Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-28
Mistellaneuus Rsaains,
THE LAND OF BIG GAME.
Expedition Into uplands Of Brisjsh
East India.

Expedition Into Uplands Of Brisj3l
i East India.
u The hunting of big game is a pnr
suit which holds a deep fascination
for those who have a taste for II
For the sake Of his favorite spor
the hunter is ready to turn his bacl
on friends and on the comforts ant
pleasures of civilized life and to g
out into the wilderness to make hi
home in q small tent. to live on hart
scanty fare, to face loneliness, to un
dergo severe physical toll, to endurt
all extremes of weather and to en-
counter cheerfully hardships, sickness
and the many dangers that the lif'
involves.
i A hunting tour after big game !!
not only pleasant from the contras
1t presents to life in the busy world
1t Is full Of fascination In itself and
an expedition made in the uplands Of
British East Africa, where there are
great tracks Of empty country teem'
ing with game, is an experience thai
is full Of delight and that leaves 9
rich store of pleasant memories be-
hind, writes u. G. ]. Moyna In Mac.
millan's Magazine.
On the march you come or patche,
Of swamp where you founder knee
deep along paths of Shiny. washy
evil-smelling mud, winding botweer
high walls of tangled reeds thai
grow out of black, fostering water
foul, noisome, unhealthy marshes
yet interesting in way as type OF
nature in one of her primitive garbs
You cross lonely rivers fording then!
breast deep at the head Of your men
feeling your way with pole, hall
carried of your feet by the swirline
current, stumbling awkwardly over
loose stones, sinking into spongy mud
and wondering doubtfully IL there are
any crocodiles near. Or II the water
be too deep to ford you nse native
made bridge, constructed by par
TALLY Telling two trees on opposite
banks so that their branches inter
lace across the water.
Sometimes you pass stretch OF
open parklike country with gently
rolling grassy slopes, dotted with
shady groves in whose boughs hosts
of wild pigeons futter and coo, and
watered by quiet streams flowing be-
tween banks where the long sweep
Ing branches of graceful trees rise
out of clustering masses Of light
green jungle foliage, and sometimes
as you come over rise, you light sud-
denly on the cleaning waters Of some
reed fringed lake, hidden away amid
lonely hills. From the green swamps
you hear the hoarse grunts Of the
hippopotamus, crocodiles are lyine
like dead logs, basking in the sur
by the edge Of the shore, the water IL
dotted with wild fowls, on the sand
banks there is a brilliant sheet OF
dazzling white and pink from the
plumage Of packed armies Of fiamin.
goes, and over the scene there broods
a mysterious air of primitive solitude
and aloofness.
Then you skirt dense forests where
the ground is covered with tossing
welter Of luxuriant underground, the
tendrils and creepers twining and In
tertwinirg between bushes and plants
swarming thickly upon the trunks OF
the trees, falling again In cascades OF
swaying streamers and lacing one
tree to the next till there is an i'm
penetrable mass Of matted boughs
and foliage, while above the spread
ing branches of the mighty forest
trees weave a canopy so thick thai
even at MONDAY there is dim twi.
light in the leafy caverns beneath.
The quantity and variety Of the
game to be seen are really astonish-
ing. Beasts large and small, harm
less and dangerous, all living amid
their natural surroundings, as they
have lived for centuries, in unfetter-
ed freedom-to any one with love
Of natural history they are an unfail'
ing source of interest and pleasure
You see a broad plain thickly dotted
with antelope and gazelle; some are
heavy and ungainly in form; other:
there are with light delicate limb!
and daintily poised necks supporting
prettily curved horns; and all, with
the bright sunlight picking out tht
tints of their coats against the dull
hues of the grass, give life and move
ment to the loneliness and monotony
of the country.
Sometimes the beasts are found
singly or in small groups; more Of
ten there Is a large herd with willy
old buck stalking arrogantly among
them, seemingly cunning enough tc
know that he possesses the most val
liable horns, and taking the lead ir
the swift retreat at the warning OF
danger. Magnificent Is the sigh'
when a herd of graceful animals, like
the impela, scents danger; quick
startled jerk of the head, few terrific
bounds, and then the whole herd
rushes helter-skelter over the plain
flying jumbled mass Of 1.-the leapine
bodies, the embodiment Of easy grace
and activity.
It Is an endless source OF interest
to watch for and pick out the differ
ent varieties, to recognize each type
by it's characteristic features of horns
and skin, to mark small differences
| to watch the beasts In their natural
state, and to observe their move
ments, habits, and instincts, till you
learn to know them all as old friends
from the bull-like eland with heavy
spiral twisted horns, and big wild
beasts with shaggy head and twitch-
ing tail, to the graceful gazelle with
daintlly marked coat Of fawn and
white, and the pretty little dik-dik
hardly larger than a young goat
Then there are the large herds OF
zebra, their beautiful striped skins
glistening in the sunlight; the troops
of tall ostriches, stalking proudly
about with long peering necks and
fluffy coats Of black and white feath-
ers; the snarling, yelping packs OF