The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14
EMIL LUND'S
REMARKABLE WALK

London Standard: Emil Luna.
a Rhodeaian settler of sc, has
Just completed a walk from
capetown to Cairo. not In fulnlInent
OF a wager. or without money, or TO
test a system OF dieting or training.
but simply from love CT adventure. TIe
has been a soldier and scout since lie
was III, serving in the second kIatabeie
campaign In 1893, the Ugauds rebellion
OF 1s97-9g, and the South African war.
He started from Capetown and
walked, all alone, right through the
Cape Province and the TransYaal TO
Rhodesia. Thence he continued
through the Congo State. the Sudan,
and the Nubian desert to Egypt. a
distance Of nearly 5000 miles as the
crow lies. MY wish" he said, in tell
Ing the story Of his great walk. was
simply to be the first man TO nc.
compEish the / am proudest Of.
having walked across the Nnbian
desert. That was the hardest tramp
OF all" Until he left ElizabethviIIe, In
the Belgian Congo. he had a compare
lively easy time, for he could obtain
supplies, good food, and good water.
but beyond that point he had a very
trying time. He had no porters. carry
ing ali his own impedimenta. weigh
mean task In q tropical and wild
country. But he could get no natives
to accompany him owing to tribal hos-
tiiities being in progress.
Lions and q Snake.
During most OF the time mir. Lund
was obliged to be a vegetarian, but ne
always had meat when he could get il.
Sometimes he said, II shot a buck;
but ! could only eat the liver, which !
broiled in the ashes of my FIRE. Having
no salt. / cannot say that l enjoyed
my food. In passing through the great
forests ] camped on the ground, light
ing a large IRE to keep OF the wild
animals. / had to be very careful to
keep this going throughout the night,
At carly dawn | renewed my march.
tramping continuously till about AZ
O'Clock. After that I used TO hunt
round, collect wood, and cook my
daily meal. Then / slept till shutdown.
Lions n 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 me with q good many
lions, but was never attacked by one.
The idea that water will protect n
from q lion Is, he says, erroneous, for
lions are excellent swimmers. In n
Katanga district he was bitten by a
black mamba snake, and would prob-
ably have died, but he reached a ma
tive kraaI and was treated by a.
woman, who applied a decoction CE
herbs to the wound and cured him.
She s~teadfastly refused to q what
herbs she used or how she prepared
them.
From AIbertville, the traveller made
for Lake Albert, and here he . q
of his most unpleasant experiences.
He came across a powerful tribe, un-
der the command OF q very SUSPECT
Gus chief who, before he would
listen to him, put him through the
surdeaI by dirt This consists OF
eating q mounthful Of earth picked
up from the ground. In the native
mind this constitutes fcr Of
oath, and 1t Is believed that any
one who u~ndergoes the ordeal and
does not speak the truth will be con
demned 70 an eternal diet OF dirt The
ordeal ia called "nkola donga." 0ns
OF the worst troubles with which Mr.
Lund had to contend was venornUug
flies and insects which swarm in trop-
ieal Africa. He was bitten near tue
eye by a certain kind of malignant
tick, and for q time was nearly blind.
II he had not shortly afterwards
reached Port Portal and obtained
medical treatment he would probably
have lost the sight OF at least n
eye.
cannibaI's Poison Test.
A little further In the course OF
his walk he fell in with the Baiuka
and yalessi cannFbals. When they
have a cannibal feast the victim is
usually a man accused Of some
crime. In such q case the man Is
offered a draught Of a poisonous de-
coction. If he takes a long drink the
poison Ii imperative, producing mere
ly nausea. But, If from timidity or
guilt, he drinks but a small portion,
the effect is almost immediately fatal.
Women are excluded from these testsf
Making a wide detour OF Lake All
bert, Mr.. Ltind eventually arrived ON
the Nile, which he followed to Ahu
Hanned and then strilclS across the
Nubian 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 Qhartun, where he went into
hospital to patch himself up for the
last stage OF his journey, which he
completed without further mislap.
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