Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
MUCH BIG GAME.
Continued From Page Eleven.)

in the air. tells of lion roaming on
pick the bones OF the lions kill. The
country IS alive with lions but few
fear them, as they give man q wide
berth at all times Only when wound
ed and escape is disputed will the king
of beasts show fight. All through the
night the cry of the lion may be heard
in this territory, and it is no uncommon
thing for a party OF these beasts to sit
outside Of a house all night and roar.
Skins OF lions that have not been scar
red in combat with foes or torn In
breaking through the thorny under
brush are rare. Having obtained
good lion skin the hunters guard 1t
carefully from the raVageS of the white
ant, which will destroy skin in a
| night. The lion prefers the plain where
his yellow hide does not contrast with
the brush and underground.
In point OF danger the natives of tins
territory regard the buffalo herds as
the most dangerous to encounter. ana
where q travelling party Of portcrs VIII
scarce notice the roar Of lions. the
sounds Of buffalo herd will send them
into a panic This much dreaded
beast is tricky and brave and a hunts
man needs all his skill to make his Kill.
Wounded, the buffalo resorts to rusc
| Of retrcating into the brush, tempting
| Tie huntsman to follow him. Wheeling
| suddenly about. the wounded animal
| charges the onccmming hunter who,
unless he sends a bullet into the brain
! of the beast, is most likely to be gor"d
and tra,npled to death under the ami
mails hoofs. In hunting the buffalo It
| is customary for the hunter to post
| his shkarls in the tree tops to inform
| him of the trail Of the beast.
Tho hunting of elephants is much re
stlictcd in the territory which the
Roosevelt party will cover, and the Kill
ling of these mammOthS is regarded
| as little less than slaughter Modern
rifles make the killing of elephants
| easy to accomplish, and without much
| danger to the hunter. Hunting for mp
nopotamii is also limited. as the am
NAL is hard to locate. and only found
| i'll remote places along the rivers ana
| lakes The hippo is timid and not
| considered dangerous unless his escape
| to the water is cut off or he IS wound
| cd.
The hunt FOR the rhinocer0s in this
region is no mean venture, Tor not in
frequently the hunter is hunted, ANA
| the angcrcd beast breaks zip whole
| ''Safari'' party with one Of his t"rllbl"
| CHARGES The ''rhino'' is very near
sighted but is possessed with u re
markablc sense of smell and acute
hearing: in fact. his attack is entirely
guided BY these senses. Seeming dam
ger from affair. the Infatuated animal
| charges in a straight line, tramplinG
Gown undcrbruSh and small. trees in his
| path as if he We're making trail
through nothing more than Il flower
garden Caught in the WhrlWind rush.
native hunters sometimes stand stu.
hoping the animal will mistake them
| for a tree and pass on, which the beast
| not ini1equently does. III" charging
animal can only be halted with 4 Wcll
| directed bullet through til" eye "r
heart
IT is expected that the American par
ty will make every effort to bag the
much discussed White rhinoccros. which
has been killed off from his original
range in british east Africa. Gesides
mails. tie hunting game includes 81
RATES.. l"opardS, ZcbraS ana antelopcs.
The antelopes of Africa are most inter
rSting from Il huntSman'| view point Us
they are extremely difficult to shoot.
Very shy and quick, it requires an IN
eriinE aim to bring them down, ANA
only the best SLOTS are successful.
In this rare hunting ground the Am
crican party will find three species of
the hartsbeest, the orNH, the sable an
t"lope, the roam antelope. tn" Orihi. the
lesser reed buck, the water buck, the
Steinbuck, the Gland the greater and les
ser kudIi. The gnu and the buShbuck. All
these various species Of ant"lopcS
have kcenly developed escaping facu-
| ties. Wart hogs. iackals, hNenas. to-
gether with a. host of cranes, bustarGs
and other feathered varieties, all help
SVEN the population Of the animal
kingdom in this region
No hunters can ever hc said to have
enjoyed all the experiences of the Afri-
can jungle without an adventure With
wild dogs. which roam i'll packs and
are the dread of the natives. The cry
Of these animals is not unlike that Of
l"oparls or smaller gamc, and once
heard the natives fly to the tops of the
trees. These mOngrel dogs have low
bodies covered with thick bushy
hair. \ hunter Woundng n wild
dog must, according to the ethics of
the chase, pursue and Kill the wounded
canine.
The fish Of the inland lakes, in which
is found the hippo are unpalatablc,
and the Roosevelt party viii subsist on
flesh and fowl. There is an abundance
of wild duck on Naivasha Lake, where
the hunters will doubtless spend much
time. Once killed. all this quarry
must be Immediately prepared for
transportation, and skins and hides sal
ted and dried to make preservation
certain.
There is hunting all the year round
in British East Africa. but the season
of the big rains,' from the end of
January to the end of April. is not
generally chosen by the hunter. There
is also a short, rainy spell about Octo-
Der and November which, however, is
not regarded as an obstacle to hunt
ing.