Feb. 23, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



63 



inlarge bands: they nre nearly always separate. Tin 

 i- ores i.-.i with a ili-liy to] vivid yellow, and 



liia whole "get-up" is the inosl conspicuous contras! of com- 

 plementary ephjrs, all of the liveUesl hues; while the female 

 i- m mass of rusty broil nisn-black almost the exact color of 

 file half-dead moss in which she make, tier nest, Had where 

 she will ncvi i in seen until with a whirl like a ruffed 

 grouse, she Springs tip right under your feel apparently. 

 Sitting in a line on the edge of a forge Ice cake, the males 

 look like p vi-im. r.i .a (jusSars or :i squadron of dashing 

 dragoons in lull uniform, while the lejaalcs look like a 

 •M of Onrtfrusian monks in ilicir sombre garb; 

 W< almost lived t>u their eggs for a short time while on 

 ting William's Land, and the suddenness with which they 

 became addlgd was wonderful. One day uine eggs were 

 obtain. i|, ill! of tin hi good, :is had been all previous ones, 

 and the next day (wliibh dates 1 have always regretted not 

 recording) twelve out of thirteen were addled so they had 

 to be thrown away; and After that noi pne good one was 

 found, although we kopl testing them for three or four 



flays until -we were convinced tl tartuer efforts would 



only resull in itn unwarranted destruction of small ducks, 

 The manncj' in wiicb tin- young ones appealed about Hirc.e 

 weeks later was almost on a par. and ii mtiwiI as if wo had 

 suddenly been visited by a shower of young ducka. In 

 some parts of the Arctic slippers rQSds from ihe hreasi of 

 the cider are used instead oi the inside reindeer stoGkings, 



le his gun. expecting to shoot some birds before we uncovered 



,.i .... 'i ' >pi... i...i.:i: <■ ,i.: i i ..I....1.. 



Iked along 



MIC eilli Vs 



ire is seven 

 ipe until I 



ids 



TIM 



ichiin, 

 mom 

 iay m< 



luit do not wear BO long, and are ruined by damp. 



. y, in the early pari of September, I 

 l,hi stern shore ol Terror Bay, and here I 

 marshaling for their southern nrnsacto. This 

 or eight miles long, and from its vt rv southe 

 reached its bend I was passing bj straggling i 

 half a mile to a mile from' shore', the i 

 berg of each little party being s llieicntly 



wllole WBS one \esl blind ol eidel duck's 



the shore as I approached kepi flying obi 

 dred yards, and this kepi a black, ring of i 



constantly ny let! as I walked along. 



Hut of all the Arctic ducks that will 

 upon your notice, there is none like the 



iii Esquimaux, evidi uil.v the ' old wife." 



the winter in the temperate zones tfJeratda 



n. .i -. en them in large fjoc&s in the Norl 



Up in noise and variety of sounds all they 



ThiS garrulous bird, known lo have three 



calls in the temperate /.one-, seems to 



visits tie- .Wlh to breed, and whcnevci 



tlou of onr Esquimaux- comrades regarding the numerous, 

 veinl. unearthly and variegated Sounds thai we Constantly 

 .card, the stej'cptyncd answer was tauk-wTt! tavk-wki! 



'bat radius 

 them-lves 



noisy faith-sob o! 

 ■ -old squaw" of 

 tfiacialiii). 1 have 

 h, but they make 



or four ilifferen 

 ultiply them as it 



In aid 



until we accredited 

 Norlh, the "ventriloquist;" 



for be seemed to unite this 

 Others, lie h.v.vtlie Nprtl 

 !";!■; alb-rot hers of his spe< 

 tinil the loasl bit of open w 

 lake near bv. the Arctic do 

 I have no "desire lo speal 

 ducks familiar to both zont 



gto this mocking-bird of th 

 i Colonel Gtldci called him. 

 •complWimenl with his many 

 ud sticks to 1<> dismal regions 

 3 have left, or as long as he can 

 ■sr As long xs a few arc in a 

 not seem iu the least deserted, 

 o speak further of the many kinds of 

 jth zones and with which the Sportsmi 

 ;ery shooting Season at his own liome. 

 ['l'O UK CONTINUED.] 



A MISADVENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



in CDWAUl) JIlSMM,, 



A QUARTER of a. century ago 1 found myself in Cape 

 i\. Town, South Africa. I was then a sailor, and not 

 liking i lie abusive and cruel manner in which the comman- 

 der treated luscraw, I declined to continue Joiurcr in the 

 ship. While waiting foravessej thai need.-..! an officer I 

 became. acquainted with two Englishmen, by name Mr 

 Whipley and Mr. Baker. They had come to Africa solely 

 for Die purpose of hunting the large game which at thai 

 period was lo be found in abundance sonic forty or fifty 

 miles to Ihe north and east of Gape Town. This wa- iii 

 the country of Ihe Bushmen, and as they were not of a par- 

 ticularly brave or wailikfi character, a party yf hunters 

 could generally get along without meeting with any serious 

 obstructions from them, The danger of treachery from the 

 Bushmen, added zest to the sport, and if a thieving negro 

 was shot, now and then instead of a rhinoceros or a hyena, 

 v, by i hen there was one less OOgM) in Afiica. 



When 1 lirsi made the acquaintance of Whipley and 

 Baker they were preparing lo start I'm a week's shoot, and 

 they kindly invited me to join them, They also generously 

 offered to supply me with a large calibre rifle, ammunition, 

 knife, and everything else which I should require for such 

 a journey, This liberality Ldid.not attribute-to an exces- 

 sive fondness for my company. On the contrary I had the 

 sense to see thai another white man added strength to the. 

 Anglo-Saxon clement, which was :i very important it 



wben 

 men, who b 

 Town. Tht 

 thoroughly c 



while men I 

 worthy, and 

 in mind. T 



parry wiih 

 my English 

 of i he pTQVlf 



Of a uellelO 



thought fhei 

 The provi 



ideied that our attendants were all black 

 been picked up while loafing about Cape 

 vage instincts of the race had not been so 

 mated by Iheii frequent contact with the 

 i make them altogether honest and trust- 

 ,-a- necessary thai this fact should be borne 

 lupplies consisted largely of hard bread 



; to, kill . 



I should i 

 • careful to 



.iM:. 



mi 



nipply th.. 



neglect to say that 



1 thai the rluii't part 



ml as this consisted 



ill ale in hollies, I 



.liable. 



■ill.-,, two shotguns, 



I we cared to be en- 

 fated of mx negroes 

 smd the duty of hig- 

 so far as tin- ammu> 

 but we found before 

 le in commitiimr to 



and lour dogs. To the I „ 

 gi&g en i >upp!ies. This was very w 

 union and shelter tent were concerns 

 long that a -real, mistake had been 1 

 their care the food and liquid supplii 



The arrangements being completed, we started ofl < 

 morning;, and after trudging though a monntai 



for five hours, we selected a cool and 



prepared to partake of some refreshment and i 



hour. While l/iunching my hard bread, 1 



made aware ol" the presence Oi one of tjiose -lin 



Oil* serpents which inhabit this part of the ear 



ing the excited mantici and wild ^■•-t i.ul;.i i....> 



negTOBB. Looking up I saw the basilisk ey 



glaring at me, and as it was not more than fifteen feet away, 



and ready to spring, 1 was iu a position of great danger. 



Baker, who was seated a few rods to my left, seized his gun 



and shot the snake dead. Fortunately for me he had carried 



country 



icily 



e of tin 



a snaki 



the iarge game. Th 



place heingthe favorite resort 



ileasant to contemplate, and i 



uither delay met the hearty 



We pursued our journey in 



night. Tin creeping vines a 



walking difficult and faliguin 

 suggested the advisability of t 

 I should have been very '-lad. 

 to reach the borders of a smal 

 •ted to tind the hippopota 



liiv 



if pi 



of the party 



'clock that 

 ik Vegetation made Ihe 



I had Whipley or Baker 



e this hour. 

 ., .. ere anxious 

 ,.,.■!• or crceli, where they e.v- 

 nd rhinoceros in the jungle 





hit h extended along it's margin. 



The lazy negroes were now becoming restive, and I be- 

 lieve ihev would have refused 10 continue longer, with us 

 bad not Whipley thr 



our stoics This 

 Suadiug men lo 

 !.. red i bat our ser 

 thing a sava-e i 

 opinion of Whipli 

 sin b mailers was 

 . . . been tl_ 

 When al last tl 



cd to shoi 

 ol a dhri 

 s bidding, 



understand is fo 



ud Baker, and as 

 h greater than i 



, S t compelellt jll.i 



nh 



. ... if they dropped 

 ii like way of per- 

 il must be reiin in 

 ilized. and the only 

 ce. This was th,. 

