Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
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dent may have chance TO hunt native
fashion, The negroes there are experts
and they kill all sorts of game, from
wild hogs 10 rhinoceroses; They hunt
at the close of the summer, first set
ting fire to the high grass and burning
over the whole country. AS the grass
sprouts up in the swampy places the
game goes there to feed, and the ma
tiVes lay in wait and shoot 1t with
their bows and arrows or kill II with
spears. They also stretch great nets
across the paths or drives. into which
they chase the game. and when the an
imals become entangled they rush in
and spear them. TheseNnetssare made
of vines and fiber and are sometimes
two miles in length.
1t will interest the president To see
how they shoot lions and leopards by
means Of traps The most common
lion trap is a moose baited with meat
and so arranged that when the lion
grabs the meat he is caught by the
moose and in jerking away pulls the
trigger of a gun which hangs down
from above. The gun is so fixed that
when,i goes off the beast receives tho
ball just back of the neck and is killed.
I'm trapping leopards the gun is set at
an angle of As degrees, so that the
animal is shot through the brain.
THE TIGER FISH OF THE IAN
BESI
As 10 fishing | am told there is no
sport like catching the tiger fish OF the
HuWbcsi. This fish often weighs as
'.'''' 'i 30 pounds, and IL rs as Carney
as salmon. Indeed, II is far more so
.| l'utauu 10 its weight for It Is
s1.l thut four pound zambesi tiger
VIII yield more excitement than a
40 pound salmon, The tiger fish is
dark blue on the back white on the
belly, and IT has five or six blue stripes
on the sides. It's fms and tail are red.
The best places To FISH for itIare from
an island, or below rocky bar. In
about three feet of water The fish
takes almost any kind of a glitterine
spinning bait and a good way TO catch
| II rs to troll for II or cast with hook
with spoon fastened to the line by n
steel wire. The lines have 10 be care
fully made. and nothing bus wire Is OF
any good In connection with the hook,
for the tiger WIN cut "a gut or twine
line 20 pieces with It's teeth. Great
care must br used In extracting the
hook, and II Is well 10 XIII the fish first,
It's teeth are sharp, and, If one is not
careful, he may lose finger. The
tiger hsh ifs ms FUN of bones as shad,
hut It does not compare with either
The salmon or shad as "a table fish.
About It's only virtue s the sport
which IL affords ana there are many
African fish which are better 10 taste.
THE SEASON FOR HUNTING
Down here in Rhodesia the president
will lind the winter months Of from
July IN November the best time for
| his visit Then the ra'ny season Is
over. the grass rs grown mp and been
| burned off and the new grass II lust
| shooting The game now comes out Of
| the woods ANA bushes 10 craze, and
| There are practically mo- insects OF
| mosquitoes There is no danger of
! fever M this time although | would
| suggest that the president go nowhere
| lu Africa without MOSQUITO nets, and
! that ne put them up whether out on
! Inc plains or I'M the cars, when there
! is the least danger
In British East Africa almost any
| time of the year eNcept me RAINY "a
| Son win furnish excellent hunting, Tn
his game country is so near a.
equator that the temperature Is aboqt
| the same an the year round. This rs
| al.o true off Uganda and as for trc
| sudan. the best time there is in &c
| heart of our winter
J FRANK q. CARPENTER.