Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-15

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where hunters outfit their par
tics for shooting the lions. elephants,
hipotami. rhinocerroses, antelopes,
gnus, CRATES and other wild animals
which infest 1t. AS l write this letter
several large parties are here prepar-
Ing to go out ION safarl' as such hunts
are called. The Norfolk hotel Is filed
with them. and behind ii are scores OF
black, half-naked porteIs and tent boys,
packing sporting goods into boxes lay
ing In provisions and arranging things
for the march. There are head men,
rounding UP the porters and giving
each his load. There are gunbearets
and there are the sportsmen them
selves. some clad all in kahll. some
wearing riding breeches and ieggIns.
and all In thick helmet hats.
In the big yard upon which my hotel
rooms look can see piles of tusks,
heads. horns and skins from hunting
parties which have just returned. and
IN one corner Is the baby lion OF which
4 have already written. Among the
sportsmen are several eminent English
men. and In the hotel Itself are both
lords and ladies' some OF the latter
having come out to try a shot a Il lion
or so. During this last year two wo-
men have shot lions. ana one OF the
biggest manoaters ever killed in East
Africa came down through a bullet
from gun In the hands Of an Amerl-
can girl.
LAST YEARS HUNTING BAG.
There Is 80 much game here that al
most any one who goes out cannot fail
10 bring back something, The bag for
last year numbered over 5000 head. and
aflrs l..r
land. France, Germany Austria, Italy,
India, Australia, North America and
New Zealand Many excellent shots
We're made by Yankees, and some OF the
best by an expedition sent out by Tho
Field Columbian Museum. consisting
of MI, Y. Shaw Kennedy Mr., and Mrs,
g. ", Akely ana Mr. u. Heller. This
party started out on the Athi plains, an
enormous plateau east OF here. which
just swarms with gebrAs, untelopes
gnus and other Wild animals, and from
there made its way north ana south.
IL secured specmens Of almost every
description for the museum. and shot
among other animals, ~ lions, including
magnificent hlaok-mnned brute
which was killed on the Molo river Mr..
konnedy himself shot no less than
seven Hons, and of these four were
males and three females. lie killed
also two elephants.
Among other successful parties was
that OF Aossrs, Phipps ana Havemeyer.
who together, shot five lions and killed
score OF other kind OF big game,
NOBILITY OUT SHOOTING.
AZ 10 the English hunters. their nnme
Is legion, and those who have recently
been here have included many Of tho
nobility Lord Hindlip, who Is one OF
the largest landlords Of this colony
owning more Than 100000 acres, he made
several flying expeditions from his
country home, ana has succeeded IN
obtaining two large elephants and a
splendid buffalo, Tho Earl ~ Cowlay
who came here on his way home from
Ceylon. bagged several water buffaloes
and a rhinoceros, and Lord and LADY
Waterford have killed q lion, whiel
they stalked through the long grass, m
company with their bearers Lad,
waterford WAS quarter Of mile distant
When she saw two men clad In KHAKI
80 down before the charge OF a wound
ga hon, ana could not tel whether hel
husband stood or fell. by miracl,
mother man lost his life They wer,
holn gpnbearers his lordship being OF
70 me Side. Later Lord Waterford sho
an elephant al Moro, and secured
me pair OF tuslka
During visit OF lis royal highness
tne Duke OF Connaught, now about NV,
- feuis ago, pc made some pretty shoot
" oNsf the hapiti plains; but did no