Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

Arabs sword glance through the air and
the giraffe he was following fell in a
heap under the blow The fallen animal
tried to rise. and as IL did so It re ceived
another Stroke. this time on the other leg.
and went down for good. completely dis
abled.
While watching the Arab do his work
I lost ground and my quarry got to the
wood. l forgot all instructions and fol-
lowed it. greatly to my sorrow. for | had
not been among the trees long before a
limb that was dragged ahead by the fee
Ing giraffe CAME flying back and struck
me in the chest such blow that | was
completely endorsed and almost rendered
unconscious.
My pony. trained to its work. ran on
for a few yards and. missing me. returned.
Although I was groggy and almost s. I'M
ned from the blow. I picked mp my sword
and again mounted my charger. which
seemed to be more eager for the chase
than its rider.
l was no sooner in the saddle than a
noise behind attracted my attention. and
a moment later huge bull giraffe APP
preaching al terrific rate. burst into
view. l went after him like a shot. AS
did so / saw he was followed by an
Arab who was taking a short cut to head
him off. Some dense bushes ahead Of the
giraffe made him stop and turn. He
faced me and the Arab rushed behind
him to strike the blow. Like flash one
of the rear hoofs shot out and the Arab
wen. flying through the air a stream of
blood pouring out of his face. l rode at
the giraffe. which turned, and in sec
ond, without realizing what had hap
pened, both my horse and myself were
rolling on the earth. When | got up
could see by the mark on my pony that
the giraffe had planted a kick on the
rear shoulder. That ended my giraffe
hunt for the day. for the animal got
away before could mount again.
turned my attention to the Arab. who
was holding himself up against a tree in
q dazed way. while his face bled in a
sickening manner The sharp cloven hoof
Of the giraffe had split his face to the
bone. as well as broken his Jaw.
stringing a giraffe. l certainly succeeded
in getting into danger that was quite diff
ferent from that one experiences when
hunting the giraffe with rifle.
The Arabs that day killed seven 81
RATES..
When the hunt was over the skins were
removed from the animals and then the
meat taken to be dried in the same man.
ner that the Beers make their famous
preferably in the wind. where 1t will dry
before it has time to purify.
The skin Of the giraffe is greatly priced
by certain Arab tribes. among which 1t Is
used for shields, and excellent shields
they are. for I have known them to de-
fleet a Martini-Henry bullet. and it is a
strong man. indeed. who can pierce one
with a sword. Another quality in favor
of giraffe shields Is their extreme light
ness.
The night following the hunt. when all
the Arabs were assembled 1t was found
that there was man missing. The head
man sent out searchers. who went off
fainter and fainter as they penetrated
farther into the blackness of the night
At the first signs of day the camp was
alive and half the men mounted and gal
day before. Being curious to know the
fate of the missing man, l accompanied
them.
Not long after we reached the hunting
ground a cry from one of the party took
us to q deep donga', where a strange
sight met our eyes. The missing man
was lying there across the dead body of
his pony and a, few yards away was the
carcass of a female leopard. Although
the Arab was not dead. he was In a very
bad way. for by the appearance of his
leg could tell it was broken. and, added
to this. one of his arms was badly
chewed.
The wounded man was slung across a
pony and taken to the camp. When he
was revived he told of his mishap.
He was riding after the CRATES with
the rest of us when all of a sudden his
horse went head first into the donga
and broke its front legs. The rider was
rendered unconscious from the impact
with the hard earth. 4 little later, when
he recovered, he found his own leg was
broken and seeing the condition of his