The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
NIGHT HUNTING
 FOR ALLEGATIONS
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From the New York Sun.
 The log in the boarding house fireplace haIed up. then died down, leaving only a faint red flicker among the coaIs. A cat that had been dozing in the warmth uncuTsed itself and withdrew further into tho darkness. Its eyes giowed green and phosphorcscent-
 Well. now,'' remarked the man from the tropics, smiling whimsically, do you know what that reminds mo of? never Dee q cats eyes in the dark without think ing of all1gators."- m {,
 ssWhyr' he was asked. "A homely old tabby in New York parlor. doesn't bear much resemblance to an alligator
 You wouldn't put 1t that way if you'd ever been in West Indian swamp at night. with scores of allisators round you Their eyes shine exactly like a cats- Just call up the picture to your mind-0 or more pairs of round green globes staring at you out of the dark ness and all advertising the proximity of jaws armed with two inch spikes for teeth. Ugh! can actually smell the musky alligator odor when a cat looks at me like that
 It promptly became inevitable that aIli- gator stories should be told and the man from the tropics unburdened his mind to this effect: t'
 1neTe are uuuefOuS ways OL SOlut5 after thls sort of game, but the hunting party in search of real sport will plan . night expedition. About seven miles from Kingston, Jamaica, thero is "a swamp choked with mangroves, reeds and wild water hyacinths. A sluggish river provides a means of penetrating 1t. and it is probable that moro alligators are ehot in this locality than anywhere else fin tho world. a
 T recall organizing an expedition for the benefit of five Americans The party numbered F in all. Three boats were se- cured and two white men assigned q, each boat, together with two negro oars men. The weapons were 12-bore Win chesters. Each sportsman was provided with . bullseye lantern.
 At the last moment ore of the negroes dra8gAd q yellow mongrel cur. on board. =Sy young friend from New York opened his eyes and started to quiz me.
 "'ssWhat is he, a setter7' he asked
 Bait told him; and as though catching on to my meaning the cur yelped lAmentably.
 After laborious row we reached a spot where the -mangroves hung down over the water, forming a partly covered lane between the banks and their droop- ing boushS. There was no sign of life, except the hoarse booming of bullfrog. 0uooculy tuc tSiVW CAK III tle DOIlOul of the boat began to whimper. The New Yorker turned his lantern upon it and we saw that the dogs hair was standing straight on end. It sniffed anxiously, its limbs shook and presently it threw It's nose into the air and broke into a pro- longed howl.
 "The negroes understood the signal and all three boats were at once brought to a stop. There was swishing sound among the marsroye roots and strong husky smell reached our nostrils The dog howled in new access of terror.
 When the eye became accustomed to the gloom the banks were seen to be dot ted with globes of phosphorescent fire. Set In pairs about three inches apart they wavered against the impenetrable dark ness behind. The lure of the dog had |, drawn the alligators. As Tt was difficult to mias, and nearly -ev- cry shot we fired was accurately placed. Tho sport, however, was over in Jess than 10 minutes. The stricken alligators slashed furiously on the banks. and the