St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-05
Al last cert.r

AT last certain slgn.
are getting near the ens
take oI their SANDALS
their loincseths unam
= corner Tapping Is ne
scare the lion. For us sss
sake your ride IRON tbs aatiss
has had charge b il, 81.
head sntkarl carrying 49,
steal forward untli In ,tsz ssaa
e ringed in . snall cIasne !.
Ihen. when All Is over, sns 1
= Delng taken on. now rgasss
TO sit In the sbads. lisfss
excited talk ot tie nasivss
tins your nerves quiet -
after the hopes and fears n
ing. You ride home to cam si.s
lion skin behind your asdlls
one q your men after snoiAs
his version Of the morr
ings N = hunting song. 81 SIS 's
hand, when you get ] af
after q long and dimcnIf
seems as il any number + lt.s
n the future win nevsr msss 81.
the loss Of this one. Which Il
the biggest lion, carryins
name you have ever seen.
home to camp il then !. aslam @
no lion means no sheep for ass
and they are Correspondence
hearted.
the Hrst thing IA Is dsns i,
ing is 70 md fresh spoor -
viii often bring news q 49,
unluckily the average uIlassrs
OF 9 fresh track u rathsF KIT
have several times gone
70 and Ct the end . track several 8ss
old. On one occasion ina ss
arrived. saying there wefe 9rass
tracks 10 8 TiYershed. Iaekliv nss
that half 8 mile srom oap. ss
we got there tie irsSh ss
turned out to BE- the apos y
enasi ut least q week old
The ap0or d pas
hyena - not unlike Aa 4 1ns.
on certain ground s
can easily told.
has claWs Hks i dOg
uactle Be 1 Aoa
sheathed had leave Ia ma
way to find spooF IS to II
Yourself good track 8us
thare be- Villages naar
which lions have been III shs As
of raidlng II II very assessor
there as early III passibIa
morning. II ones
sheep and goats end hdsaa m
which hare been
lagos sll Right are iek out, sssa
eli shout ma 5t
abs footprints, and eyesg pr
the village u clicked E0 Ions
Be beasts coins III i ar hss
grounds Hitting q Mems ma
under these circumstance ii as
impossible and tha aas hg
herds Il very
Besides villages, aay M y
neighborhood u i good pIaes Il M
for spoor. If i uoh Is sboas asN
ought to be no dlmelty "a pssu
his spoor within i day sWa4
Battling Ways d fhe Jungle
Rather curious eoiaS
sometimes brought d Ngh y spo6t
Not very long after tha daaa If
story just related one ol oaF par8
went to a place assa wa iaas
been killing regularly ind ID sa
nights for them With j Col q a
The lions must hR ialt the ls
for 4 day or twa willie As M
as there we're 40 ssA ek
found anywhere abos Es
he came back III camp pnM y
ride out Ia that dIrseaa. SQaa
We started W. cams d tM pea
two lions, which le aloug
till we came " sasea
The night sftsF 81 haA & aaa
had walked ever a yflUs
his donkey had hs V a sA
middle Of the
a little lats,
be If B place sa
4 lev days before. = NAs AsH
lily camp saysfa y ss
and next nlosnlng ~
taksn d sheep GFsm
we picked up mg
bed near tie camp
ing IT Tor aomo dncs
weils. The Isl hA6
between tie 8rsnk Jag @
under the ssaea D
which had bs
water. After aEa
time he had gpas
Now and sas
come across pIaee1
killed, and Il y hsaa
SOIL, you EN- ksli eas
happened alneat g sl
had seen Ii NO
on the edge d ! sss
covert ran riga aa8a s
the camp. one
tremendous scu ss
81 Ii TIE nornsns
what asa bosn
that two sOna na
wartho9, WHICH
bacon by
must hAva been
a. tae isent hAd
rows III ths rsna go s
hsls, shOwias Aaa g.as
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