Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

In Camp, Sultan Hamid, June Il, 1913.
a AM having the time of my life here going it all
alone It's lots of fun and no end of interest as
4 do lust as I feel I am camped within fifty yards
of tbe railroad track near section station, there
Is no water in this section and it is brought here
and mt in tanks for the track men. The rallroad
makes no difference to the game The only objection
Is that the other side is part of big reserve ana
while 7 am trying hard on this side for the grahe
about every evening there is herd not more than
half mile away watching us in camp
They are a hard proposition, their long necks and
wonderful eyesight give them all the advantages You
may think there are none anywhere around and then
way off YOU see something bobbng about the tops of
the trees and make it out to be giraffes head He
NAV have been watching you since you were two miles
off When they start off even in walk their speed IS
gery fast so quite useless to try to overake them
GOT close to two fine ones. but found they were not
bulls
Good Shot.
was returning from giraffe hunt the other day
and saw two Gland bulls did not want to shoot them,
as thought 1t would disturb the giraffe if any were
about so l watched them for some time, but the
temptation was great and decided to try shot
from where I stood My first must have just passed
his back by inch So as saw the dust kick up on
the other side. I had overjudged the distance and
as he still stood looking at me took another and he
dropped just as he stood. paced the distance and
His back was broken just over his heart. He was
magnificent specimen with fine horns, saved the
whole skin and skeleton. 1t must be worth Few
hundred dollars, as it is in perfect condition. The
other bull was an old fellow and fine specimen, as
he was 'blue" the way they get when very old, and
valuable as a specimen, but he had one broken horn
and it took me some time to decide which one L
wanted and / don't regret taking the one L did.
When we were cutting him up the boys found an
arrow tip in his rump embedded quite distance,
where he had been hit recently by natives arrow.
found complete arrow sticking up in the ground,
that had evidently been shot at some beast saved
them both and it makes good series.
To-day came across a herd of Grants gazelle with
fine big buck in ii that had seen twice before and
wanted To-day salked for about half an hour and
finally from behind bush got a shot at him, which
measured 225 yards and dropped him with one shot
felt quite tickled as at that range animal little
smaller than our deer is not large along the sights
This is not my usual shooting but happened to be two
good shots The way 1 have been trying to get at
the giraffe is leaving camp in the dark and getting
on high HILL where can see them, as 1t gets light
and they don't see going there. 1t Is now tne
winter here, and in the evening jacket IS neeueu
In the day it is really cool also The Dig rams nave
missed this wear there Is very little water III the
country so this coming dry season VIII be quite
serious affair." and there will undoubtedly be much
famine as the crops all dying or are already dead
'' June %.
waited until | got my giraffe before closed TINS
letter Yes | got it at last after much patience ana
hard work and almost mile of crawling ON my nanus
and knees where the ground is covered with thorns
from the trees He was of two that saw from