The dogs are said to be large and very savage, with ugly countenances and extremely long, coarse hair. Some time ago pup was caught and tanned, developing into fine watch dog, but though every effort has been made to secure mate for him it has not been possible.
 It is not generally realized that the mountain lions of Mexico will attack man, but several recent encounters show them to be as dangerous for men as for beasts. One of the mozos in q recent hunting party had but one hand, the stump of his left arm bearing wit ness to a terrible struggle with lion he had shot and then approached, thinking the brute was dead. \ gen tleman who has hunted in the state of Sonora tells of a certain spring where two men have been killed by lions while camping there for the night. These brutes follow a man for miles, like the panther, lured on by the human scent and hopes of finding an opportunity to spring on the trav- eler. A mountain lion was recently killed in Michoacan that measured three meters from tip to tip.
 Mexico possesses many intrepid hunters, especially among military men, but their deeds of prowess are rarely related, this being rather for eign to the Mexican character, which does not lend itself to anything ap- preaching boastfulness. The writer knows of an ardent sportsman, gen eral, who had one room entirely adorned with firearms and furnished with trophies of the chase. The fHrni- ture was covered with skins. the feet of the chairs being of deers' horns. The arms. dating from the conquest to the present time, were valued at over $2O,000 So far did this general carry his fad for shooting implements that he had a cigarette case made in the shape of pistol, and, in offering his guests 'cigarros" pulled a real trigger and shot the tobacco missiles in their direction.