Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-17

began to move off but suddenly wheeled
and charged, this time bent on mischief.
She came on at a slashing trot, gradually in
creasing her pace, the huge, square lips
shaking from side to side
Hoping that she would turn Kermit
shouted loudly and waited before firing until
she was only 10 yards off. Then, with the
Winchester, he put bullet in between the
neck and shoulder mortal wound She
halted and half wheeled, and Grogan gave
her right and left, Kermit putting in
couple of additional bullets as she went off.
A couple of hundred yards away she fell,
rose again, staggered, fell again, and died.
The calf, which was old enough to shift
for itself, refused to leave the body, although
Kermit and Grogan pelted it with sticks
and clods. Finally shot through the flesh
Of the buttocks sent it off in frantic haste
Kermit had only killed the cow because it
was absolutely necessary in order to avoid
an accident, and he was sorry for the neces-
sity; but was not, for it was fine speci-
men, with the front horn 81 inches long,
being longer than any other we had gotten.
On another day Kermit saw 10 rhino,
none with more than ordinary horns Five
of them were in one party, and were much
agitated by the approach of the men; they
ran to and fro, their tails twisted into the
usual pig-like curl, and from sheer nervous
stupidity babe fair at one time to force the
hunters to fire in self-defense Finally, how
ever, they all ran off,
Tn the >aSe of cou01a of otborc
incident happened. When alarmed they
failed to make out where the danger lay,
and after running away a short distance
they returned to a bush near by to look
about. One remained standing, but the
other deliberately sat down upon it's
launches like dog, staring ahead, Kermit
meanwhile being busy with his camera.
Two or three times l saw rhino, when
reused from sleep, thus sit up on their
launches and look around before rising on
all four legs; but this was the only time that
any of us saw rhino which was already
standing assume such position. No other
kind of heavy game has this habit; and in
deed, SO far as l know, only one other
hoofed animal, the white goat of the north.
ern Rocky mountains.
There was always something interesting
to do or to see at this camp. One afternoon
spent in the boat. The papyrus along the
channel rose like forest, 80 feet high, the
close-growing stems knit together by vines
AS we drifted down, the green wall was con
tinually broken by openings, through which
side streams from the great river rushed
swirling and winding, down narrow lane:
and under low archways, into the dim mys
FERROUS heart of the vast reedbeds, where
dwet bird and reptile and water beast.
In shallow bay we came on two hippo
cows with their calves, and dozen croco
dies. / shot one of the latter-as always
do, when get chance-and it turned owe
and over, lashing with its tail as it sank. Z
half-grown hippo came up close by the boa
and leaped nearly clear of the water; and il
another place l saw mother hippo swim
ming with the young one resting half on it
back.
The Dreaded Driver Ants.
In this camp we had to watch the, whit
ants, which strove to devour everything
They are nocturnal, and work in the day
time only under the tunnels of earth whicl
they build over the surface of the box, o
whatever else it is. that they are devouring
they eat out everything, leaving this outsd