Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-16

hind the tall, slender columns OF the palms,
and lit the waste fields of papyrus. The
black monkeys howlfd mournfully. The
birds awoke Macaws, parrots, paraquets
screamed at us and chartered at us as we
rode by. Ibis called with waling voices,
and the plovers shrieke ed as they wheeled in
the air We waded across bayous and
ponds, where white lilies floated on the
water and thronging llac-flowers splashed
the green marsh with color.
At last, on the edge Of patch Of Jungle,
in wet ground, we came on fresh jaguar
tracks Both the jaguar hounds challenged
the sign. They were unleashed and gal
Hoped along the trail, while the other dogs
noisily accompanied them The hunt led
right through the m rsh Evidently the
jaguar had not the lea asst distaste for water.
Probably it had been ltunting for capybaras
or tapirs, and it had gone straight through
ponds and long, winding, narrow bitches or
bayous, where it must now and then have
had to swim for stroke or two 1t had
also wandered through the island-like
stretches of tree-covered land, the trees at
this point being mostly palms and TART
mans the taruman is almost as big as live
oak, with glossy foliage and fruit like an
olive.
The pace quickened, the motley pack
burst into yelling and bowling; and then
sudden quickening of the note showed that
the game had either climbed tree or turn
ed to bay in a thicket The former proved
to be the case The dogs had entered a
patch of tall tree jungle, and as we cantered
up through the marsh we saw the jaguar
high up among the fotked limbs Of taru-
man tree.
Killing the Jaguar.
1t was beautiful picture-the spotted
coat of the big, 1.-THE, formidable cat fairly
shone as it snarled defiance at the pack BE-
low. 1 did not trust the pack; the dogs
were not stanch, and if the jaguar came
down and started feared we might lose it.
So fired at once, from a distance of 70
wards. | was using nv favorite rifle, the
little Springfield with which l have killed
most kinds of African game, from the lion
and elephant down. the bullets were the
sharp, pointed kind, with the end of naked
lead. At the shot the jaguar fell like sack
of sand through the branches, and although
it staggered to its feet It went but score OF
wards before it sank down, and when | came
I'D it was dead under the palms, with three
or four of the holder dogs irving at it.
The iaguar is the kin e of South American
game, ranking on an equality with the no.
blest beasts of the cha he of North America
and behind only the huge and fierce Great
ures which stand at the head of the big
game of Africa and Asia. This one was ar
adult female. 1t was heavier and more
powerful than a full-grown male cougar OF
African panther, or leopard. 1t was a big
powerfully built creature, giving the same
effect of strength that tiger or lion does
and that the 1.-THE leopards and pumas dc
not Its flesh, by the way, proved good eat
ing, when we had it for supper although il
was not cooked in the way it ought to have
been. | tried it because had found cougar:
such good eating; have always regretted
that in Africa did not try lions flesh, which
| am sure must be excellent.
Next day came Kermit's turn. We hac
the miscellaneous pack with us, all much en-
loving themselves; but, although they coulC
help in jaguar hunt I'd the extent OF giving
tongue and following the chase for halt ;
mile. cowinp the quarry by their clamor
they were not sufficiently stanch to be OF us'
II there was any difficulty in the hunt. Tht
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