New-York tribune., 1908-08-06

lived on a ranch and shot panther and black bear
among the surrounding hills. Later she visited the
United States, but Eastern drawing rooms saw her
not. Instead she carnped for months among the
Rockies and shot big horn and wapiti in Wyoming
and Montana She emerged from her Western ex-
perience first class shot and from it gained con-
fdence for the Somaliland expedition, which is so
unusual from its danger its adventures and its
entire that IT has already received definite
place in the annals of sport
Early In their trip the cousins encountered vast
numbers of those deer, antelope and gazeles Of
infinite varieties with which Africa abounds but
it was not until reaching the Haud. vast district,
part prairie and part jungle, that they could hope
to meet with lions. At last the exciting moment
The two girls, tracking down lion and
lioness to a jungle. face to face with both Of
them at thirty-1ve yards. They fired simulta-
neously and the lioness dropped dead Miss Agnes
Herbert was so excited that she forgot prudence.
Without stopping to reload she sprang forward TO
see the shot, quite forgetting the lion.
With a the big cat crouched for a spring and
Miss Herbert seeing her danger too late saved her
life bv throwing herself fiat upon the ground.
The lion jumped her. hitting only her legs. and
before he could rise Miss Cecily, standing within
six yards of him. blew out his brains The hind
quarters of the beast, stretched across her body,
pinned Miss Herbert TO the ground. She sat UP as
soon as the weight removed. but her lower
limbs had been clawed, and she in bed three
weeks in the wilderness. However, with good
nursing and antiseptic treatment she escaped with
ond Iion feet 1O15 inches long. with a heavy 12-
bore at forty yards. She separated from her
party and camp night by accident. and passed
the night In the jungle alone. Tending off a huge
hyena which earnestly desired closer acquaintance.
Among the African beasts of names strange TO the
public but well known TO the hunter Of big game
which she got in this region were the oryx.
Swayne's hartebeest, koodoo. lesser koodoo dk-dik
and Clarkes gazelle one Of the largest and most
difficult to stalk Of the antelope tribe Her first
rbinoceros-the Only animal a Somali really fears
she got in the Ogadn country She stalked him all
day and killed him with shoulder shot and two
balls in the heart
All this sounds rather bloody but as a matter
of fact the cousins. aside from dangerous beasts.
killed only enough supply the daily wants of the
caravan On one occasion the shikaris headed
loness and cub toward Miss Agnes. but the
death of the mother would leave the cub defence
less she let them both 60 Another time shikari
brought little oryx fawn into camp. The fawn
was not yet weaned, and as there was milk IN
camp, it seemed likely to die. The two cousins.
therefore took it some miles back to the place
where it had been found. Here they turned It
loose and it about b1eating piteously for its
mother. A this is a dangerous proceeding for
tender little fawn in the African jungle, the two
huntresses sat patiently down. rifles in hand. to
protect ii from all corners. They waited quite
hours before an answering whinny announced that
the family TO be reunited. and fingered long
enough to witness the meeting between the mother
and fawn. That is perhaps as singular picture
as could be drawn TroIn the CWsnCeIn century thus
far: English girls sitting with their rifles alone
in African forest, watching over the safety OF
a fawn which had lost its mother A grown-up
oryx gave Miss Agnes her most severe injury. In
his dying fury he struck out and ripped her arm
open. His head is among her trophies. though
Since the African trip Miss Agnes has shot cart
bou moose, owls DALI walrus. black bear and brown
bear in Alaska. She went from Vancouver TO Ber~
ing Sea on a seaIer and the panka. the native
garment Of caribou skin
fInpossibility unmarried from
race on the Continent doing things Ike this. and
the remoteness of such achievements from tho
American girl. Indicate how very new the new
woman Is In England