The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25

my caUp !sev5a times in the night
and ncEb pnorning l heard he haG
taken sheep from village close by.
We picked up his sPoor in a river
bed near the camp. and after follow
ing it for some distance came to some
wells The Hon had drunk twice, and
between the drinks had laid down
under the fence Of a shooting zereba,
which had been made 10 watch the
water After drinking the second
time he had gone away.
Nov and then when tracking you
come across places where lions have
killed, and If it Is on sand OF bare
soil, you can tell everything that has
happened almost as well as If you
had seen It. We were camped once
on the edge of a riyer-bed aud thick
covert ran right down TO the back OF
the camp One night there was
tremendous scunilng in these bushes.
so in the morning ! went ont to see
what had been going on, and found
that two lions had been chasing a
warthog. which had just saved !ts
bacon by getting underground Ii
must have been very near thing,
as the lions had plouchcd great fur
rows in the sand at the mouth Of the
hole. showing they had pulled up pret,
ty sharp WarthogS generally 80 10
ground when pursued. and as there IS
no second opening 10 the burrows, and
presumably no chamber at tho end
where they can tum, they always go
H.. IL l.
seen by sportsmsn who have been
riding after them with a spear
should think this pig can hardly have
had the time TO do this. Perhaps he
got jammcd in mead first, as be re-
fused 10 be smoked out when We tricd
IT,
Warthogs arc fairly common in
Somaliland, especially in the hill coun-
try. | remember the first | got gave
US n lot of trouble. One of the men
came in one morning TO say he had
seen a fine boar feeding close to camp.
| snatched up a rifle and two or three
cartridges and ran to the place with
Abdullah When first | saw the p.g
he was cantering away through tho
bush | shot and broke one OF his
legs. but he was out OF sight before
| could get another shot. We tracked
him for some distance by the blood
and caught sight of him some way
off. but | could not get a clear view
OF him. and missed with both barrels.
We then discovered We had no more
cartridges, but went on tracking.
hoping that nay other shikarl. who had
stopped behind to get some. would
come up We soon saw the pig again.
and when he started OFF with a leg
swinging We determined to try TO run
him down For a long way we could
only just keep him In sight. or rather
Abdullah could only just keep the pig
in sight, and it took me all my timc
not to lose Abdullah. as / had lately
started up-comtry after the sea yoy-
age and was friChtfully out of condi'
ton Just AK | was seriously thinking
of giving 1t up, Abdullah stopped and
began beckoning to me TO come on.
and when ] got to where he was. |
found the boar had pulled up and
was sitting on his launches facing us.
AS we ran I'D he made bit of rush.
but we each OF us boltcd for tree
and he retreated again TO his bush.
Here we were with nothing but
hunting knife and an empty rifle be-
tween us. We found that the boar
was very weak from loss of blood.
and never came more than few
yards in his rush. go We got some big
stones. and coming up behind bushes
we pelted him. aiming for his head.
At last Abdullsh mado n splendid shot
with an enormous stone and bowled
him over. and l ran In and drove my
knife up to the hilt between his ribs.
That finished him. poor beast but OF
course Abdullah would have nothing
to do with n pig. so We had to leave
tie body untouched. and sent out
Midgnn from camp TO bring in the
head.
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