Evening star., 1921-03-06

the scientists We're going. there were
no places where fuel could be procured
at all. 1t is still a wild land. peopied
by big animals and natives who live
i'll primitive simplicity.
They solved the fuel problem so
successfully that they set record for
distance motored into the wild land.
They loaded the cars with aS mary
cans of oil as cou!d be safely carried.
After going "A distance of about sew
enty-five miles they planted the sur
plus of gasoline in the bush and re-
turned to Nairobi. Anther load was
taken on, and d second store of SaSo-
line established at considerable dis
tance from the first. Thus by stalking
the route with surplus fuel they were
able to make total mileage OF more
than 500 on the last trip from base
that is, they f1ivvered for more tina II
300 miles from the nearest settlement
of civilization. which was seventy-five
niles Farther than any one else had
ever ventured by motor car.
The motorized explorations in East
Africa We're perhaps the most thrilling
OF their ventures.
lid you see many big animals
was asked DR.. Shantz
Did weo Why. we saw one string
of zebra, oryX and gaZeiie that strung
out for "A distance Of three miles.
Elephants and lions. an occas sion.I
rhinoceros, giraffe and eiand or other
big beast often watched US curiously
as the cars chuSged through the bush. 9"
Dr. ShantZ said. They don't seem to
fhink much of us. but were certainly
amazed by the tiivvers. In that they
we're not much more singular than
many of the human beings we ran into
In the wilds. Frequently the men
would run from US. when they saw us
away from the cars, just because of
our white faces. Sometimes. when the
cars would run sudden upon "A native
VINO mad never seen an automobile, the
display of fright was ptiful Old peo-
pie who couldn't run would trem BILE
with fear and try frantically 20 get
away from the machines that appeared
to them to be Monsters
Did any of the animals or nati:es
attack you or the cars?
Not one. The nearest to attack
from an animal came from a lioness
She dropped out Of the busn about
SIXTY yards from the car and -stalked
us for perhaps twenty feet. and she
looked as if she meant business. Just
as | was getting ready to shoot she
walked back into the bush. We hung
around for an hour or two and so
"'" ''r. B''t sue mad. no AZ arint
to get US and OF course We left her
severely alone.
"TE" animals we saw Were usually
at considerable distance from TIL.
trail. OFTEN they wouldn't move as
we passed them but merely look up
and gaze wonder-eyed at the ma
chimes. especially If they Were at
safe distance
''The automobile lights had i'm
mense fascination for some of them
at night. This was especially true of
hyenas, jackals and Ieopards. AS the
car approached them with a st1 aam
of light ahead you could see their
glittering eyes. lit up by the re-
fiected glare. Sometimes when they
wanted to cross the trail ahead Of
us they would stop when they came
TO the stream of light from the car,
10 i" i. Gu"ntiy ruu along beside il
and finally try to jump over it. as if
they thought it was fire.
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DIG game is sii,k very plentiful in
East Africa. says DR.. ShantZ. and
is source Of large revenues to the
local governments. In the British
..,..-s. h:; gam hrntinE '.c.nse
costs ABOUT $3.50. and a hunter must
have an extra license if he wants to
kill elephant and giraffe
SO far as the natives in the big
game country, or elsew here in those
parts of Africa visited by the scien-
fists. go. DIR. Shantz has only kind