The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
.AFR|CA'S' B|G GAME
FOR Mr.. ROOSEVELT
CONTINUED from First page.)

tlrlclleS, Wild HSses, or rlinOCeroscs.
The holder OF 5000 license can kill
two elephants two Glands, two kudus
four buffalocs, four hippopotami and
about thirty Of the various kinds OF
gazclles and antclopes. In Abyssinia
there arc no restrictions on shooting
and there arc parts of tho Sudan
where any number OF hippopotani may
be captured or killed. In addition ia
big game there are in the upper Sudan
large numbers or birds and also wild
sheep and small antelopes, so that the
hunting is practically unlimited.
In case tho President goes there he
will probably charter special steamer
at Khartum and lived upon 1t during the
intervals OF the chase.
Hunting in Uganda.
Returning to Khartum, the President
can go, via tho Red Sea, to Mombasa
or lie can outfit at Khartum and take
little steanixr on the White Nile for
Gondokoro. more than 1000 miles uIl
tho river and thence on Via Uganda
into British East Africa. The trip by
way OF tho Red Sea will take him be-
tween two and three weeks, and the
Uganda journey will be thrice as long.
The latter trip, however, is by far
tile better as he will have chance
to shoot big game all the way. At
Gondokoro he will be In country
Ewarming with hippopotami and croco-
dies. and a little farther on will strike
rhInos, elephants. lions and all sorts Of
wild beasts. He should write i'm adj
vance to the authorities Of Uganda for
licenses and permission to hunt within
the limits OF that protectorate, and
they Will undoubtedly send soldiers to
meet him on the border. while the Sidar
of the Sudan will give him an escort
and all assistance on the upper White
Nile. Leaving the ship at Gondokoro,
he Will have to go on mules or on foot
TO Nimuli. q march OF only n few days:
and there he Will get small boats, which
Will take him to Lake Albert. In the
Uganda protectorate. II he wishes, he
can be met at Lake Albert by jinrlki-
weeks will give him time for "A les-
urely run through tho protectoratc.
with chance shots at all sorts of big
game.
He will see chimpanzees and colobus
monkeys and balloons OF al, sorts. On
the way are great herds OF zebras. wild
buffaloes. and nearly every known type
of African antelopes. There are wild
asses like those of Nubia, and three
horned and five-horned CRATES. Sir
Henry Johnston claims that there are
that lions and leopards are everywhere
to be found. There are no restrictions
as to hunting lions. and 1t will be
strange IL the President and Kermit,
who, j understand, is to go with him,
do not kill several OF the Uganda spe-
(, cics
AS to the elephants. they are found
all over the country, and a certain mum
Der OF them may be shot by each
sportsman. when properly licensed The
laws. however, prevent the killing of
COW elephants or baby elephants. and.
as a general rule. none of the females
of the big game can he hunted, killed
or captured when accompanied by their
young.
The party Will meet with many rhi-
noceroses. and will have to be careful
to keep to the w!ndward of them. The
Uganda rhinoceros IS stupid and almos,
blind. but it can smell like blood
hound, and IT will charge against the
wind. met one man In South Africa
WHO had shot white rhinoceros. This
was in Rhodesia and ] am not sure
whether any such are to be found In
Uganda. ] am told that the rhinoceros
there is timtd. and that he will not
charge unless he is shot at.
The animals go alone and are sell
dom seen in parties or droves. They
are huge beasts with two great horns
on their noses. There is big horn
Just over the nose rising almost at
right angles with the mouth, with a
small horn behind II. The longes,
rhinoceros horn on record measures al.
cost four feet. and some are frequently
secured which are from thirty-six ia
forty-two inches.
About Lake Victoria.
DnrinD tho ~,
President will probably visit Mount
Elgon. an extinct volcano about which
there is excellent hunting, and will
then go to Jinga. where the water of
Victoria Nyanza flows out. forming
the Nile. At that point the fishing Is
good, and there is good sport shooting
z the birds, among which is the whale
headed stork. Crossing from there to
Kampala. the capital of Uganda. the
thence sail over the lake to Port Flor
ence, where the Uganda Railway ends
and whence he can go down into Brit
ish East Africa.
should by all means advise the
party to take trip around Victoria
Nyanza before going south. This BODY
of water is bigger than Lake Superior
and hippopotami may be ,.seen in the
papyrus reeds almost anywhere along
Its shores. There are lions and
leopards In the woods, and one has no
trouble to get a shot at a monkey
There are some wild beasts on the
islands of tho lake, and on UkereYe
there is herd OF elephants.
Al Bukoba there are a German COM
mander and several German officials
and at Mwanza, the southernmost port,
there is a fine set of German officers,
who will be glad to accompany the
President on any big game excursion