 Ilie,r experience in 

 line. 1 suppose they 



._ .rder was given to spread the tent, we 

 had gotten within e'ighl or nine hundred yards of the river. 

 We wen- on the verge of the forest, and tho jungle was 



within one hundred yards Of the spot, Supper was pre 

 pared, and a m pie justice was doin to our not over luxuri- 

 ous fare. We. had expected lo shopt au aUlelope during 



the day, but i e had been 61 ,-n. An antelope steak would 



have materially 'unproved our larder and been appreciated 

 by the party. 

 After the negroes had eaten their snpper we set them to 

 •k gathering fuel for the fires we intended to build around 



the 



amp, 



oft' 1 he pr 

 darkness, 

 fin 



mi w hen nigh! set iu Ihe torch was applied and 

 ion surrounded by lire. This was done to keep 

 ivlimr. hyenas and other wild animals during tl 



ight into 



Baker the 



Wrap, 



As ivi could not 

 eg without 



rust the 

 'atched, 



s to keep I hi 



ided 



nl the 



atches, and Whipley 

 ■olid, and I the last watch, 

 , a blanket around my body I lay 

 de the tent and was soon asleep, I had 'he 

 or tive Hours when 1 was aroused by a series 

 howls and ihe furious barking and squeaking 

 1 jumped up. and, seizing my rifle, rushed out of th 

 The fires were burning low, and some were n'ni 

 Whipley and Baker were standing closi 

 their rifles cocked, and when 1 saw tl 

 attitude I cooked my rifle and joined lln 

 the alarm was soon explained. The neg 

 stores and they had gorged themselves 

 drank so much' ale llial "thcvweie ready to burst. 

 were crazy drunk, and while their stomachs were 

 tended they could not stand, they could siiu u , 

 tongues, and this they did so well 

 sounded with their cries. Four or 

 ing around the camp, and when the 

 of l he dogs were killed and one wai 

 injured dog was moaning piteously 

 was yelling u ith all his might. W 

 ing of bones just beyond the line of tl 



i the ground 



a asleep four 



•i prolonged 



dogs. 



■ tent 



oge-thur holding 

 i in this fighting 

 The cause Eor 

 shad stolen our 

 it Ii the food : 



The 

 SO de 



• thei 



un- 



it the forest f 

 hyenas were prowl- 

 js attacked them two 

 adly wounded. The 

 bile the unhurt one 

 lid hear the cruncli- 

 — i fires, and when it 

 learned hiter that one of the negroes more drunk than 

 the others had fallen in a stupor outside the tires, the horri 

 hie thought became a certainty, and we knew the hyenas 

 were holdiiur their uhonlhh I'easl over his body. 



•llisi !" said Bak.r. "Don't you see those glittering eves 

 yonder under those hushes? pointing with his hand toward 

 it Clump of bushes not over thirty yards away. 



Whipley and I looked in ihe direction pointed out. and 

 we saw the gleaming eyes of some animal. 



"That's no hyena," said Whipley. "Stand ploae together, 

 and lake the best aim you can. and when I give ihe word 

 let's fire together. For God's sake be quick or lull charge 



usl 



In the presence of such imminent dauge: 

 came as firm as steel, and in less time th;> 

 tell, we had drawn close together, taken 



word "now," wo fired at the glittering oj 



the report died away when a fierce growl, 

 fall of a body within twenty feet of where v 

 made us spring aside. The animal gave s ( .y 

 and struck out mightily with its paws, scat 

 tires to the four wiuds'of heaven, and tin u 

 remained quiet. Wo loaded our rifles, aiu 



She buffets crashed through its brain, not 



body could be seen, and wo were now con\ 

 dead. 



:amination it proved to be a largv .., 

 is was known we mentally thanked God for our 

 deliverance. Of all the beasts of the forest we dreaded to 

 .counter, the lion was the one which we feared the most. 

 ...id it was understood among us when we left. Cape Town 

 that should one cross our path a shot should not ho fired 

 ess ii was imperative lo do so to save our own lives. 

 Fix the fires at once,'" cried Whipley when he saw the 

 . . cassofthc lion. A large quantity of brush had been 

 piled up in the .amp before night set. in, and from this the 

 'res were fed, and soon they were burning bri^htb . 

 The probability that more lions mighl be prowling around 

 ic camp effectually destroyed our inclination to sleep any 

 _iore that night, and we agreed to remaiu on guard until 

 daylight. 

