The Ely miner., 1932-04-01

assistant) out to scout around for milk goat.
He brought one back and hurriedly MIXED il.
l tried to pour some milk down the stubborn
pachyderm's throat but I couldn't get her jaws
open. Once or twice 1 managed 10 get them
partly open but before l could pour the milk
down she closed them again.
"I considered five or six different plans for
feeding that animal dismissing them as i'm
practical as fast as they popped into my head.
Then got an idea that I thought was worth
trying The first step was TO send Ali TO
nearby clump to cut me length of bamboo.
AS is commonly known, a stick OF bamboo is
made up of series of joints. the wood being
hollow between joints. Ali brought back exact
" what had sent him for, piece of bamboo
about two inches in diameter. I cut off piece
about nine inches long, leaving the joint TO
form the bottom This gave me device which
! planned TO use as feeding tube. sharpened
the opening till 1t TO point, and. salts
fed that was on the right track, proceeded
with the next step.
Before this could be carried out we had to
get our elephant Eve practically carried her)
to the shack where we had arranged to spend
the night. I instructed Ali to boil some rice in
water. When the rice was cooked. mixed
some goats milk with it, the result being a
thin but nutritious Cruel. Then l proceeded to
fill my bamboo with this substance
This done Ali got his shoulder right un-
der the elephants forequarters till she was al
most standing her back legs. Then forced
the point of the bamboo tube between her tight
ly closed jaws. gradually working it in Until
could tip it up and dump the contents down her
throat. Stubborn to the last. she tried to keep
from swallowing, giving in after a few seconds
of gurgling. second tubeful was prepared
and the operation repeated, this time the
task proving less difficult In all, fed her
three tubes Of Cruel that session.
"An hour later I put the obstinate little girl
to bed, covering her up with some old gunny
sacks. The following morning there was def
mite Improvement in her condition. some Of the
wobbness having disappeared. We gave her
her breakfast, repeating the performance with
the tube This time it was unnecessary to prop
her up.
"A little later in the morning we put her on
a bullock cart and took her back to Domji from
where she was transported, along with my 9TH
er specimens to Singapore. We had trouble
feeding her en- route, the bamboo feeding tube
working perfectly"
One other item which wild animal collector
needs to have in his psychological equipment
for following his profession is diplomacy. That
Frank Buck has that is shown by the fact that
some Of his rarest specimens have been OBJ
tanned because of his friendship with oriental
potentates and his skill in handling the native
peoples Of the jungles where he has had to go
to find his animals. Among these people Frank
Buck Is a great "tuan" fchief) and he is that
to coolies in the Malay peninsula and to Indian
rajahs. II he hadn't been he would never have
been permitted TO penetrate the forbidden jun
giles of NepaL which is closed to white men,
and bring back with him those two Indian
rhinos which now have their homes In the New
York and Philadelphia ZOOS
IF he hadn't heon iS do-,h+fuI ho ,r-oy,I5
have been able to make the remarkable moving
pictures which resulted from his last trip to
the Orient. For il was faithful coolie who
came speeding to tell his .'tuan' that a python
was lying near trail used by tiger and that
resulted in an epochal film record of a python
tiger fight. the like of which few white men
have ever seen and none has ever before photo
graphed.
For to cap his career of -bringing 'em back
alive Frank Buck has lately brought hack
movie record of life in the jungle. which is as
unique as the record of his career as col
lector of wild animals. He also has brought
back the memory of one of his narrowest es-
eapes from death-the memory of being staIked
by tiger. of tripping and falling backward
when the big cat hurled itself at him and of
looking up and seeing the striped belly of the
animal passing over him. Yes il was ratbe,
close CALL said Frank Buck in telling me q.
this Incident 'But-welL you zee me here
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