Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25
QUEER FEATURES OF TRAVEL ON ENG
LANDS TRUNK LINE TO CENTRAL
AFRICA.

came a great game preserve two miles
In width and about 600 miles long. Inc
animals seem TO know that they are
safe when they are near the railroad
and most of them are as quiet as our
domestic beasts when In the fields.
Let Inc give you some notes which |
made with these wild animals on all
sides of me. / copy. These Kapiti plains
are fiat and | am riding through vast
herds OF antelopes and zebras. some
OF them are Within pistol shot of the
cars There are 50-odd zebras feeding
on the grass not 100 feet away. Their
black ana white stripes shine in the
sunlight, and they are round. plump
and beautiful. They raise their heads
as the train goes by and then continue
their grazing. Further on we see
antelopes some as big as two-year
old calf and others the size of a goat.
The little ones have horns almost as
long as their bodies. There is one var
iety which has white patch on its
rump. This antelope looks as though
It had a baby's bib tied to it's stubby
tail or had been splashed with white
wash brush. Many of the antelopes
are yellow or fawn colored; and some
of the smaller ones are beautifully
striped,
WILD GNUS AND OSTRICHES.
Among the most curious animals 10
be seen are the gnus. AS / write this
there are some galloping along with
the train. They are great beasts as
big as a moose, with the horns of q COW
and the name ana tail of, a horse. They
are sometimes called white beeste; they
make very good hunting.
But look, there are some ostricnes.
The flock contains a dozen or more
birds, which stand like Interrogation
points away off there on the plain.
They turn toward the cars as we APP
proach and then spread their wings and
skim away at great speed GiraHes
are frequently seen. They are more
timid than the antelope, however ana
are by no means so brave as the re-
bras
We see more and more wild animals
as we go onward The whole region is
a geological garden; and the beasts are
so protected that they are fast increas-
ing In number. All hunting here must
be done by licenses, and, as l shall
show later 1t costs $3.50 for the right
to shoot a certain number OF elephants
and other big game. The only animals
which one can kill without government
permission are lions and leopards, and
the danger is that the lion or leopard
and not the man will do the killing.
one of the great troubles that the
British government had while build
ing the Uganda railroad was to keep
the natives from stealing the telegraph
wires. The women use such wire as
jewelry They bind it around the legs
from the ankle to the knea They wrap
it in great coils around their necks,
and they make IL into round disks,
which they tie to the lobes of their
ears. They steal all sorts of railroad
bolts and nuts for personal ornamentd-
ton, and brass wire and pieces of
bronze are so much in demand that
they will pass current as money. All
the way here l have seen natives load
ed with wire of one kind or another.
Some had little more than the wire
on them. and the clothes of most were
conspicuous by their absence. About
the only clothing worn along the Ugan-
da road is small pieces of cotton. Some
of the men wear breech cloths, and
some OF the women have short skirts.
Farther up the line | understand they
wear nothing, and at the terminal
stations both men and women go about
as naked as when they were born.
SOME QUEER JEWELRY.
1t Is wonderful how these people
mutilate themselves in order to be what
they consider beautiful. The ears of
many of the women are punched like
sleeves, In order that they may hold
rings of various kinds. AT Vol I saw
a girl with corks, each about as big
around as my little finger, put through
holes in the rims of her ears. She