 The sharp report from the rifles, followed by the growls 



flwi JiiMi cumnnrl t/-i AfAnna Mia i-li»iiiirn.< « n »« AJ -.,. i— 



in iierv, s he- 

 it lakes me to 

 i, and at the 

 Hardly had 

 lowed by the 



•d over and 

 tiously ad- 

 head. As 

 nor of the 



that it was 



e lion, and 



. tl 



ifcen Degroestg a sensi. 

 of the camp 



e nOM . and 



reatest con- 

 I verily be- 



res to take 

 later 



the la 



of the lion, seemed to arouse the dr 

 if l heir danger, and they staggered 

 ,nd huddled" close together, perfect., . 

 as docile as kil tens. Whipley ejsrpreBStt 

 tempt tor them, and had il not been l.n 

 lieve he would have driven them beynm 

 their chances with the lions and hyenas 

 Whipley explained thai he fell asleep d 

 of his watch, and the negroes had taken an 

 to steal our supplies anoget drunk. He knew it 

 thing to do, but he was so overcome bv the b.i.lih 

 of the day that he could not help it. 



The fear that lions and other savage beast 

 around, only waiting for a favorable opport .... 

 dash at us, kept our nerves stiung up to the higiicst 

 and when at last daylight appeared we fell as if a 

 load had been lifted from our minds. The neg 

 nearly demolished our stores, for what they could not. eat 

 they had scattered over the ground in tlie most wasteful 

 manner. Wo gathered enough bread and 

 last for a day or two, Baker found some coffee, but 

 for awhile we thought we should have to grjr withered it, 



e pr 



if this 

 a bad 



nighty 

 had 



as tue coffee-pot could not he found. Knowing that the 

 negroes could not eat it, we made a close search and finally 

 found it under somo bushes twenty feot beyond the camp. 

 Ii sm. lied powerfully of stale ale, notl 'his was convincing 

 prdbf that the negroes had used it to drink out of, and when 

 l hey were veil "b6I up" they had tossed il away. The bold 

 manner in which ihey had acted convinced us thai we had 

 picked ii)> about as bad a lot of black thieves as could be 

 found in Cape Town, and it was decided to drive them out 

 of the camp as .-o.m as Ihey could stand. Il was now im- 

 possible to continue out a week, and il was agreed that we 

 should hunt thai day and return lo < 'ape Town the following 

 da\ . The. wounded dog was beyond the hope of recovery, 

 ami we -hoi him to put him out of agony. 



Whipley took the colTee.],,)! and started toward Ihe river 

 lo gel some watCr, and after an absence of ten or fifteen miu 

 nl. s he returned with it filled. He said be had seen a full- 

 grown hippopotamus just emerging from the water not more 



than hundred yards from where lie was standing, and 



not wishing lo alarm it he bad filled his coffee-pot and'made 

 his way back very qui' tly, 



Whipley was a (iu.- hunter, and I could see how intensely * 

 pleased he was at the chance of ..'citing a shot al thehippo- 

 p«1amus. Our had luck and misiorliuie of the night had 

 temporarily down from his mind, and while waiting lor the 

 coffee to boil his impaii, nee to be off to the river was mani- 

 fested by several vigorous expressions. an( ] the colfce-pol 



was consigned to the devil marc than once. At lastlbecoffae 



was ready, and after m.iKiic: a hasty breakfast we gathered 

 up the few remaining supplies and iheicni, and hid them 

 under some bushes, piling a lot of brush on top to make them 

 as safe as possible. As we apprehended no immeditHo Tfuie 



for Ihe iwo shoi-iius, ihey were hidden iu another place, 

 and more carefully, as we did not care to hav. the negroes 



find there after wx» lofl the camp. 



We now look the ramrods from our rifles (this was before. 

 ihe era of breci h-loadcrs), and applied them to the Carcasses 

 of the negrpes, and so vigorously and heartily was this done 



Ihat il proved the very l„-i medicine we could adniinisler 

 lo the half-drunken brutes. They were soon dancing ah. an. 

 and after Whiplej bad explained to them thai Iheire'onipany 

 c.ouhl be immediately -dispensed with, they realized i hat their 

 fun was over, and slowly shink away in the forest. The 

 only dog left belonged to the negroes, and 1„- followed them 

 despite all wi; could do to coax him ton-main wilh us. This 

 we regretted, for we could have led him lo advantage in 

 the jungle. 



