The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

trouble about that in British East Afri- ca There are no end of famous people who hunt there every season, and some of the nobility of England have large estates with game preserves. Lord Della mere, one of these, is famous shot, and so is Lord Hindlip, who owns tens of thousands of acres in the Rift valley. I have already written of our Pike coun- ty millionaire, Mir William McMillan. for merly of Missouri He has an estate of 10000 acres right in the best game re- zion and his wife now and then goes out and shoots lion in the back yard. There Is a chance to pop over hippo potamus or a rhinoceros in the garden patch before breakfast, and there are herds of antelopes and zebras on the plantations MT. McMillan has an auto mobile, with which the President might run down the zebras, or, in case of an unsuccessful effort with lion, retreat in a masterful way.
 Seriously speaking, the big game of British East Africa is numerous and va ried beyond description. The Uganda railway, which runs for about 500 miles from the Indian ocean to Lake Victoria right through the country, is lined with antelopes, zebras, gnus and wild ostriches and one frequently sees giraffes, lions and rhinoceroses from the car windows There is far more game visible in ride over that road than the number or cat tle and hogs in a journey through the hest stock-raising portions of the United States.
 Hunting In Rhodesia.
 One of the fine hunting grounds still left on the African continent IS Barotse- land. now know mas Northwestern Hno- dosia. The President might, reach this by going westward through German hast Africa to Lake Tanganyika, ana thence making his way down that iaKe on the small steamers now plying to the south ern end. From there he could march overland to the Broken Hill mines, or it may be that the Cape to Cairo railroad villk he extended much further north Dy the time he reaches there.
 If he should not care to go further into German East Africa, he can take snip at Oar es Salaam, and go down into the Mozambiaue channel, landing at Belra' in Portuguese East Africa. From there two or three days on good raiiroau win bring him here to Buluwayo and thence to the Victoria Falls of the, Zambesi- These falls are equal to if not greater in beauty than Niagara, and the fresi- dent should by all means see them. frohi Victoria the train will take him north ward across the Kafue river into Barote- seland. when he will be in game coun- try which anOrds e8ceilent spoir
 I have met the governor of that ter ritorv since I came here. He is cele- brated hunter and has killed many lions and rhinoceroses. He tells me that Ba- rotseIand has antelope of all kinds, ana also many giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, nlp- popotami. elands, kudus. lions, cheetans and Ieopards There are numerous Wiiu birds. and in the Zambesi and the kafue there is fairly good fishing
 Sport With the Natives.
 In northwestern Rhodesia the Presi- dent may have a chance to hunt native "a asbion. The negroes there are experts, and they kill all sorts of game rom wild hogs to rhnoceroses. They huht at the close of the summer, first settihs fire to the high grass and burning over the whole country. As the grass sprouts up in the swampy places the game goes there to feed, and the natives lay III walt and shoot it with their bows anu arrows or kill 1t with spears. Iney aiso stretch great nets across the patps or drives, into which they chase the game and when the animals become en- tangled they rush in and spear them Tbese nets are made of vines ana nper and are sometimes two miles in iensth.
 If will interest the President 10 see how they shoot lines and ieoparos Dy means of traps. The most common hoi, trap is moose baited with meat anu go arranged that when the lion graps the meat he is caught by the moose ana fin jerking away pulls the trieger or gun which hangs down from apove. Ine ne gun is 50 fixed that when IL goes on fine beast receives the ball just back Of the neck and is killed. In trapping Ieopards the gun is set at an angie or