Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — IN SOUTH AFRICAN WILDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN SOUTH AFRICAN WILDS.

Shooting Game In Almost Impenetrable Forest*. One of the most experienced of African hunters and supposed to be the “Alan Quatremain” of one of Rider Haggard’s novels is F. C. Selous, of England. Mr. Selous went to South Africa in 1871 and with the exception of the time spent in visits to his home has lived on the Dark Continent ever since. He is now in England and has almost innumerable trophies of his hunting in Africa. His collection embraces specimens of the white rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wild dog, hyena, eland bull, gemsbok, koodoo, lion, and other kinds of African game. Most of Mr. Selous’

time was consumed in shooting elephants, and these animals moved farther north before the advancing tide of civilization. Mr. Selous continued his pursuit into I the deep forests. He was accompanied by a band of Kaffirs who carried the elephants’

ivory. Often the sole diet of the party was elephants’ meat, and Mr. Selous says that portions of the huge

creatures make fine eating. The' heart and feet are dainty morsels. Mr. Selous gives; the following recipe for cooking the feet: “You; cut off the foot at the lower joint, and place it, skin and all, in a hole in the ground

where a good fire has been burning. In other words, the foot, just as it leaves the beast, is laid on the ashes

of the fire in the hole. Then you cover over the hole with earth and light a good roaring fire on top. It 1 takes a considerable time to cook the meal, but when properly done it really

makes acceptable eating.” All of Mr. Selous’ elephant-hunting was done on foot. Wherever the

elephant abounds the tsetse-fly is also found, and as the flies worry horses to death the, latter had to be| dispensed with. Mr. Selous says

that elephant hunting in South Africa is no longer profitable as a business. The animals are very scarce

and are hard to get at, having retired into forests almost impenetra:ble to the hunter. Other species of game, however,

abound and furnish exciting amusement to the sportsman. Mr. Selous will soon return to Africa in quest of game, sueh as the large antelopes. Our illustrations of some of his collection are from the Illustrated News of the World.

ELAND BULL MASHONALAND.

WILD DOG.

HIPPOPOTAMUS SKULL I

SKULL OP THE WHITE RHINOCEROS.

SFOTTKD HYENA.