After' reaching Ihe banks of Ihe river we made an effort 

 to walk along i - - in. .ruin, 'nil thi s.,n uah\ was so yielding 

 we had to abandon the attempt \\ e now forced our way 

 Into the Jungle, and after an hour's laborious work we 

 struck a rift leading liom lb.- river in the direction of the 

 forest. It was apparenl that it had been caused by the 

 Iread of many large animals, and Whipley thought it was 



their path to 'the water. As we approached the river w'a 

 saw a large hippopotamus coining out f it, His body was 

 well out ol Ihe water, and offered a good mark for our 

 rill. 3. Wc had come upon him so suddenly thai he was no! 

 aware of our presence, and before he had "time lo discover 

 us, Whipley and Baker gave him a shot from their rill..-. 

 He bellowed and tried to back into deep waler. hut ii wag 

 evident, thai be had been hit hard, for he soon after rolled 

 over, and alter a few kicks remained quid. As the water 

 was not very deep where he fell, 



odv 



, in 



i la 



ould hi 

 nly hire 



' had a 

 enough 



While viewing Ihe. dead hippopotamus wc were startled 

 bv hearing several loud and savage yells, which were fol- 

 lowed by (lie barking of a dog. 



"What's upv' cried Baker, "Il sounds like the yells of a 

 party of black devils. Lets investigate," and moving to- 

 ward the border of the jungle which faced the forest, we 

 saw a lage party of Bushmen, who were .shouiingand point- 

 ing- with tle-ir UgSOgais toward the place where wc w n re 

 standing. 



"Our thievish niggers have joined thejen," sitid Whipleyi 

 and Ihev mean to attack us. Shall wc make a dash for 

 the forest, and tight them from behind the trees'?" 



"We caul do it." replied Baker. "They will overtake ua 

 before we reach it. We had better lie low here, and give 

 thom a few shots before wc make the effort." 



The Bushmen ran huddled together, and advanced to- 

 ward the Jungle, and as they came on we heard the yelping 

 of a dog some distance ahead of them, The cur seemed to 

 have scented our whereabouts, and as the Bushmen fol- 

 lowed his trail, it was evident that in a few minutes they 

 would be upon tis. 



In silence wc awaited the onward rush of the savage 

 negroes until they hid -.'ol ten within one hundred yards of 

 us, and then, picking out three of the leaders, we raised our 

 rifles and fired. Every shot look effect, and the three 

 negroes dropped to the earth. This brought the party to a 

 sudden halt, and we improved the time bv loading our rifles. 

 Tin- rc-pite, however, was of short duration, and' they were 

 about lo close with us when the jungle near them open, d, 

 and a liercc rhinoceros charged right into their midst, im- 

 paling one of (he negroes on his horn and knocking down 

 and trampling on all whom he encountered in his fearful 

 charge. The monster's charge was so sudden and ujsios 

 p.-cted thai ii demoralized the negroes, and Ihey scattered 

 and ran iu all directions. 



The appearance on the scene of such an ally astonished 

 us, and for u few seconds we were quite dazed by the 

 eveiil. But we soon recovered our senses, and embracing 

 the chance offered by the panic among the negroes, we ran 

 for the forest, and in a very short time we reached its shel- 

 tering told and were hidden from Ihe view or our enemies. 

 We coniiiiueil on a "dogtrot" through the foresi until 

 quite exhausted. As the shouts from our foes | U( ] long 

 since died away, we moderated ..ur pace and pioecedcd 

 more leisurely. Whipley had a small pocket Compass and 

 we looked To hinvto extricate -us from the wildcrneByand 

 guide us lo Cape Town. 



A-; ui:i.i approached mid the shadows were cast over the 

 foresi l imagined that 1 saw spectral forms flitting before 

 me. Hungry, with no chance of gelling anything to fat; 

 w.-n v and footsore, with no safe place to ri -.-'.' we teii truly 

 miserable. How should we pass the nighl? In a tree, was 

 the only solution to the query, and we looked around to 

 find one which we could climb, and thai would al o be 

 large enough to protect us from the attacks of sa\ 



Deliverance from this woful predicament was near at 

 hand, for while we w.-r. iu the act. of OSCendi I 

 which Baker had hit upon I'ora "roosting place, ' fhe burk- 

 ing of dogs was heard some distance on our right, and soon 



