Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-18

IN 'bM MolaIilNu' 70 Ntrii q
four days taii passing
fhe delightful palm.coyer,c d.
land Of Iau bar OF the nay
arIcF sir Henry Seton ksrr
! VI q biz game hI-'rf
Dos leland deserves longer We.
u aud fuller account than
had 'imc 70 pay or am able 20 give
| rot ton.mile motor drive and q short
da5 sisii afforded a glimpse o. rs
! I4prant cocoanut and Glove '.Dia.
tons us beautiful vegetation o.. nnr
fpR eastern streets aud brass.
studied doors and 10, Heterogeneous
! rolof.d population
Mombna or rather KH.ud.uI MON
I hIfa being mo town b. O fine har
Dor OBJ. a.H a. shelter fairly o..
OF access ana aih good ANCHORAGE
Moreover b, a. an Increasingly busy
.or' and standing witness the
foresight of tha late Lord Salishur,
when Boo faced the responsibility ~
the rauda failVa, AZ which j. Us 't,
'orm.rgs aud N, outlet
W. immediate objective Ia visiting
the newest English colony was
month s1fari from NairobI and some
BIZ game hunting So left Mombasa
b. DO" trst available train aud IN TWEEN.
'yfOur hours had assembled GO00 feet.
through palm grove. tropical jungle
thorn and grass cOyc-ad plain aud
mountain ranges to the high table
land that makes British East Africa
possible As a white mans colony and
another cradle for our race or This
'abeland NairobI is the capital. aud
the social AMI political center Inc,
druially ! was Informed that 200 Young
British wives In and around Nairob,
had produced among them during the
last two or three years no fewer than
20 bonnie white babies 100 bundles
Of possibilities Tor the furtherauc,
aud future extension OF British do
mluion and Anglo Saxon civilization
Grea, Variety OF Sport.
Never have ! seen anything Ike
the quantity OF big game IN any part
Of the world such as now exist IN their
thousands In British East Africa
Even Western America thirty wears
ago had nothing like this wealth ~
Wild fauna rather doubt u South
America In It's pioneer DAYS oqualed
u In this respect For some hours be-
fore reaching MARRIOTT thousands ~
zebra harlcbecstc kOagOuiI. gazclls
~ various kinds Grants aud tom
mics can be seen from the RAILWAY
carriage windows do'tinr the plains
tud grasscovcred. tree. sprinklcd hin
.d' through which the railway runs
'rds Of wildebeoste are almost al
ways in sight. also other varieties
1' buck or antelope such as mpaiA
and crib. Also au occasional rh.uo
nd frequently q herd % giraffe
Coo" has heard so much Of hunting
parties visiting Nairobi Of late years
grd returning 10 every case laden
vi'h spoIls md trophies % the chase
Rat mad scr, OF feeling before
hand that the game would soon be- all
N,,,d unless on hurried up and went
soon Bot now the mystery was
solved The country Is so fertile pas.
'ural and extensive. and the climate
500 rquablo. that Il Is capable OF main
aiming an almost incredible amount
oi game
THE game 's there and has not been
"prllessly slaughtered and suuandored
'n th past n Is now only s4ot m
@ .ror'suaulko manner. under strict
regulation 1s 20 numbers and locality
snU' arer kinds being absolutely
protected and only on payment Of
500 'ial license Zee and SO the con
sequence is thar n anything. the game
Is Increasing 10 numbers. not dimin
th,ug IN fact the boot Is on the
other leg tn" question Is whether
u some districts the commoner
kinds OF game are too numerous ana
should not, 90 the interests OF settlers
and their fencing and crops be great
Is reduced In numbers or even alto.
gether Killed on
So FAR as my own hunting experi
ences are concerned. | enjoyed a most
delightful and productive three weeks
50 1ri during the course Of which
shot about forty head OF biz game
either FOR meat or for trophies. includ
ing eighteen different varieties. amopr |
them a great python sixteen feet long
] an bound 10 confess. In nv view
that there Is no great sporting meri, |
in obtainin~ the ordinary common biz /
game trophies OF East Africa. such /
a. pildebeeste. hartebeeste. the vari. /
Gus kinds 81 gazelle and smaller an
tolc7e. zebra and warthog. all Of /
which are 20 be found on the open /
plains and outside long grass and Jun |
gle ], is merely a question OF low
loar ono stays out and how many -ar. /
tridses one uses
Poor opinlon OF Lion.
There are. however. other varieties
OF big game much harder TO find and
shoot. and In the hunting Of which
some ~oodcrai; and intelligence. as