The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-05

and there is little of East Africa and
Uganda which he does not know thor.
oughly Earlier he shot big game in
Maine, New Brunswick. southern Call.
iorDia. Alaska, British Columbia, In
dia, BOrmah, Ceylon and IN other
parts Of the world He has packed
his outfit around for twelve years.
and when he heard OF "A good shooting
ground he went 10 II.
Il am not putting 1t on a bit" he
said, when | tell YOU there is good
sport shooting lions within ride OF
two hours of Nairobi.
Il was I'm that region in 900, but
the sport was altogether too comfort
able and easy for the best fun. Game
fell with so little effort that ] made
mp my mind TO go farther north.
visited the region about Lake Ru-
dolph. where | passed several months
hunting Wild animals"
Sewall baGged his first lion In
Rumucuu in the fall OF 1906 a few
weeks after he had landed at Nom.
basa. and then proceeded TO Nairobi.
In speaEing of lion hunting. which
few Americans have enjoyed. he said:
Goad Lion to Fight
You see. YOU goad him into a fight
Not that he is n coward or anything Of
the sort, but he Is used to mindIng his
own business. But when YOU chase
him around bit and make It clear to
him that you are after his skin. then
he whlrls on you as much as If TO say:
Now, come on and well fight 1t out
An o.h -, l.
comes very fast. For a short distance
there is no faster animal In Africa
than the lion"
While in the mountains OF the
moon. between Entebbe and RuweD-
zori. where the duke of the AbruzZl
made his reputation as a climber,
Scwall reached the conclusion that
was the original home OF the elephant
While on the trek he stood Oh an Gle
walton and counted part OF herd in
the underbruSh He stopped at pa.
satisfied that this was his opportunity
20 pick out 4 prize monster Before
he ended his attack on the herd he
had two pairs of the best worries
which Africa could produce
Africa is not only the greatest
hunting country IN the world. but 1t
Is also a inc Eround-noor proposition
There are vast commercial posSibili-
ties In tho continent which men of
business arc just beginning 10 realize.
or course. il takes a little capital to
go hunting there. so. too. II takes cap
ital to make investments But It's a
grand country for both hunter and
investOr-thc last frontier OF the
world
Building Railroad Lines.
Sewall said that great situation
has been created by the building OF
the Uganda railroad, adding.
Some railroad lines which are now
either building or arc I'm plan awaiting
the arrival Of construction gangs, in
clude a line from Nairobi almost due
north TO Fort Hall which Is intended
as a feeder for the main line. II will
run into the wheat country. From
the Uganda railway a branch will nun
south through my other land a third
line. which has already been surveyed
will tap the timber belt northeast oi
Nairobl. The British government
builds railroads first and settles the
territory afterwards.
To Cultivate Cactus.
While the Uganda railroad was un'
der construction Sewall acquired
fifty square miles OF grazing ground
for cultiyatInE cactus. the fiber OF
which is used in making rope, He
says the plant thriEes with no atten'
tion and that little expense attaches
TO its harvesting
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