"That kind of hunting is not confined to South Africa, I believe," said Frank.
THE HOPO, OR TRIP FOR DRIVING GAME.
"Not by any means," was the reply; "it is known over pretty nearly the whole world. It is used in India and Ceylon for trapping elephants, in Australia for capturing kangaroos, and in other parts of the world for other animals. Hunting by battue, or beating, is as old almost as man himself, and has been practised in all ages; the chief difference between the ordinary hunt by battue and the capture of game in a hopo is that in the latter instance the game is caught in a pit or enclosure, while usually it is shot or otherwise killed as the lines of men are drawn closely together. In many hunts of this sort the use of firearms is forbidden on account of the danger of accidents, and where they are permitted it is generally the rule to fire towards the outside of the cordon of men and not towards the inside.
PAUL DU CHAILLU IN AFRICA.
"One of the most famous hunters in Africa," said Doctor Bronson, after a pause, "was Paul du Chaillu, who has written several books, interesting alike to young and old. When he first published the account of his adventures his stories were received with incredulity, but as Africa has become better known the truth of his assertions has been made manifest. He was the first white man to hunt the gorilla, and probably the first who ever saw one of those animals. In the course of his explorations he travelled some eight thousand miles, nearly always on foot and unaccompanied by a white man.