New-York tribune., 1907-11-08
Tsco Womeu After Big Game IN
africa.
africa.

This book forms an entertaining and even gay
record Of 4 sporting trip which the author
and her cousin Cecily worked like navvies They
went into the country from Berbera, and were
gone for four five months, enduring hard
srius and Sometimes riskng their lives but they
took every incident, no matter how unpleasant
cs being all IN the days work, and the story of
their adventures bubbles with a spirit OF fun.
When the reader has once got past the steamer
episode described in the first chapter-a needless
story. In the worst possible taste-he finds the
two Dianas delightful company They had had
some hunting experience before, and on this oc-
casicn they took out with them the excellent
advice given by a very wise uncle They give
the impression of a couple Of blithe and even
audacious women. embarking upon a more or
less dangerous enterprise with courage and COM
mon sense as their principal resources At Alden
one evening they overheard the talk of two
friends. officers from India, who were likewise
going after big game. Look here" said one of
them, IF you are not careful shall have
those two girls trying TO tack on to our show.
And 7 won't have It for they'll be buffers. of
course" The two Dianas in the first place
were not buffers. and. secondly they had no in
tentjon Of 'tacking on" They did not need TO
do SO.
Al Rerbera the gods were kind in bringing
them a Somali recommended by their uncle
clever hun1er and factotum whom they at once
christened Clarence With his aid they pro-
oeeded TO purchase forty-nine camels. Miss Her
bert charmingly assuming TO know all about the
brutes, and actually succeeding well enough in
extremely difficult piece of BARGAINING
Without any serious delay the caravan moved
of in fine style. The two women soon adapted
themselves 10 their wild surroundings. They
wore khaki jackets. knickerbockers, CATERS and
good shooting boots. AT first we elected to don
silly little skirt that came 10 the knee rather
like the ones you see bathing suits but we
soon left the things off, OF, rather they left US
torn to pieces by the thorns" In a very LITTLE
time they were both seasoned to the country.
enduring mosquitoes with equanimity, burned
almost to the color Of the SomaIis and ENJOYING
heroic appetites
They had good sport, too, from the very out
set and indeed. il early in the course of
their journey that they came UP with a lion and
his mate. and had a thrilling combat. Miss
Herbert shot the lioness. and then. as she says,
&. did an namely stupid thing" With only one
shot left in her rife she ran forward To see her
quarry. forgetting that there was another enemy
In the bush. Here we must leave her TO tell her
own story follows:
A snaIT!ng quick roar. and almost before could
the sicFts on ng brs uP @ my ttIe ana Rre without
heard an exclamation behind me. and my cousin 5
only and Iashed him to fury. All l can recoilectt
Is seeing the animals muscles contract as he gath
told me the precise minute he would take off. Ny
70 one side There was no power Of hurting Ieft in
ne. and I simply fell not backward nor forward,
but Sideways, and that accident piece of luck
saved me. For the great cat had calculated his
had not bargained for victim to the right or left
& Els weight felI . on my legs merely, and his claws
not Know until later fat She m d eo from mFs @ Ga
To he
scene in her resolve to succor The top Of
heavy body sank 1 felt a greater weight; the
blood poured from his mouth on to to the sand the
seemed TO me 70 be bounded north. south east and
was still Pinned by the massive launches I lay
Clarence, Cecily, and all the hunters stood around
/ noticed how pale she was. Even the tan Of her
last five minutes. The men pulled the heavy car
cass away. taking him by the forePaws, his tail
eyed. Only his skin would be available now.
I sat up IN a minute feeling indescribaby shaky,
and measured the lion with my eye He could be
space in the billiard room voice tailed off
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washing the wounds and dressing them with iodo-
form
The heroine Of this dramatic encounter was
10 find herself in more than one other tight
place before she left Africa, but she seems to
have gained in the cleverness Indispensable to
the hunting Of big game she went on, and
always she had abundance of pluck. She
showed this latter quality especially in her
pursuit Of the rhinoceros which, before she
killed it, managed TO Kiln OF her native fol-
lowers. Her cousin Cecily appears TO have
proved herself a good shot and TO have got a
fine bag. but the more desperate events always
fell 70 Miss Herberts share. Even bad wound
in the arm received from the horn Of a bull
Oryx left her undaunted. and only when fever
ia and he
in her joyous task Of slaughter From first to
last she and her companion were happy and
successful This amusing book gives the reader
a somewhat bewildered sense Of what couple
of determined women do when they make
up their minds
Early in the seventeenth century the travels
Of Fynes Moryson. Gent. published in
England, the work embodying the fruits Of his
tsn years wandering through the Twelve Do
minions Of Germany and many other corners
OF the earth Never since have these travels
been reprinted, so it is pleasant to hear that
they are now being added to the beautifully
printed series published .by MacLehose. in
Glasgow The Macmillan Company will bring
the edition out here. the first two Of the four
volumes appearing this winter The book will
be warmly welcomed. In all literature there
are few things more beguiling than these rec
ords Of travel in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.
Henry Holt & Co. have just published Pro-
fessor Vernon L. Kelloggs "Darwinism To-
Day" a discussion OF present day criticism of
Darwinian theories. and synopsis of all the
important substitutes for Darwinism which
have recently been offered. The volume is in
tended for unspecialized readers who are apt
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