TRAPPING BIG GAME

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 47, 4 June 1910, Page 9

TRAPPING BIG GAME

ptmsmM inVwffli s#wnW rt one imM'have" ftfr , his"tiwli wftfrH'ifie rfwmißr'-as'i fcafetetaftriftyimiß trap] ■ping big game in Africa,. •*"""' ':'',' iA » s We gamfe Urging in .'-Africa 1 ducted mostly north of.'l-nFT'fansvaai and south of fchTSSfi&Ta desert, between the east .a&UKwisD coi&t&Tll.g?y best restate uwhcaithy marahy (.district iof'iMoaambk[Ue»ithe Poft tuguese colony in East Africa,'' A 4airge paritl'iof '.the'fgainei/lisi'.capteed ; .ih'' the Lakesiidistiioti.and: ai%oad ibheihea* ws/; ters of'tihe)3idia. i!-vjjun<. r. nri.i -k\i v.i ■>i< After .'.'the aiieiJcaptuTed 'they haMe.itO'beiteajiaipO'iited to-ithie .coasti ©ei livered at Nairobi— or- Port Florence, which are inland ,and[ practically on the %iti'lg Mkf WM iff'# M S >H,%W,. 4PW ■MI : *M%iiW4i« Wy.JMppßpot^mg, from £SO to £9o;_elaj)da;'an,d, mos^f baboons* £75 t ff/i^Wit> l / 0 • #H:o %.! X 5 >.!iW^rigqfli^i:.and •,■ [jtbe square-muzzled (or so-called whjjfl) rhinoceros run from £IOQO to £6OOO.

The ab,o.ve,;prices-are doubled by the time the-'anrmWs Wcfc the .coast. Then 'tlie'fe,ii ! lt&fe%^of ; m i nP'rt;i , i'W'^fica Hfce-tffcfc of^.M ; l4 )r m as the animals until a, buyer ;aWea'rdP on, the Wetiei'-" h ' !9 ''" "*'. ' : " } ™\" l ' aL ",> Owners, of circus menagerie's 1 ' are/'jt'he tjfttt 'aWye^^had^creat'e 1 " trie' 1 ' dbmand, and, in fact, make the market/' 1

The trapper must have a working capi;tad'of■;froii'ilf?oooit*ii"ißei)o(K'l!lfA c4raVaaDJoaadc iij>JofiaOQ'iiieniiMtiWg ifrom •M)s ,to:.£4(iper!m , onbh,'a«Gorditig to-their iservices'/.'imus't'JSfe'-qbaidi aiffd^fed 1 . 1 » Sometimes!: tohito i^heseunon-ai* ipaidafroin'j to' '£Wf'k iweekjiandifalljeKpensest''^. l ::'' •■"-''" "i felephftSitis •differj edmeiwhat' Irdm .thbSe'TOed 1 in &M)jh\ ;ping tha Othpr.'lajgeJpachydermataiJ M-' iUiougb pits;, aTevlat'»ar.eJtiiiitervalS''U9eaj by some hunters, the favorite''way-:is f ttb use the unattached snare. The young -ft?# #?'ejjQaptufiegv cJtiiWnld,ite unless, WsM\m&te ] xite.m i ms-& ft»U-g?own TelepMak'. lon lioV/ :■»'[] Vviol» vA We tjhetjsiiiftipfj.ithe Tanganyika with a, empture of 130 ani%t 'ui" J on'-tne MffißL I .We r imm«SS& pitched camp, andMarais and myself, with a hundred men, set out to make a overtook the herd. irito'4 fike= a/fcuJu*Wfle fortaation, and advanced, the neft''men'ln , "tlh« ranks at intervals. Our object was to i&tajnpjede 'ih<t>old y a:nini&l#;; ajidiythen-run ones. "' Vyriimiin liij-: v'ulJ

""""■ :£im>t!Mj .uij-' ['nil thorn bushes jagpi ftßt&rgiwwjtfc., till within 200 yards of our quarry. mvm, ■s* gallop through__the forest. The young elephants, rushed 'helter-skelter into the 'kismawv.TOe^; l *' iifl ») ni'/iM, iJ< !n]feh J, Wsett' v .iii; i^4^'l : , o.t i natives blocking 'the gaps. As fcM circle flhe'- l/ this danger. On my .signal the riiktned and caat JJ thtfr /i ire!^. / ''TO\\fri"\Vtot"t4ree of the smalleßt - etep}Emts, the others Ixrhargkg mfh: tvfMl. isctcbolwlD past'l us, -xJireotions; 'Mdenl}V'«w*V.e fcbe diii'lof, the foresti/jaissrflpningcry: dndiAel tiuitep .•ot!ftniie|e;phaaiijipl«ti.)ußffiaai'l(?jl)s guards ; utrffliejioow etepliantjiyMohi;! iliadl i;&lftf>t was charging down on us. I jaeizexlciJiiy Express and fired-botfe barrels at once. ,1 missed andj a.terrib^^eare. safe me run, charged, atter_me ; "plunging over Afaraie. As. she was passing one of the 'MiveFMo'MM Hn r isSgai I! iilto ,l her! side. With a snort she turned aud v r#-f "flklttl IM'SS Her i 'tus!ks< v Ue:WWthe! ground, dead. M&fied hfe /ih« m m!ite ptawWarpUt victim, he fired: With a roar she fell, ■MiiUl'i se*ondiusb , pti'ni t'lteulrainobilled flfoe'rl nr; oJ fcvuio.i Jii,m>. ,i: liijw ".nj;h!l. | •n'-ru'r ;:;r v illl|i ,'■■■«,,,; „„^ ll j n ,;p r; . K| J