Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-24

When, few moments later, the bell
of the studio rang, Decamps opened
the door and found on the threshold
his friend and patron, the duke Of Or
leans. heir to the French throne, who
smilingiy gave him his newly brushed
trousers.
THROUGH AFRICA ON FOOT
Experiences Of Settler Who Com
pIeted q Walk Of 5000 Miles.
Emil Lund, a Rhodesian settler OF
So, has Just completed a walk from
Capetown to Cairo, not In fulfillment
of a wager, or to test a system OF diet
or training, but simply from the love
of adventure. He has been a soldier
and scout since he was II, serving IN
the second Matabele campaign In 1893,
the Uganda rebellion of 1S97-ss and
the South African war.
He started from Capetown and
walked, all alone, right through the
Cape Province and the Transvaal to-
Rhodesia. Thence he continued on
through the Congo State, the Sudan
and Nubian desert to Egypt, a distance
of 5000 miles as the crow files. my
WISH" he said, in telling the story of
his great walk, twas simply to be the
first man to accomplish the feat. I
am proudest Of having walked across
the Nubian desert. That was the
hardest work of ALL" Until he left
Elizabethyiile IN the Belgian. Congo,
he had a comparatively easy time. for
he could obtain supplies, good food
and good water, but beyond that point
he had very trying time. He had no
porters, carrying all his own impedi-
menta, weighing 70 pounds. This
alone is no mean task in tropical
and wild country. But he could get
no natives to accompany him owing
to tribal hostilities being in progress.
During most of the time Mr.. Lund
was obliged to be vegetarian. but he
always had meat when he could get
It. Sometimes" he said, II shot
buck, but I could only eat the liver,
which I broiled in the ashes OF my
fire. Having no salt, cannot say that
I enjoyed my food. In passing through
the great forests I camped on the
ground, lighting a large fire to keep
off the wild animals. I had to be very
careful to keep this going throughout
the night. At early dawn renewed
my march, tramping continuously un-
til about II o'clock. After that used
to hunt around, collect wood and cook
my one daily meal. Then I slept till
sundown. Lions and other carnivora
do not usually attack in the heat OF
the day-they are asleep, and 1t Is only
when night falls that they set out In
search of prey" He met with good
many lions, but was never attacked by
one. The idea that water will protect
one from a lion is, he says, erroneous,
for lions are excellent swimmers.
In the Katanga district he was bit
d
would probably have died. but he
reached a native kraal and was treat
ed by a woman, who applied decoc-
ton of herbs to the wound and cured
him. She steadfastly refused 10 say
what herbs she used or how she pre-
aared them.
From Albertville the traveller made
for Lake Albert, and here he had one
of his most unpleasant experiences. He
came across a powerful tribe under
the command of a very suspicious
chief, who, before he would listen to
him, put him through the "ordeal by
dirt" This consists of eating mouth
full of dirt picked up from the ground.
In the native mind this constitutes
form Of oath, and 1t Is believed that
any one who undergoes the ordeal and
does not speak the truth will be con-
demned to an eternal diet Of dirt. The
ordeal Is called "nkola donga." One
of the worst troubles with which Mr..
Lund had to contend was the venom
Gus flies and insects which swarm In
tropical Africa. He was bitten near
the eye by a certain kind Of malicious
tick, and for time was nearly blind.
If he not shortly afterward reached
Ft. Portal and obtained medical treat
ment he would probably have lost the
sight Of at least one eye.
A little further in the course Of his
walk he fell in with the Baluba and
Valessi cannibals. When they have a
cannibal feast the victim is usually a
man accused of some crime. In such
case the man Is offered draught of
poisonous decoction. II he takes
long drink the poison is imperative,
producing merely nausea. But II from
timidity or guilt. he drinks but small
portion. the effect is almost immedi-
ately fatal. Women are excluded from
these feasts.
Making a wide detour Of Lake AL
bert, Mr.. Lund eventually arrived on
the Nile, which he followed to Abu
Hamed and then struck across the Nu
bian desert and came to the Nile again
at Wady Halfa. There are but two
wells on the route across the desert
and he had to carry with him three
days food and water supply. But he
safely crossed the desert and reached
Khartum, where he went into hos
pital, to patch himself UP for the last
stage Of his journey, which he COM
pleted without further mishap.-Cape
Town Cor. London Telegraph.