The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-24
Story of An African Hunt
Paul ]. Rainey's Experiences as They Will Be
Depicted Here on the Screen Next. Week.
To the water hole there camo also
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10 the water hole there came also
y nerd OF i~lfty-sevcn elephants. The,
make their breakfast OFT tho wild
acacia tree. They pull down the small
9Iancnes and twiIs. chew them and
DISCARD Inc bark, just as Il bird does
II outside Of u seed.
Among the trophies which MIR.
Rainey brought back with him from
Africa We're:
h impalla. one of tho most beau.
'Iui animals In Africa. The horns
are !ong n have Il double curve and
are heavily ringed. The color is bril-.
iiait RED and Worry glossy. When shu,
az. II whole herd starts into u series
OF leaps II bounds. sometimes COINS
As ! as six feet in the air. and
)umplng clear over the backs Of ont
another.
Inc eland :. protected by the gov
eminent. as they were almost cXtcr.
minated by disease some time ago.
IheN go about in hands OF ten IL
twenty-five and are enormous AMI
mals-in fact. the largest OF all ante.
ioPes. Ihcy are tawny in color. with
o.uish white perpendicular stripes
ABOUT half an inch wide over the
eodS. The horns arc long and Very
neaNy and have a spiral twist in them
Glands are delicious eating. the meat
eelng like fine beef.
M eongont is another member Of
the antelope family. and is also known
as the kooboo. 1t IS very difficult to
approach.
II Robers.eyed gazellc is almost
impossible to approach. as there is
sure TO he another hand or part of a
band very near to give warning. There
are many kinds of these gazelles and
they are named for The man who dis
covered them.
! With nnsSihl%. III, .yoortiop ~ %y,.
dicdlc, the bush back is one Of the
hardest animals to bag i'll all Africa.
1t f%reQuents the brush usually bor-
derlng on a stream and seldom comes
out OF 1t belongs to the bar
messed antelope, family. The does are
harmless, but the bucks carry a beau
tiful set of ~lyre-shaped horns. The
three feet and they weigh about $50
pounds. They r dark brown i'll
color. with small white spots over
the rump and TANKS. They have fine.
bred looking faces. with intelligent
and beautiful eyes.
serous animals to hunt. I, fights with
sagacity. and woe to any one who
comes within reach OF the horns or
hoofs: He charges rapidly and turns
quickly in spite of his weight. When
the hunter is stalking the buffalo he
must he Very careful. FOR the animal
may turn off into the brush and quiet
~ ON up behind him unexpectedly.
They are black. with a short. wrinkled
and wicked looking face. Their weight
is close TO a ton. The horns are joined
together a, the base. entirely cover
ing the top OF the skull and spreading
out in very symmetrical formation.
The oryx stands about four. feet at
the shoulder and weighs about 45o
pounds. 1t is heavily built at the
shoulders, with a tremendous neck.
giving 1t great strength for fighting
and the skin on the neck is about an
inch and a half thick. 1t is no mean
anita gonist. with its tremendous ra-
piers. for tho horns are as sharp as
skewers. It is a gray fawn color. with
black stripes down to the eye. a black
shield in the center Of the face. marks
above the knees md a black stripe
separating the color Of the black from
the white belly ~