New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

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a HUNTERS CAMPFIREs. By Edward
With eighty illustrations from phofo1-,as,noass
the author. Royal Svo. pp. XII. 4Os Hs.Ig
& Bros. n''=
THE SALMON RIVERS AND LOCHS OF sr-
illustrated Royal svo. pp <. 4t2 IdS,S * 5
Green & Co.
British East Africa Of Ia-e as the parade
sportsmen is altogether to their liking =,
course, the country beyond NairoM had -
been known TO the initiated. Many a pi,.
British hunter has returned thence with -
nifcent trophies innUmerable, % write the =
rative Of their winning. even as German r.
Africa has had its Nimrods but the hoax, !.
sport on this subject written in the pas, -
sented pictures Of discomfort well calculatss !.
discourage all but ardent enthusiasts n
progress OF civilization under the egis ~ a.
British commissioner has changed all that. a.
railroad now runs from the coast throu,b q,
southern game reserve. and from its terminus =,
the northern reservation il is comparatively g.
travelling. Shooting foxes on the Guas Nvi-,
viii soon be fashionable. and the romano =,
shooting in the wilderness. the native ear-is-,
the camps and the zest of constant danga- :,
virgin wilderness things of the past sSoo,
ing rhinoceros or hartebeest in the nyika mn
soon be as well organized professionals -
shooting moose in the Great North woots
Meanwhile a paradise for the hunts- N,
region still remains and it finds an aba -
perienced and enthusiastic chronicIer in Ii,
tenant Colonel Patterson, who has alreaav A.
voted to il an earlier book, The Man-Ea,a-,
Of Tsavo." dealing with his exploits in kin.
ing the lions that made the building on TIA
Uganda railroad so interesting to It's buil5a-v
Colonel Patterson describes in this new voEun.
his government mission to the Northern Fas,
african Game Reserve for the purpose of ex-
plOring it's northern and eastern boundaries api
of reducing it's enormous territory. some 3sO8l
square miles-as large as all Scotland and
Wales togethcr-tO a workable size. for. as Ia
observes, a sanctuary for game that is not adj
quately guarded is worse than no sanctuary al
all He was accompanied on his trip by mar
ried couple, both daring and persistent sports
men and capital shots and, one concludes. bOt
Americans. The book draws an amazing pict
ure Of the abundance of large game in the -
gion, of rhinOcerOses encountered daily. O.
zebra. eland. hartebeest, giraffes and anti
lOpes in such numbers that one soon loss
count; and the lion is still far from rare thera
Spirited accounts are given of many good
days sport and of many a narrow escape, es-
appears to be. when in doubt. charge" Tn,
climax was reached in the killing Of a rOgus
elephant. This huge animals remaining tusk
was found to be completely decayed for 5s-
tance of eighteen inches up the socket the
agony this must have caused sufficing to sz-
plain and excuse its viciOusness.
The dangers of the trip were many and ever
present. even if the hardships were reduced %
minimum. The native carriers rnutinied AMI
one Of the leaders cOmpaniOns-the man-iost
his life in a tragedy caused by the fever with
which the nyika CwiIderness) defends itsei
against invasion. The book will be found Of
practical service by all sportsmen planning
trip to the region. and is provided with a nun
Der of good maps. Colonel Patterson BY the
way, maintains. in the face Of the failure Of
numerous experiments in that direction that the
zebra can be domesticated and be made Of il
calculable value to Africa He says:
SS Iari1erS ana ranchers the question OF labor :
becoming acute. and instead of wandering abOu.
with load on his head. every available native Is
requlreu Tor more remUneratlve work on the land
IL would L think, aStOniSh the British public Il
they knew how much OF their money has gone
during the last ten years in providing transport
for East Africa and Uganda The cost OF main
tanning zebra farm, which in 4 short time might
breed and turn out useful pack nimals. would u
comparison. be mere nothing The eland Is ar
other beast that might be dOnes ticated and usel
for transport purposes
Mr. Edward ]. House has literally rOamed the
wide world over in search Of game. from Greer
lands icy mountains to the banks Of the Gulso
Maru. which is tributary of the GuaSO Nylra
which forms part of the southern boundary Oh