The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-06

trees. the fourth being thrown over a
 limb. They are then drawn taut, 1 spreading three of her feet apart, and ! drawing one few feet in the air ] While thus helpless, chains are placed 1 upon her. and chained to the male, she ! is led to the stockade.
 For capturing monkeys, apes and ba- boons drink called sake made from the fermented juice of rice, which is very sweet and very intoxicating, is | carried in gourds to parts of the forests ! where the simians are known to congre- gate. All that is necessary then is to take sip in view of them, set the gourd down and retire. With their well known habit of imitation. as soon as the men are out of sight they descend and
 taste the liquor, and finding it to their liking, drink greedily, which soon puts them in a drunken stupor. All we have
 to do then is to pick them up and throw them into cart, and you need not hur-
 " home, as they will not awake for twenty-four hours.
 For capturing the ostrich, giraffe. Ze-
 bra eland and large antelopes, a three
 
 The ropes are fastened together in the | center, each thong being six feet in length. Two of the ends are filled with
 pebbles, and the third is shotted with lead. A swift horse is then used to pur- sue them. When within throwing dis tance the shotted end being held in the
 hand and the other ends whirled rapidly around the head, the bolas are thrown
 so as to strike between the legs of the
 animal with the shotted end. The oth-
 CT two ends, flying in opposite direc-
 tions, wrap his legs tightly together and
 bring him violently to the ground. Be
 fore he can rise he is securely tied by
 his captors and then prepared for the
 trip to the stockade.
 For the capture of birds a part of the jungle is selected where they are known to congregate, and at time when fruit and grain is scarce. Natives are then set to work to strip the trees of
 everything edible, after which a large
 bamboo cage is brought and filled with fruit. It has a trap door, attached to
 which is a long rope. The trapper
 opens door and conceals himself near
 by. When all is quiet, birds of all kinds flock rapidly to the feast. As soon as
 the cage Is filled the operator pulls the
 rope, the door falls, and the birds are secure He then selects what he wants,
 places them in another cage and sets the rest free.
 For the capture of the python, the
 boa constructor, and other large snakes, all that is necessary is to prepare ball of some small antelope, fasten it to a
 small sapling near where the desired
 reptile has been seen, and then pay pc
 riodical visits to the animal until you are sure he has been found and eaten.
 You are almost certain to find the snake in the near vicinity, as after eating he
 will coil himself up and lie dormant for
 several days. All you have to do then is to slightly disturb him, enough to
 make him uncoil, when rope is slipped over his tail, another over his head, the
 other ends being passed through the door of a portable cage and then out again through small hole. He is then
 drawn rapidly into the cage and the door made fast The nooses are loos- aned by means of small cords attached to them; and thus he IS our property.
 The nooses are protected by felt, for should we abrade the skin however slightly, in the hot country, it causes an
 ulcer which invariably causes mortifi- cation to set in, and thus kills the snake.
 For capturing deer and the smaller antelope, the lasso is used. Thus for each and every different species of ani- nal, bird and reptile, different method is employed and the task of effecting
 the capture is one fraught with toll and danger. After they are at the stockade, however, the business is somewhat ea- sier. The great trouble then is to get them to eat, as, unused to captivity, they for days at a time refuse to par take of food. some of them starving
 themselves to death. After they be- come accustomed to their new life they