. The War Cry . ogaze upon the beast, bo the Hagen-becks decided to capture one. An expedition was formed. Head-quarters were established near thedelta of the mighty stream, theGanges, India. It -was not long beforea ..favorite haunt of the clumsy ani-mals was found, and Diedrick Hagen-beck and two natives set out. in acanoe. In a small stretch of openWater they encountered a babyhippo, sporting in the muddy a moment a noose was about itsthick neck, and it was being hauledbodily out of the water and into canoe. .:.:_?? On the bankwas-the mother of thelittle captive—a heavy
. The War Cry . ogaze upon the beast, bo the Hagen-becks decided to capture one. An expedition was formed. Head-quarters were established near thedelta of the mighty stream, theGanges, India. It -was not long beforea ..favorite haunt of the clumsy ani-mals was found, and Diedrick Hagen-beck and two natives set out. in acanoe. In a small stretch of openWater they encountered a babyhippo, sporting in the muddy a moment a noose was about itsthick neck, and it was being hauledbodily out of the water and into canoe. .:.:_?? On the bankwas-the mother of thelittle captive—a heavy, mud-Cakedcow, with the strength of a hundredhorses. She had been dozing in thesun, with the flies thick upon her; butof a sudden she was awake and alert,with,, nostrils distended and fleshaquiver, A mighty splash and she wasin the stream, aiid then there begana race for life. Near the bank the struggling young-ster in the boat overturned one of theiivesi and he dropped his oar. Asjjwung round the frantic. Giraffes in Captivity. was not a pleasant one to hear. The accident was not unexpected,and the elder Hagenbeck, when theybrought the mangled remains of hisson to him, organized another ex-pedition, with larger guns and moramen. It went to the Ganges, too, andfared forth just as Diedrick had , near the place where he lost hislife it captured a full-grown hippo. Tigers, lions, jaguars, . and similaranimals are usually captured by meansof pitfalls. Great holes are dug inpaths leading to jungle wateringplaces and covered with flimsy roofsof thatch and leaves. At the bottomare strong nets so arranged that whenthe hunters prey falls upon them theywill entangle its legs. A great many Thus we get some glimpse of thedangerous task that the men have whorisk their lives for the sake of cap-turing these ferocious beasts, that peo-ple may be instructed and amused.
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