Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

my camp several tlmc In the night.
and next morning ! heard he had
taken a sheep from village close by.
We picked mp his 5poor In a river.
bed near the camp. and after follow
ing it for some distance came TO some
wells. The lion had drunk twice. anG
between the drinks had laid down
under the fence of a shooting zereba,
which had been made tG watch the
water. After drinking the second
time he had gone away.
Now and then whom tracNing YEA
come across places where liOAs havs
killed, and II 60 Us on sand or bare
soil, you can tell everything that has
happened almost as well as II YOU
had seen &C. We were camped once
on the edge of "a river-bed and thick
covert ran right down to the back OF
the camp One night there was
tremendous scunling i'm these bushes.
so I'm the morning ] went out To see
what had been going on. and found
that two lions had been chasing
warthog. which had just saved IT'S
bacon by getting underground II
must have been a very near thing.
as the lions had ploughed great fur
rows In the sand at the mouth Of the
hole. showing they had pulled up pref
ty sharp. Warhogs generally go TO
ground when pursued, and as there Is
no second opening 20 the burrows, and
presumably no chamber at the end
l where they can turn. they always 20
I in backwards This has actually been
seen by sportsmen who have been
riding after them with a spear [
should think this pig can hardly have
had the time 20 do this Perhaps he
got jammel in head FIRST. as he re-
fused 70 be smoked out when We tried
It,
Warthogs are fairly common In
somaliland, especially In the hili coun-
try I remember the first I got gave
us lot of trouble One of the men
came On enc morning 20 say ne had
seen Gnu boar feeding close to camp.
| anatched mp a rife and two or three
cartridges and ran 90 the place with
Abdull2h. when first / saw the Peg
be was cantering away through the
bush. ] shot and broke one of his
legs, but he was out OF sight before
I could ger another shot We tracked
him Tor some distance by the blood
and caught sight of him some way
off, but / could not get a clear view
of him. and missed with both barrels
We then discovered we bad no more
cartridges. but went ON tracking.
hoping that nay other shikarl. who had
stopped behind 20 set some would
come up We soon saw the pig again.
and when he started on with a leg
swinging we determined 90 try 10 run
him down For a long way We could
only iust keep him ga sight. or rather
Abdullah could only just keep the pig
I'm sight and it took me AN my time
not 20 lose Abdullah. as / bad lately
started up-couutry after the sea yoy.
age, and was frighufully out OF condi.
ton. Just as ! was seriously thinking
of giving 10 up Abdullah stopped and
began beckoning TO me no come ON.
and when ] got 90 where De was. /
found the boar had pulled mp and
was sitting on his launches facing u.s.
AS we ran up bee made a biz of "a rush.
but we each OFT MS boltod for tree
and De reiterated again 90 his BUSH
Here we were with nothing but a
hunting knife and am empty rife be-
tween us We found that the boar
was very weak from loss of blood.
and never came moro chan "a few
yards in bis rush. so we got some big
stones. and coming up behind bushes
We pelte1 him. aiming for his head.
AZ last Ablullah made "a splendid shot
with au enormous stone and bowlod
him over. and ] ran iu and drove my
mifo up 20 the hilt between his ribs.
That finished him. poor beast but OF
course Abdullah would have nothing
TO do with "a pig. so we had 20 leave
the body untouched and sent OUT
Midgan from camp 90 bring n the
head.
ny permission of Ionsmaus. Green a
go. Sew Nor.
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