SEARCH FOR IVORY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 9

SEARCH FOR IVORY

THROUGH AFRICAN JUNGLES

A TRADER’S ADVENTURES

After having spent 30 years in trop:cai Africa, Mr. F. H. Clark arrived ■- Sydney the other day on holiday. Onriug his first ten years in Africa lie was an ivory dealer, and faced death on many of his journeys through 4e dense jungles. Although the country teemed with tame, said Mr. Clark, and several of Ms men were killed by lions, he retained untouched until quite recently, »hen he was attacked by a buffalp. He was deserted by his only companion at the time, a gun-bearer, who ran jo a tree, where, safe in the branches, oe watched his master tossed twice ia the air and stamped upon. When the animal was satisfied that he was tad It left him, and the gun-bearer ’aa able to summon the porters, who aad been left i_. camp. »r. Clark was carried 80 miles to an ™ ha*’ wilere be s Pent five months jo bed. On another occasion one of is porters was seized by a party of otabuti pigmies, who were searching z \ mea '- When the native was • und again there was nothing but a a* bones and his arms. Clark said that the old system ' tra “ihK with goods carried by porters had practically died out. As Any as 1910 a boundary commission s appointed by the British and BelGovernments to fix the lioundbetween their colonies. At the ,!~ e “ me they laid down laws about ‘,J7 trading, which generally was illegal. Illicit, trading was mated, and the traders had to seek itber activities. trading for some years, Mr. k said, he was appointed a warden preserve the game in Kenya Col- . Beyond its borders, where : a , ' lng as allowed, lions and other Mm h had become scarce, stock “ ama se was done to settlers’ freat ,f y animals, and this had ted an interesting situation. As drew numbers of wealthy the settlers benefited, so they Vila i-? rn between a desire to protect hfe and to destroy it. the to be feared most was *taf ~ oceros - Nobody could tell Hu; n C . W ° Uld do * rom oue moment to w «. The beast would charge Hiti’nc 68 ’ aud tents without disertm'o finrt’i? Ud travellers were as likely by ft rushing through their camp Mr g m 38 by day»arden said that the post of game Mid hi W k S not an arduous one now, of djjT 1 Caa rges were in little danger tavoni- g ° ut ' Public opinion did not '■'troph!r° n , killillg for a huge hunl th es ’ and ma uy sportsmen satistraDh«enl 3e * ves w *th securing photoJ»ryin» °: same at close rahge, reioohnf- ,lleir rifles for protection or n«t aid 11 few specimens. The greatcU,ly was the natives. They should could see why the animals *i!h ,„ not be killed, and hunted them ow s With impunity.

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