The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-08
SELADAEG HUNTS THB THING
ar nv N MALAY PENINSULA
tND THEY'RE SCARCE.
Rslrh isham Il Back FrSm strange
shooting Experience Got vine specl-
wrns rhey Are a numalo Anlinal and
Wbrn WomnSird They Hunt the Sumter,


.-g every kind there ia TO be found
70 .s East African jungle. Nowhere
r ro Cabled reports OF the magazine
ar s. occurs the name Of a seladang
N.. Hllph w. lsham % Elizabeth. n. j..
e. .'oentlv returned from a trip around
r. World, killed five.
emo doesn't hear very much Of seladang
.l,-a nurls. Mr. lsham. who Is az the
internal. said yesterday that the animal
d.. ..s tp be- found IN the Malay Peninsula,
..l +, scarce there Tie himself waa in
Oh. bush two weeks before he got HIS first
SHIT % was only recently that a trav-
..ar clmng from the Far Fast described
.r Ina SUN how Mr.. lsham's exploit was
me ,4IA u the Malay Peninsula. for his
h.r had beaten the record established
rry few weeks previously by another
Young american.
That the scladang is no, Of the temper %
giraffe or a Zebra may be gathered from
raa Tact that a British army Officer who
went out 10 shoot one three years ago was
caught by the animal he was trailing and
rrrsi q, death. Mr. Isham didn't want
o. e. INTO The particulars Of certain hair
breadth escapes, the report Of which had
been brought by another traveller. be-
c,lse be said he did not want 10 make
r, ,pt about what he had done.
Il had no intention q going after sela-
dang when reached Singapore said
NJ lsham Yesterday. but there | met
Bowler. the chap who had killed two. and
thought / would like to have a try.
lid not even have any guns Of nv own
with me-. bur | managed 10 borrow a coo
.arirs double barrelled Express from a
.-rnd and 'lking a cook from Singapore
f'arred for the seladang country.
What Is a seladang? Wei. the word
q pronounced a. Il il were spelled slab
dang It belongs - the buialo family
l.r.lId say, and the only other 81 the fam
..s hat approaches Il in size Is the Cape
buffalo The biggest Killed was SIX feet
seven inches from the top of HE shoulders
O Toe ground. and there was thrty-siX
inches inside the span q his horns
The -eiadarg has a heavy name and
q .airv ahout The head. but there ia no
hair 90 an on his TANKS II there were
r would he torn on Ivy the thOrns ard
'~.gs 4 she Jungle The skin Of the
animal Is full inch thick. His legs are
r, o. REGULAR shape Tor the foot u smaller
ilu the ankle and the legs look like fat
'gms all the way down. the flesh over
hanging the hoof He Is tremendously
.:a,y 90 build but remarkably feet u
e.. and there - this grea difference he
tween nim and the ordinary buffalo. that
,-r latter when huri will See while tho
.a1tans will Try TO stalk you Il you in
.lrO uIm
-In get fo tins particular jungle I had
'n e. 0g a Steamer from singapore 20
r.-t Swe,teulam md thence on train
+ very Ipv cars with the roots project
ur Co KuiRuuu4r The majority "
'ne town. u the MALAY Peninsula. by ne
vav. have tho PREFIX .glm' before tneir
rdmrs KIala means mouth 81 a river.
kya'a'umpur means mouth u the mud
uspr. and fhc name fts Well from there
! took aautts~ '.ain 90 kgaiakubu and
from there actually rod" IN motor hus
opnrated by the Glvernmea. to Rlub.
Trrre I got conveyance in baggage
wagon. my baggage following mo m
.l.I OK carts, and az the end NJ the fourth
u,v from Singapore was a. kualnipis
.r no Penang River
Here got a large dugout about thirty
'ss long with a sort 81 CABIN over the
-rru composed ~ a thai ched roof nuly
..ras feet high and to ret ur der which
.an fu crawl On my hards anu knees
e"' ny i've boatmen a. kunlaipis and
.r alp was 10 drift down the river with
'.s ..-rrat stoDplnF along the hanks a.
....H when We saw natives IN inquire
~fa.-ar any =eladang had heen seen.
Ne Irallcd a RUUd deal by night. Ct Ing
.. 4 'uokng about by day. We I'D
'.- f.r 1870 weeks before having ~
,-Hs1 no Krau River whore ! heard
ua. q -aIdiang had hem seen
-6rT after that loasi Tor two DAYS
before se'fIng near enough - him 20 try
s-H.' iHr I had 70 keep m q direction
..u1s.t0 mo wind 80 he would nat rct my
s#rr had no tent. heoause no men
..IH -. a4IIv bIilriittle nuis out ~ sticks
Hr7 rarpn ;Aem wnh banana leaves.
4. .r.ffha time ~ went through sWnfnpy
a.u ara in spite oi stout snre' and
.rs'Har putfess the leartes got ~ my leo
end gaze mo some scars that ! cant
CT r3 ~ had had prepared tvO hays
. nn.a1 nee from which The water rad
leon ,IIaayad and whom We had nothing
'a.. on. vn used 90 break N a. much
fol. 4- wr ~nrdnd
H.. make ary Trozreps a. sll In sors
Ice. rsN '1 ksep hacking aNay N
'.r. .' no with u krife. and when 10
,r.aIr ria game IN or Ter not 20 sttract
". rr..'fan we would have 10 stop
- s-I crawl IN our beiiie1 along
'... + first caught sight ~ NY first
fa wa 1riv trn yards away.
loon fiur chewing his cui. Then
% .'f 90 tho bush ! saw a little
flt.. which I hoped wOuli ia
'...t. Loot % wasn't But bla1e1 away
..r.h and he -ela1a1K disap-
got lg m him four more times,
... r. hot aarh lime before brought
..4 Then I found had put four :
him
... rsrraI that the animal once
o.. hunts the hunter and hathes
-..-r.-qca thar haptenei ~ Capt
r.... .a Hriiish army. who had gone
aoia1ang three years before.
poo aI aH A. Imsl AID thought
frIrr him. hrH tho beast circlet, !
..... ...I a-I got HE scent and killet /
-1yu az I rai brought mfre
uf 'He afiyes rtIshef ouf ana
.HIt. 20 that 10 cpult he claimed !
F-f ext naf baen kille Nv siaugh-
.Trerat-a under their religion |
..- frVow Mphamme ians could I
'. .r ... aarrass. There ~ not much |
..u.' the others. because thsre |
... .atI IT buck about hunting.
...avs wore very faithful and /
r.' one EhO got rebelliOup. |
..s. Ntu tte ! up In chains Tor
'. C,irE up the krau River I
". na tho stream could hardly |