Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-06

myself together with four dark-skinned
camaradas, cowhands from the same ranch.
We soon found that the dogs would not by
themselves follow the jaguar trail; nor
would the camaradas, although they carried
spears.
Kermit was the one of our party who
possessed the speed, endurance, and eye
sight, and accordingly he led Two of the
dogs would follow the track half dozen
yards ahead of him, but no farther; and two
OF the camaradas could just about keep up
with him. For an hour we went through
thick jungle where the machetes were con-
stantly at work. Then the trail struck off
straight across the Marshes for jaguars
swim and wade as freely as marsh deer.
1t was hard walk The sun was out.
We were drenched with sweat We were
torn by the spincs of the innumerabe clus-
ters of small palms with thorns like needles.
We were bitten by the hosts of fire-ants,
and by the mosquitoes, which we scarcely
noticed where the hre-ants were found, ex-
actly as all dread of the latter vanished when
we were menaced by the big red wasps, of
which dozen stings will disable man, and
il he is weak or in bad health will seriously
menace his life.
Swimming the Bayous.
In the marsh we were continually wading,
now up to Our knees, now up to our hips.
Twice we came to long bayous SO deep that
we had to swim them, holding our rifles
above water in our right hands. The float
ing masses of marsh grass, and the Shiny
stems of the water plants, doubled our work
as we swan, numbered by our clothing and
boots and holding our rifles aloft.
One result of the swim, by the way, was
that my watch, veteran of Cuba and Afri-
ca, came to an indignant halt Then on we
went, hampered by the weight of our
drenched clothes while our soggy boots
squelched as we walked. There was no
breeze. In the undimmed sky the sun stood
almost overhead The heat beat on us in
waves.
By noon | could only go forward at slow
walk, and two of the party were worse off
than | was. Kermit with the dogs and two
camaradas close behind him, disappeared
across the marshes at trot AT last, when
he was out of sight, and it was obviously
useless TO IOllOW nlIl, the rest OF us turned
back toward the boat. The two exhausted
members of the party gave out, and we left
them under tree. Colonel Rondon and
Lieutenant Rogaciano were not much tired );
| was somewhat tired, but was perfectly
able to go for several hours more if did
not try to go too fast; and we three walked
on to the river, reaching it about half past
four, after II hours stiff walking with moth
ing to eat.
We were soon on the boat. A relief party
went back for the two men under the tree,
and soon after it reached them Kermit also
turned UP with his hounds and his CANA
radas trailing YEARLY behind him. He had
followed the jaguar trail until the dogs were
so tired that even after he had bathed them,
and then held their noses in the fresh foot
prints, they would pay no heed to the scent.
A hunter of scientific tastes, a hunter
naturalist, or even an outdoors naturalist,
or faunal naturalist interested in big man.
mails, with a pack of hounds such as those
with which Paul Rainey hunted lion and
leopard in Africa, or such pack as the
packs of Johnny Golf and Jake Borah with