Chapter 21 Chapter Seven Hunting

The problem now is to completely eliminate the beasts that invaded the model island.Whether it is a carnivore or a reptile, as long as a pair slips through the net, it will cause endless troubles for the future.The surviving pair will reproduce quickly, as in the forests of India or Africa.To make such a machine of steel; it is to keep it from the dubious shores and islands that it is placed in the misty seas of the Pacific; it is to keep it safe from infectious diseases that perfect measure.All of a sudden, overnight... In fact, the Model Island Company should not hesitate to take the United Kingdom to an international court and demand huge damages from them!Human rights are seriously violated in this situation, isn't it?was trampled upon.If once the evidence is gathered...

But action should be taken now, as it was decided in the plenary session. First, some families are terrified to make some requests for support.Residents demanded to flee Model Island and seek refuge on ships anchored in two ports.That obviously wouldn't work, and besides, there weren't enough ships. No!The wild beasts imported from England should be hunted down immediately and exterminated.In this way, the "Pearl of the Pacific" can restore its former security. Hundreds of millions of people in the city stopped delaying and took action immediately.Some people unhesitatingly proposed some drastic measures: diverting sea water into the model island, setting fire to parks, fields and fields, drowning or burning these beasts to death.However, for amphibians, neither flood nor fire attack works.The best way is to hunt skillfully.

That's exactly how it works. Here, it is necessary to mention Captain Saroll, the Malays and those New Hebrides laborers.They also took part, and the island's consul gave them a warm welcome.Nominally, these people longed to repay the reception they received.In fact, deep down in the heart of Captain Sarol, he was especially afraid that this accident would end the voyage; that the people and their families of billions of cities would abandon the model island; that they would force the ruling authorities to return directly to the Bay of Madeleine, causing his plan to come to naught.

The nobility of the "quartet" in this situation proves them to be French.In the face of danger, the four Frenchmen were not cowardly and were stabbed in the back.They appear in the ranks under the leadership of Callistus Membal.The latter had seen worse situations than this, so after learning the facts, he just shrugged contemptuously.He didn't pay attention to these lions, tigers, leopards and other useless animals!Perhaps this grandson of Barnum was a lion tamer, or at least a circus manager! The hunt began that morning.In the beginning, the hunt went on more fortunately. On the first day, two crocodiles recklessly crawled out of the Serpentine River.This reptile is notoriously formidable in water, but clumsy and inconvenient on land because of its inflexible body.Captain Sarol and his Malays attacked bravely.One of them was injured and the rest were searching the park.

During this period, we saw another dozen crocodiles, obviously a group of animals that landed.These crocodiles are huge, four to five meters long, so they are very dangerous.Because they are hiding in the water, some sailors are going to get some explosives and throw them in to blow up their hard bodies. The words are divided into two ends, each expressing one branch.Hunting teams are scattered all over the countryside.A lion was killed by Jaime Tanken's gun.This proves that he is not lying when he says that he is not a layman.He had the poise and dexterity of a hunter from the Far West.The beast was really nice, worth five or six thousand francs.As the lion was lunging at the "quartet," a steel bullet struck it in the heart.Pancina affirmed that he had already felt the whirlwind of the lion's tail.

In the afternoon, while hunting, a soldier was bitten on the shoulder.At this time, the island governor also let go of a beautiful lioness.If John Bull wanted these terrible animals to take root here, their hopes would be dashed with their demise. The results of the day did not stop there.Captain Sim Coyer kills a pair of tigers.He led a team of sailors, and one of them was sent to the starboard port because he was badly scratched.Judging from the collection, the most beasts on the machine island seem to be this terrifying cat. As night fell, the beasts, after a daring pursuit, fled near the former battery.Everyone planned to drive them out of there early the next morning.

Throughout the night, this terrible roar kept frightening the women and children of the city of billions.Even if this fear does not exist, it is difficult to get rid of it from everyone's mind.In fact, is Model Island sure to completely wipe out this British advance army?All walks of life in Billion City cursed the vile Brit endlessly with one voice. At dawn the hunt resumed as it had yesterday.The island consul took Sim Coyer's advice and ordered Colonel Stewart to bombard the beasts with cannon to blow them out.The two guns from the starboard port were brought in and placed over the forward battery.

In that place, there is an elm forest, through which a tramway leads to the observatory.Relying on the cover of the woods, many wild animals spent the night there.Through the low tree branches, you may see the heads of lions and tigers, as well as their gleaming eyes.Sailors, soldiers, and hunters, led by Walter Tanken, Nat Covery, and Harbert Harcourt, occupied the left side of Yulin, waiting to snipe the beasts that had escaped from the gunfire. Captain Sim Coyer made a gesture, and the two guns fired simultaneously.Then came a terrible roar.Several beasts must have been hit.About two dozen other beasts rushed out and approached the "Quartet" artist.A row of bullets were fired, killing both of them immediately.At this time, a giant tiger rushed towards the crowd, and Frascoran was knocked into the air and fell to a place about ten steps away.His partner rushed forward to rescue him. When he was lifted up, he almost fainted, but he recovered quickly.He just got bumped... oh, what a bump! ...

