The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-07-19

district lsas threatened with instant death aud
torture II Twas caught again by them.
Then bean six days Journey through tho
blazing Affcan sun with nil my clothes In rags.
no helmet md no hat no water. and no food eS'
ccpt whntA could nnd my the wa. which was
very little solng that ! had no rife. All my
camp equipment stores and rifles had been taken
away from inc and had lost all my ivory tho
result Of many months arduous work In tho
Congo
at last. after days Of infinite torture, /
reached the camp ~ n Belgian official near Ma
hagl, who clothed and fed me promising me that
the natives would be punished This was indeed
kind Of him for II must be remembered that
was poachcr Ia the Belgian territory and liable
10 ten years imprisonment n captured by tho
Bolglans IN the act Of poachng ivory, ! have
came 10 nuliam 10 Try 10 get together another
OUTFIT and return to the Mahugl district To re-
place my losses arm determined 10 make up my
lost time and feel confident that cnn do 80"
wish that could tell the tale with the nm.
affected simplicity and nothing ont Of ordinary
manner In which Bennett told % 10 me
Tho noyt day loft by launch for Koba, the nrst
government post ON the Nile Here ! found q
small village Of white elophant.roachers, but all
Of them were away after ivory In the Congo M
the time ~ my visit They 1.-Two on the british side
OF tho Nlle and make periodical excursions into
the Congo after ivory The british government
allows COMO ivory 10 pass through is territory
on payment NJ twenty-five PEE cent custom duty
ana In way this encourages the pOnchorF, Tor
they are allowed TO shoot only two, or NJ most
three, elephants each year IN Fest Africa or
Uganda. on payment Of $3.50 license In the
Congo no license Is neresshs .ud they may shoot
az many tuskCrs ms they cni thout license. u
they can oyado being captured hy tho nolgIan'
or the natives
Each man takes untold risks when ho follows
this calling Not only does he chance ten years
IMPRISONMENT IN Il chain.ganE In the Interior ol
ire Congo. Il caught by the Bolglans but he also
takes his life In HIS hands every time he shoots
nm elephant for no crawlR into a herd through
the fifteen or twenty.foot grass. collects tho bic
Eest bun and then shoots II M n range ~ from
ten 10 fifteen Yards No one who has not tried
elephant shooting realize the terrifying aspect
Of a herd OF elephants when you are close Il
them They move no silently. and yet each one ID
capable OF crushing the life out Of any man who
dares disturb their peace
At.Koba found the houses made NJ grass and
mud, of John lioyes, the Honorable Rupert Craven
md 0f Pickering and Buckley. "Knraioma" Rel
had given mp poaching for the time being. as he
had made more than sufficient ont OF n 10 satisfy
all his desires Rel IN a young Enrllshmau, who
has biz estate In England and an annual rent
roll Of some $4,000 He came out 10 Central ~
RIGA seeking adventure In 1909. when only eight
cen years NJ age and at once turned his attention
TO elerhnnthuntlng
am told That In the last eight years Roll hn'
sront 100000 IN seeking ivory and has made
100000, so that he has cleared ono hundred pei
cent
John Royes alias king Of the Kkuyu" was
unfortunately roaching in the Congo. ! Fhoulr
have liked TO renew my acquaintance with him
for he ~ % remarkable character Buycs was al
one time am ablebodled seaman on morchnn
vessel and was wrecked or deserted ! know no
which. M zanzibar many years previous 10 N.Y.
first meeting with him IN 1904 ne had spent al
his time cat'le''rading and yoryhuntIng IN The
wds, and for many years nt6t the territory q
the Akikuyn tribe his headquarters. He had he
come bloodhrolher to their king Kinaniu anc
then had made himself virtually their king