Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-12-24
TWO UGLi ANIMALS,
those BIG Pigs. the Rhinoceros
and the HIppopotamus.
THEY ARE HARD TO CAPTURE.
G-ttins A-sY wtn ons Of the Colossal
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tns sis Fslnss seem l,s. chids
Pisr-aeth sf ths -antsrs-

8s-tss Nssss ths wsrs sf Trapping
tie sis Fsiines seem l,s. chid>
Plsy-aetsoss sf tire HsntsrS
Irapp.ug the tlg f-iluss l. chlld's 1
plsy esl.i..Irrd With Lh- Nurk % cap /
lsHtug thus. mmb~rtag colossal ani- 4
u.4is 20 The big pig family. the raI ]
lsslsru- hild the hlppupuJaulus.
tso -iuIld O" tau4e ur O. break 10 1
halter aad tvo n-asy 10 transport I
ta#su-h Iuudr,-ls ot mites % wilder
a..-z. H Uuu.d tske man half q life
fl#ae q. urIug our "a these uye o. six
tI#u-aud l-.Iud ,rs.itur,.. out 90 y lun
- uts CIVILIZATION. Therefore the
psrt- ouIy chance II O. dud coV
q .Ih gaif aud 10 capture the young
aae
Compared With the alert. grtm sx
frrtur 20 the fsliues. there II little in
/ fu- appearance u a pui-gmatic. pom
i.-r0u- plg Ike rhinucerus 10 Indicate
I IT, real f-ruciUusuess. There l. bard
/ d Wild animal IN existence which i
| ulorr dangerous than this rArest u an
asu m-uagrriv capuves. Awkward A.
T the great creature appenrs when at
I rp-t. once aroused u dlshes through
/ ta. d-u~.-st thrket with the irresIsu
( be sp-,-d - an express train.
To catch rh.uocrrUs the trapper
. pr.s',,.d- with preparations much a.
! Nau,d an explorer bound Tor a two or
/ three yenr expedition In the Interior
I 81 an uu~xplOred continent. for the
ditlcuity confronting him IL the three
Z fold one OF nrst penetrating a thou
saud or more miles into the Interior
s..,uud. Of ending not only a Fillmore
I rus. but A rhlnOC erus COW with a calf
old enough To capture. aud. mstiy. Of
! Transporting his prize across hills and
Z mountains Hud plains. over rivers aud
ruvineS across swamps and through
forests 20 civilization.
SkIrtiug swamps and rivers, the meu
are ever On the lookout for the deep.
! round spoors. Ike pie pate driven
| INTO the mud. for IN this wet ground
the rhinuceros loves to wanow. Ere
saenty five or six months eiapse be
1 rare the tracks of u COW aud. q calf are
picked up
Nolseiess and from well dp reward-
the trapper aud his men gradually
steal ueurer until the COW and the
calf are lnclostd IN circle. FROM
| ahead. out Of the maze OF cane and
| creeper sounds the uneasy stauIz)ing <
Of the COW With a half snort half
| grunt. In an instant the rhinoceror -
| all attention. Head raised and nostTiEs
smiling, she searches the air steadily
At sight Of one OF the savages the COW
| dashes with the speed OF a race horse
at the man. charging the human deeoy,
aud at that instant the trapper's ride
is heard. aud her furious charge Is
over provided the bullet Teaches the
heart by striking just behhnd the lett
foreleg the outy vulnerable point In
the inch thick armor with which the
beast is clad
Now and then it happens that the
trapper fails to kill in ume--hls guu
| may miss ire. intervening trees may
interfere or the marksman may misa
his aim. Then the life or the deco!
depends upon his own agility. Eo ruI
TO one side before the rhinocsros Is al
ulost on top of hm would be fatal. roI
the swift brute would 0gertake hin
with a few bounds His oniy hope L
To wait until the-deadly horn issHalmos
at his feet and then. with the swift
ur-s OF Il monguose dodging 'the aim
a cobra, to leap 10 one side whule tn
ponderous creature. unable TO tnr
short in time, dashes onward -nnder 1t
own impetus Twice. three times,
clever native hunter will dodge in TIN
way, giving the trapper ampIestime {
bring down the rhinoceros.
Then comes the tracking OF til
frightened calf, which has tied at II
first sign of trouble, and suoo it
pushed. prodded and showed up
/. bridge of log skAis into,a cage OF th
! bullock cart.
But even more dangerous Isl the traI
| ping of the hippopoCa amus. for,
! though in itself the "rhino" Is Il MOT
savage antagonist than the rive
horse" the trapper hunts the formt
I on land and brings down alta safe oil
lance, whereas in the case OF the nj
I popotamu he must light in the san
I primitive fashion that savages hay
used for ages Hand to NAV. as
es were, he must engage rhis two tc
monster while standing in the bow
Il frail canoe. for the hPpopotamu
; as it's name. the river hTse.' mean
= is a, land and water animal and mu
be- harpooued and brought ashore b
fore it expires, otherwise it would sil
at once to the bottom Of the'river. e
coveted calf escaping amongsthe 9th
hippopotamuses instead of followil
the stricken COW, to shore 80 that I
7. youngster may be caught-A.
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