Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-11


very little danger ii ordinary precau
tons are taken by the travellers. Wild
animals of all kinds are dangerous ii
you come upon them unawares. Fol-
instance, If a hunter in tracking q
buck in the tall grass. which is often
fifteen feet high, lion may be stalk.
ing the same game and becomes angry
and turns on the hunter Unexpectedly
In the opinion Of all the big game
hunters l met in East Africa the ma.
tive buffalo is the most dangerous of
the big game and the rhinoceros comes
next. Lions will keep out Of the way
of hunters, as rule, unless they are In.
terfered with in thier pursuit Of game,
but If wounded they will attack man.
''This was really my second trip to
East Africa. Four years ago l went
as far as Lake Victoria on the railroad
from Mombasa, accompanied by 9
woman companion. One night we were
on the train going to Nairobi when the
conductor knocked at the door Of our
compartment about O'Clock and
asked US to close: the windows, as the
next station was reported to be full
Of lions. have forgotten the name OF
the place, but it was not far from Vol
We closed the windows hurriedly, and
when the train stopped we could hear
the lions roaring 80 close it seemed %
IL they were outside the windows OF
the car. Two hunters came down
from Nairobi next night and shot i've
lions in the station yard from the top
Of the water tank. This time we saw
the tracks Of lions, but did not see any
Of the animals.
1T was in the country between M.
null and Gondoltbro that we had our ad.
venture with the elephants. Our party
had been warned by some Of the gov
eminent officials we met at Butiaba,
on Lake Albert, that there was herd
Of from 200 to 800 female elephants
and totos Qittle ones) on the road, and
they advised us to give the herd the
right Of way on the road If we met
1t. They also advised us to carry
torches made Of long grass on the road
from Numuli to Gondokoro to keep the
elephants from trampling on us in the
dark
'The first day we left camp at 81
o'clock in the morning with lighted
torches, and less than mile away we
espied herd Of elephants numbering.
it seemed to me. fully 800. We could
see the great cloud of dust they stirred
up as they passed ahead of us.
1--WE lost sight of the herd in short
time, but while l was waiting under
the shade of some trees for the rear
guard Of our little caravan to come up
l heard far off cracking sound and |
saw this great herd Of elephants ad-
vancing rapidly toward US. With one |
look at the animals. shouted to my
companion and, grasping my short
skirts firmly in my hand, ran down |
the path to meet the rest Of our party. |
But the elephant herd turned aside.
"The mosquitoes are very bad on the
trail from Entibbe to Gondokoro, and
nothing will keep them out. You have
to brush them off your hands, and
they sooner or later inoculate you with
the germ of the tropical fever, which
is common in that part Of Africa. All
our party had it in turn. I was laid
up for two days with temperature of
103, and the next day I got up and
walked twelve miles," |
The most deadly disease in East A.
RIGA was the sleeping sickness, which
had carried off 100000 natives, Mrs.
Heilmann said, from the shores Of
Lake Victoria in the last five years.
With regard to-. the, daily marches
through the jungle along the, narrow
paths, Mrs. Hel1mann said that the
early morning hours, from 8 to 8
o'clock, were delightful. but that after
that the heat became unbearable. The
marches from camp to camp were
from twelve to twenty-five miles a
lay. l+ o., +as..,; &jes$:: a.. .s.sss,,
When questioned about camp equip
ment in East Africa Mrs: Hellmann
raid she had all the comforts Of 4
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