The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-15

I had come-my father, my uncle, and
my brother-quickly tied the horses to-
gether and turned them round with
their heads in the opposite direction tc
down upon us. This is the regular
procedure at a lion hunt, for if the
horses catch sight of a lion there is
always a danger that they may get
frightened and bolt.
My relatives placed US. I was told
to sit behind or, from the lions point
of view, in front of the horses, with
my rifle covering him. His last bound
brought him close to me; then he
crouched, with the intention, it seemed
to me, of jumping right over me on tic
the horses. AS he rose I fired. And
so fortunate was my aim that I killed
him outright; and he nearly killed me
in his turn. for he almost crushed me
as he fell. My companions ran to my
assistance; but needed no help, for the
lion was dead. 1t was a strong beast.
Hearing the shot, the other three
the lion and talked the adventure over.
A certain Hugo knelt down to measure
the lions teeth, which We're extraordi-
narily big. Thinking no harm. L jump
ed on the lions stomach. As I did so,
the air shook with a tremendous roar,
which so frightened Hugo that he for
got his tooth measurements and fell
down fiat upon his back. The others
shook with laughter. for every hunter
knows that if you tread upon a lions
body within a short time of his death
he will give short last roar as though
he We're still alive. The breath that
remains in him, being forced from the
stomach through the throat. produces
the roar. Hugo, of course, knew this,
but he had forgotten it, and was great
ly ashamed of his fright In fact, he
was so angry that he turned on me to
give me a good hiding. But the others
stepped good-naturedly between us and
made him see that it was only my ig-
norance and not my bad intention
which had given him so great fright.
My first rhinoceros I encountered
during that same expedition. AS I was
slightly in advance of the others my
uncle, Theunis Kruger, gave me per-
mission to fire, and l was so fortunate
as to bring him down with the first
shot. 1 had an ugly experience or the
next occasion that we, my brother-in-
law and faithful hunting companion n.
Theunissen. and I hunted rhinoceros.
L must first mention that we made
an agreement by which the one who be-
haved rec!llessly. or through coward
ice allowed game which was merely
wounded to escape. should receive a
sound thrashing. There was something
wrong with my rife on the morning we
started. and 1 was obliged to take an
old two-barrelled gun, one barrel of
which was injured. consequently it's
driving power was considerably lessen
ed. 1 knew that a shot was thrown
away on a rhinoceros unless you man
aged to send it through the thin part of
its skin. We came across three of
them. bull and two COWS. They We're
vitharrosterS, most dangerous
N~utes. E"Rhanos. err is the Afrkiander
f0r rhiuoceros. ''Witharnoster'' is a
waite uoceros.-Trans Iator's motel I
told Theunissen to follow the two COWS
and not to lose sight of them. It was
my intention TO kin the bull and then
join in pursuit of the cows. Ny COM
rade fired from time to time to Ie; me
know where he was. for he was soon
out Of sight in the thick underground
OF the wood. When I had passed the
hinoceros, 7 furrre6 from my horse 70
shoot hin. I placed myself so that he
had - pass ne within ten PAGES: this
would give me good opportunity to
hit him in a vulnerable place. One bull
let killed him outright. I mounted and