Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-30

Will Be Led by Carl E. AkeIy, .
 We'll Known Taxidermist-vernon
 Shaw Kennedy Will Accompany
 Him - English Expedition Being
 Formed For the Same Purpose.
 The Field Columbian museum in
 Chicago is equipping great expedi- tion to explore the heart of Africa and to shoot big game for it's collections. says the Chicago Post The endeavo
 will be to eclipse in results the efforts of all scientific expeditions hitherto sent into the dark continent.
 The museum collectors and explorers
 will be led by Carl E. Akely of the in- stitution's geological department. who is recognized as the worlds greatest taxidermist. and by Vernon Shaw Ken nedy of Chicago. It is probable that Mir. kennedy's brother will join the party ill London. Mir. Akely will take an assistant from the museum with him. and OH the coast of Africa a large number of natives will be em- ployed to accompany the expedition as hunters and burden bearers.
 The management of the Field Colum- bian museum is anxious to complete It's collections of the big game of Af- rica before communicaion with the i'm terior of the continent is made so easy that tine animals will become a prey to the English and continental sportsmen.
 The Chicago members of the expedi- ton will sail from America this sum- mer, the exact date not yet having been set. They will go to London and from there will sail for Mombasa, East African protectorate, where the native contingent of the party will be engaged. Mombasa is only a few miles south of the equator. and the members of the expedition will move due west into the interior and will conduct their researches and their shooting under trying climatic condi- tions. It is in this section, however, that the big game which is sought still abounds A special effort will be made to kill giraffes, rhinoceroses, lions and African leopards.
 The path of the hunt probably will lie through Masailand, south of the Victoria Nyanza. toward Lake Tagan- yika. The party's course and the field of it's collecting will lie south of those of the late Field museum expedition, conducted by Professor D. q. Elliot eight years ago. That expedition en- countered great hardships, due to heat, lack of water and danger from the na- lives and from wild animals. It was necessary to take along an armed force of sixty men as protection from the attacks of the tribes of the interior. The forthcoming expedition probably will be guarded in a similar manner.
 Carl E. Akely, who will lead the par ty now forming. nearly lost his life on the former expedition in fight with a leopard. The beast was slightly wound ed, and on the approach of Mir. Akely 1t sprang at him and bore him to the ground. He fought with 1t and sue ceeded in killing 1t. but only after he had been badly injured in the encoun- ter.
 The heat of the climate was such that Professor Elliot's health was un- dermined, and for this reason the sci enlist cannot be member of the com ing expedition. Vernon Shaw Ken nedy, who will accompany the expedi- ton, is not connected with the Field museum, but he has hunted big game in nearly all countries, doing most of his shooting for the enrichment of sci entific institutions.
 Speaking of the forthcoming eIpe- dition. MT. Kennedy said: Tt should be understood that the African trip is not for the purpose of sport. It is to be conducted strictly for scientific pur- poses. and the animals that we kill will be used for educational purposes in the Field museum. We wish to get into the African country. where big game is to be found. before the com pletion of railroad lines and the influx of yunners scatter or annihilete the great animals"
 An English scientific expedition is being formed for the same purpose as that of the Field museum. There will be rivalry between the two parties in the matter of results. IL Is recognized by scientists all over the world that before long tine African field will be in a sense exhausted. It is believed. how ever. that there exist in the heart of lhe continent species of animals and birds as yet unknown. The real scien- life rivalry will come therefore per haps in the line of the discovery of new forms of life.
 The members of the African expedi- ton of the Field museum succeeded in finding and in collecting several hith- srto unknown species. A new race of hawks WAS found by Professor Elliot. md in compliment to the benefactor of the Columbian museum the birds were given the name of Field in its Latin form.
 The staff of the Field museum is busy preparing for tho forthcoming expedition. The preparations are being made on a large scale. All sorts of has to he taken to preserve he skins of the birds and beasts.
 1T is the aim of the scientists to get family groups of the animals. They xiII be mounted in the museum with