Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-22

across our tran about seven huudre
! yards behind us. The moment h
, struck 1t he charged violently to wher
he thought we might he. Fludin,
, nothing. he turned and charged bacl
| again. and so he continued for som,
minutes, looking all the time for sorr,
object upon which te vent his indig
, nation. At last he got tired OF 4
and walked off In very uneasy fran,
OF mind. We kept a pretty aharr
lookout on our back trail, TO see tha,
he did not follow us.
The picture of that big beast is one
that shall never forget; not alone
on account of the animal himself. but
OF the whole setting. for the valley
below was literally covered with game
AT one time we could see, besides
droves OF the commoner antelope, or.
yxes, Glands. zebras. ostriches. and the
giraffe; and surmounting the whole
scene was the beautifu. -snow.cnpped
mountain Kilima- Marc, eighty miles
away, its summit dazzlingly white In
the clear upper air. while Its base
was completely lost in the haze OF
distance. Unfortunately. In hot coun,
tries one can not photograph objects
over two or three hundred yards AWAY
except under unusual conditions, ow
ing to the shimmeripg OF the heated
\ atmosphere near the earth. II was
too bad to miss such wonderful pic.
ture.
A couple of days later, while we
were on the lookout for game to pho
tograph, we saw, about "A third of a
mile ahead OF us, pair of rhInoce.
roses, one a bull with pretty good
horn, Tho wind was favorable. so we
started for them. We hadn't gone
very far when my caD,era.bearer cali.
ed ont: 'Kifarol Kifaroi" and. to
our surprise. we saw another rhinooe.
rose nearly down wind of us and moi
Two hundred yards away II was Ger.
thinly fortunate that we had seen him
for had we gone but very little
farther he would undoubtedly have
had our wind, and would probably
nave come Tor us. In this case we
would have been In n nice predica
ment, with rhinoceroses on both sides
of us. 1t might have been rather loo
exciting. We carefully stalked the
neNiyfound one. and at about one
hundred yards made couple of tele.
photo exposures as he stood near
bush with the tickbirds sitting on his
back Before we had proceeded more
than a few steps we were much sur.
prised to see him settle down for n
nap
Here, then, was u most excellent
chance for some close work. so with
the utmost caution c. and | crept
ahead, until we were within thirty
yards OF the sleeping animal. fo
cused the camera carefully and c.
held his 460 ready, and then we won
dered what would happen next. To
say that my heart was beating violent.
iy scarcely expresses II, but I held on
10 the camera and wished deyoutIy
mat our friend would bestir himself
suddenly II seemed to dawn on him
that something was wrong. and ma
watched through the focusing hood of
the camera ! heard a loud snort and
saw him rise with wonderful speed
and then, without hesitatIng a sec.
ond. down he came on us. Yes. I
pressed the button, but that is all
can remember doing before, with .
loud report, the rifle spoke and the
rhinoceros turned and made off. We
measured the distance to where the
shot had been fired and found IL was
exactly fifteen yards, and IL must bo
allowed that fifteen yards is pretty
close range. We rested up a snort
while, and then. as the other rhinoce
roses were working away from us. we
hurried after them. was anxious IN
get photograph of them against the
skyline as they reached the hilltop
and 30 kept within comfortable dis.
tance for telephoto work, about one
anu tWcuty gd1uH. Y,
without any warning. they turned
| round and faced us, the big bull look.
Ing very fine. with his big horn show
Ing clearly against the sky. From his
manner we Judged that trouble IN rhi.
noceros form was coming our way.
and It came. surely enough. The two
big creatures Numbered down the hill
side. with tails erect and heads well
lowered. c. fred at the COW, which
was clear of any Intervening brush,
while | tried to make some photo.
graphs. I did not like the looks OF
things when that COW continued I'm
our direction after receiving the shot
and was sorely tempted to abandon
the camera and reach for more use
ful weapon OIL defense. But a picture
was what l wanted. and 80 changed
plates as quickly as possible. and with
out entirely realizing that the tele
photo was In the camera land .ts very
difficult to focus such a lens quick
lyl I pragGad tho huttnr f,,at hnfo.,