Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
In THE WILDS OF AFRICA.
RETURN OF MR.. CARROLL FROM HIS WON.
DERFUL HUNTING TRIP.
He Penetrated Wilds Which No Other white
Man Had Ever Before visited-A Large
Amount of Game Killed, Which Included

He Penetrated Wilds Which No Other white
Man Had Ever Before visited-A Large
Amount of Game Killed, Which Included
Elephants, Rhinoceri and Hippopotnmi.
NEW YORK, June 6.-Mr. Royal Phelps
Carroll, who returned on the steamer Ma
jestic on Thursday from hunting trip in
Central Africa, told reporter last Light
some of the racy incidents of his experience
in an unexplored country. He penetrated
wilds which no white man had ever before
visited, and shot game where the sound OF
the rife had never before been
heard. 1t was country which Stanley has
said could not be safely penetrated with less
than 1,00C rifles, and which is ruled by the
only giant race of Africa. Mr.. Carroll went
prepared for the worst that could happen.
He carried powerful armament for him
self, and had POD men at his back, all ma
tives Of the east coast, all marksmen, and all
were armed with Snyder rifles and endless
rounds of ammunition.
Mr.. Carroll expected to have IS compan-
ions Messrs. Carey and Chanler, but through
sickness he was compelled to make the trip
alone. On January Mr.. Carroll began his
march into the African wilds. He came
out on March g. alter just two months In the
wilderness. His return was hastened some
what by the formation of an abcess on his
leg, which prevented his shooting much
on foot, which was the real object of
his trip. He killed q large amount
of game. Here is list: Seven elephants,
lion, Is rhinoceri, hippopotami, 30 zebras,
"a wildebeeste. lesser koodo, Glands, 3
hartebeeste, 8 granto gazelles, IL Impala
gazelles, 10 buffalos, steinbuck, IL giraffes,
8 wart hogs. 1 hyena, tiger cat 2 bush
bucks, 3 reedbucks, and l Kirkii gazelle.
He brought all the ivory back with him,
and is having the heads of some of his other
prizes mounted in London.
The caravan followed the trail left by Mr..
Chanler, who had preceded them, as far as Ia
veta, under Mount Kilmanjaro, where Mr..
Chanler's camp was found with the Ameri-
can flag still flying over it. Then they
entered the Nasal country, following for 20
miles the route of the explorer Thompson,
and then struck into the unbroken wilder
ness, which no white man had ever before
trod. He remained two days near Mount
Meru, where he did most of his hunting.
He had provided himself with great quanti-
ties of beads, iron wire, and sheeting for
trading purposes. The Nasal MARE arrow
heads of the iron wire, which is practically
the legal tender of the country.
Mr.. Carroll took with him five Winches-
ter rifles, a heavy American rifle, ana a
number of English express rifles. The chief
of these were a 12-bore rifle carrying bullets
weighing 10 or II to the pound, 45-caliber
rifle and a 50-caliber rifle. The American
heavy rife proved to be worse than useless,
and he had to fall back wholly upon the
English rifles for big game.
Hunting elephants on foot in Central
Africa" said Mr., Carroll, ''is quite differ
ent matter from hunting them from horse
hack in the omen countrv of South frica
Central Africa is tangled thicket, and it
requires heavy weapons to bring down the
great game. Elephants escape in the
jungles after a few shots from the lighter
weapons used in the open country south,
where they can be followed any distance.
Mr.. Carroll lost the great majority of his
elephants because of his light weapons. He
put nearly 100 shots in one before bringing
him down. Two others he killed on the
first shot. The ivory of one Of his elephants
weighed 20 pounds, and that of another "a