The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
NATURAL BORN HUNTERS.
Brazilian Natives Are Only Rivaled by
Those Of Australia.

Brazilian Natives Are Only Rivaled by
Those Of Australia.
II you want to find a thoroughbred
sportsman you must look among the
natives of the, Braziliap forests Espe-
cially among the Botocudo, to whom
tracking game is the chief business Of
his life. He does it with such skill
that he fills the white man with awe
and wonder.
However enthusiastic a huntsman
lou are you will feel yourself poor
sportsman after watching him for a
little while. The Botocudo hunter
glides stealthily through the forest.
He understands every sign and habit
of bird and beast. He knows how
high up an armadillo displaces the
leaves Of a tree in passing. He can
distinguish the tracks of the snake
and the tortoise. He can follow the
tortoise to its burrow by the scratches
Of its scaly armor on the mud. His
sense of smell is so keen that it helps
him a great deal in hunting. Hidden
behind the trunk Of a tree he can i'm
itate the cries Of birds and beasts to
bring them within range of his deadly
poisoned arrow. He can even entice
the alligator by making her rough eggs
crate. together where they lie under
leaves on the river bank If he shoots
at an ape and the animal does not fall
he will climb up after the animal by a
hanging creeper where no white man
would climb. However dark the for
est, he is Indifferent to this darkness.
Laden with his bag Of game he finds
his way back to his hut by the sun
and the lay Of the ground.
His only rival is the Australian IA.
tive. He will lie in wait behind a
screen of boughs. He waits until the
kangaroo comes to drink, or he will
track him for days in the open. he
will camp by his fire to be ready for
his pursuit at early dawn. He keeps
unseen to leeward.
When a. number hunt together they
will put up brush fence in two long
wings, converging toward a pit, and so
drive the kangaroos into it. They also
form great hunting parties for bat
tue surrounding half a mile Of BUSH
land, and with shouts and clatter they
drive all the game to the center, where
they can close round and dispatch
them with spears and waddies. In
fowling they show the same adroit-
ness. A native will swim under wa
ter, breathing through reed. he
merely covers his head with water
weed till he gets among a flock Of
ducks, which one by one he pulls I'M
der and tucks into his belt. They
rarely need to make use Of dogs in
hunting, though they had learned this
way of hunting long before the white
man knew anything about it. They
used the dingo or native dog.-Chicago
Herald
Never Deceive an Animal.
In Farm and Fireside appears the
following advice as to the training of
animals:
"You never can train a colt, a calf,
or any animal, wild or tame, unless
you gain it's entire confidence and af-
lection. To do this you must never
deceive it, not even for fun, and al
ways protect it. and show that you
love it.
1.-THE way to a mans heart is
through his stomach and the road to
the affection Of an animal is by way
Of its taste. ~
can apple, bit Of tender grass or
some tasty bit will soon make friends
with it, and kind words and petting
will make it a loving and obedient
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