During this period, you have to try to drive away the crocodiles in the Serpentine River.But how can we be sure to drive this greedy animal away?As luck would have it, Assistant Harbert Harcourt had an idea to lift the gate to release the water.There is no failure to eliminate crocodiles under such good conditions. The only casualty of the operation was an excellent dog owned by Nate Coverly.After being caught by the crocodile, the poor beast was bitten in two.But there were also ten crocodiles who fell under the bullets of the soldiers one after another, and the model island may completely wipe out these terrible western animals.

Good day. 6 lions, 8 tigers, 5 jaguars, 9 leopards, both male and female were killed. night comes. The quartet, including Frascolan, who regained consciousness, came to the restaurant in the entertainment city and sat at the table. "I prefer to think that the catastrophe is over," Yvernay said. "Unless there is another ship, the second Noah's Ark with all the animals to come for reinforcements," Pancina interjected. This is impossible.Atanaz Doremy was confident, otherwise he would not have dared to return to his apartment on 20th Avenue.There, in the screened-in room, he met the old maid.The latter thought desperately that her old master had been eaten down to a pile of bones!

It was a fairly quiet night.It was already hard to hear the roar coming from the port port.It can be believed; the next day, large-scale hunting will be carried out in the suburbs, and the work of eliminating these wild animals is nearing completion. Just after dawn, the hunting party gathered again.There is no doubt that Model Island has been moored for 24 hours.Because the person responsible for starting the machine also participated in the hunt. There were 20 soldiers in each team, and they were ordered to search the whole island with quick guns in their hands.Colonel Stewart thought that with the beasts already scattered, bombardment with artillery was of little use.Thirteen beasts were killed by bullets near the rear battery.However, the campaign also came at a price. Two customs officers at a neighboring checkpoint were thrown to the ground by a tiger and a leopard respectively, and were seriously injured. From the beginning to the last hunt, a total of 53 beasts were eliminated. At 4 o'clock in the morning, Cyrus Picktaff, Captain Sim Coyer, James Tanken and his son, Nate Coverly and his two assistants, under the protection of a group of soldiers, went to the municipal building. go.There, the Council of Notables awaited the reports from the two harbors, the front and rear battery. They approached, only a hundred steps away from the municipal building.At this time, there was a sudden scream.They saw many women and children suddenly frightened and running along First Avenue. The island consul, Captain Simkoyer, and their entourage immediately ran to the square.The fence there was supposed to be closed...but, by an inexplicable oversight, the gate of the fence opened.There is no doubt that the last beast, the slipper, broke in. Walter Tanken and Nate Coverly ran ahead and charged into the square. Suddenly, three steps away from Nate Coverly, Walter Tanken was thrown to the ground by a huge tiger. Nate Coverly hadn't had time to load his gun.He drew the hunting knife from his belt and rushed to save Walter Tanken, just as the tiger's claws were on the young man's shoulders. Walter was saved, but the tiger turned around and pounced on Nate Coverly... Knight killed the tiger with a knife, but missed the heart and was thrown to the ground instead.The tiger backed away, let out a low growl, opened its mouth wide, revealing its bloody tongue... A gunshot... James Tanken had just pulled the trigger. Another gunshot... The bullet fired from his gun hit the tiger. Walter was lifted up, half of his shoulder torn. As for Nate Coverley, if he is not injured, at least he has a brush with death. He got up, went to James Tanken, and said in a solemn voice: "You saved me...thank you!" "You saved my son... thanks!" Jaime Tanken replied. Clasp your hands together to express your gratitude.Sincere friendship may be born from this... Walter Tanken was immediately taken to the 19th Avenue hospital.Their family took refuge there.And Nat Coverly returned to the mansion with the help of Cyrus Picktaff. As for the tiger, the manager is in charge.He planned to use the excellent tiger skin to make this beautiful beast into a top-quality specimen, and display it in the Natural History Museum of Yiwancheng, with the following line: The gift of Model Island from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is much appreciated. Assuming that the crime was committed by the British, this form of vengeance would appear to be extremely clever.At least, that was the idea of ​​"His Majesty" Pancina, who was always pretty good at such things. Early the next morning, Mrs. Tanken came to visit Mrs. Coverley to thank Walter for his rescue.And Mrs. Coverly also visited Mrs. Tanken to thank her husband for being saved.This all happened so logically that no one was surprised.It is said that Miss Tie has long wanted to accompany her mother.During this period, it is only natural to ask about the other party's injury! In the end, everything is very good.After clearing the appalling livestock, Model Island is safely sailing again on its way to Fiji.