The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
W|LES OF NATIVE
 HUNTER IN AFRICA How Little Negro Boy Charmed Klipspringers ANTICS FASCINATING Proceeded to Do Funny" and Ami malls Walked Into Trap-Boy
 Was Difficult to Teach.
 Great Blunderer

performer of odd jobs, at shillings [ month, writes Allah Ostler, special core spondent in Somalliland of the London Daily Express He was not soman. but he was a cheerful. babbling soul. honest enough unless anything sweet. such as bowl of lump sugar or pot of jam were left within his reach, and worker as willing as he wAs clumsy. He would go to fstch water from . well half mile away. stngEer back with . hAlf-nlled tank weighing nearly 100 pounds on his shoul- ders, and whom he had nearly got back to camp would waste the lot by pouring 1t down an antbear's hole. to see if the antbear would come out.
 presently despaired of finding any task which he could perform without bungllns 1t in some way, and as last resort used to take him with me on evening shooting excursions
 Now, Muklki had, 50 far as I know, no pretentions to the title of hunter, 50 after awhile I fell into the habit of taking hin, with me 50 that he might carry back any sazelle or antelope that I might bag. Ills orders were to walk a half dozen paces behind me, as quietly as he could, and if he should see any game which did not seem to have noticed. to draw my atten- ton to it as unobstrusively as possible.
 "Unobstrusive" Pebbles
 Even at this he was not an unqualified success. It was sometime before he un- derstood that "unobstrusively'' meant that he was not to shout, or wave his arms, and when he did understand that his first attempt to comply with the order was to call my attention to a pair oi Speke's gazelles (which I had already seen) by hitting me in the back of the neck with a handful of peSoles.
 However, he learned in time, and when he remembered, which he often did for as long as 10 minutes on a stretch, he could follow at heel nearly as intelligently as well trained dog would have done.
 He did not appear to take any great interest in my endeavor to locate game. I had at first to reprove him for drawing my attention to jackals, or dik-dik (ridic- ulous little deer, no bigger than rabbits) and other creatures which did not want to shoot.
 After that. perhaps, he gave up the hope of trying to understand what it was I did want. His boredom only disappeared when I shot something. Then he would bound forward with blood-curdling howls, to cut the throat of the victim before 1t should expire, and thus make it fit for Mohammedan eating. I think one of the Jolliest evenings Mukki had was one in the course of which had the misfortune to break the leg of a lesser kudu instead of killing 1t outright. The kudu, on three legs, gave us a chase of more than an hour and a half. and Mukh ran at top speed most of the way. giving tongue like an excited puppy.
 ChamOis of Africa
 But despite these manifestations I did not give him much credit for interest in the chase, and certainly none at all for any practical knowledge of 1t.
 He undeceived me on this latter head most effectively one evening.
 The light was beginning to fail, and we were stumbling along the base of c ridge of low. rocky hills, when caught sight of the trim. perky little forms of two klipspringere, the chamois of Africa about 800 yards ahead. I had never shot a klipspringer and wanted very much to do so. for they arc shy and not easy to get. But they are very small, much smaller than a goat, and these that we now saw were too far off. It is not at all 8 sporting thing to shoot at such ranges that you can not be reasonably sure of killing your game outright.
 On the other hand, there was no cover by means of which I could have got nearer unobserved. halted .doubhtfully and Mukki with unusual acumen. seemed for once to understand the difficulty.
 "Sahib wantink killum them alalxut7'' he asked.
 Them too long way,'' replied, where at he said nonchalantly:
 S'posing my brfngum moro close, sa- nib can dor"
 "Can do. How do you bring um7''
 VI do funny; then they come," he re- piled. and having given me instructions on no account to move. ht proceeded to do funny
 He took of his waistcoat and tied il 1ag-w1se to long stick. Then he took green branch in his mouth. as A dog would have done so that his head and shoulders were partly concealed by it and began to crawl on all fours toward the bouiders on which the klipspringera were perched. When he had crawled about 90 yards the little buck suddenly bounded off the rock and disappeared followed by his mate. I. think we had lost them. was about to move on; but Mukld. with a hideous grimace. made me understand that I must not move.
 How Doing Funny" Worked He sQuatted down, raised his little nag and began gently to wag 1t to and fro And after few minutes tiny head witt little black horns and delicate eari poppel up again behind the rock ant gazed apprehensively at the wonder. Presently Mulxk began to crawl rount and round. At his first movement of went the klipspringer again. but reap peared after a much shorter interval and this time took several timid steps fl our direction.
 Mulkl1 continued with great patience t, 'do funny" and little by little the inquis itiveness of the klipspringer drew | nearer and nearer, until at last-well, { seemed shame to do 1t. and I was al most sorry, but, of course, I fred have heard that foxes will attracI fowls and ducks by spinning round ant round In chase of their own tals-(thougl should be glad to hear from anyone wh ever saw this)-and have read some whore that Red Indians used to practic in a similar way on the curiosity of will, creatures, but never heard of the tri:l being used in Africa. None of my somiI hunters ever used 1t: and Mulxlxi. when asked him how he came to Go 70, onl, tapped his head. grinning. and observed My gottum plenty good head, sahib Gottum plenty think
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