Identifier: explorationsadve00wils (find matches)
Title: Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Wilson, James Russell
Subjects:
Publisher: (Philadelphia?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
had a glorious day on my horse Jack. Hecarried me well up to a troop of roan antelopes, when my gun, unfortu-nately, missed fire. Saw a splendid old bull harrisbuck, but lost sight ofhim in trying to get below the wind, and never saw him again. Rode,far, climbing to the top of the hills; at length saw about twenty-twoharrisbucks; got below the wind and within 300 yards, when they tookthe alarm. I had a very long chase of five miles, at least. 1 he groundWng so bad, and my horse blind, I could only go steadily; at lengthygot them at advantage, and put Jacks powers to the test. He galloped strong and well, and as they were thundering down a passbetween two mountains, through a dry ravine, I got within three lengthsof the hindmost buck. The pace was tremendous. One magraificentold bull I had set my heart on, and was close to him. Jack drew upshort just on the brink of the ravine, and, in my hurry to jump oflf, T gotHoy foot fast in the stirrup. I had my back to the bucks, and when J tad
Text Appearing After Image:
239 Z40 WONDERS OF THE TROPIC& extricated my foot 1 had lost my bull, I fired at a large black and ttfflcow, and either missed her altogether or gave her a bad shot. It was Fine Work at Times. In the middle of the chase I almost jumped into an ostrich nest, but 1Could not think about eggs then. On returning to the wagons I heardmy horse Bryan was very sick ; he had wandered away from the wagons,and we lost him, though I followed the trail till dark. I luckily heardfrom two Kaffirs that they had seen a horses trail on the path going backftt the break of day. Inyous, one of my party, and myself started in thedirection the Kaffirs told us, and, thinking it not improbable we mightbe away three or four days, I put a cap, box of salt, and a dry elandftongue in my pocket, and Inyous carried two pounds of beads. Onfinding the trail eighteen hours gone, I pressed two Kaffirs from a kraalnear by into the sei »/ice. It was fine work, at times, tracking him outWe had many checks, and all spr

Note About Images