The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02

these ports there are natives wh0 may
be hired to carry the camp equipment
and guns. and there will be no trouble
In getting them to chase up the wild
animals. The trip around the lake is
comfortable. The steamers are small.
but the food Is good, and the storms
are seldom so great as to affect ones
digestion.
The Germans and the Prcsident.
In going down the Uganda road to-
ward the ocean the presidential party
might get off at Vol and tramp across
TO the slopes OF Mount Kilimanjaro. In
German East Africa. / am told there
are many elephans In that region, and
that big game of ali kinds abounds
This is so in many parts OF the German
colony. The officials there are great
sportsmen. and they will welcome the
President. During my stay at Dares
Salaan / had chats with the governor
and his chief officials. They are anx-
ious that the President should come.
and will be glad TO go about with him
and make his stay pleasant.
T l have heard from another source
that there is some talk OF the Kaiser
visiting German East Africa at the
same time. In order to go hunting with
the President. The two men have
about the same tastes they are both
fairly good shots. and the stories of
how they have chased the lions or the
lions have chased them would be read
with avidity all over the country. AS
for myself doubt the possibility of
the German Emperor leaving Europe,
but 1t will be remembered that he has
already gone as far as the Nediter-
ranean. and there Is no telling what
either he or our President will do.
In British East Africa.
Coming back to Port Florence, the
President had best go down the Uganda
Railroad to Nairobi. the capital of Brit
ish East Africa. and make that his
headquarters during his hunting in
that territory. British East Africa has
more big game than any other part OF
the continent, and so much hunting is
done that It is no trouble to outfit or
to know where to hunt. There are
mercantile firms which make business
OF supplying hunting parties, and there
are men who will take charge Of every
thing at so much per month or at SO
much per hunt. The expenses are con-
siderable. I should think 1t would
cost the President $40 or $50 per day
for every member of his party and
without he has special privileges given
him. each member will have to pay. in
addition license of $3.50 for the priv
ilege OF shooting the big game. Such
licenses are now bringing from $4,000
to 100000 a year to the government,
and they are looked upon as live
source OF revenue. They are paid by
the nobility Of England and all others
who shoot, but it may be that there.
Will be an exception in the case OF
President Roosevelt.
AS to good company, there Will be no
trouble about that in British East
Africa. There are no end OF famous
people VINO hunt there every season,
and some OF the nobility of England
have large estates with game pre-
serves. Lord Delamere. one of these, is
"a famous shot, and SO is Lord Hindlip.
who owns tens of thousands OF acres
in the Rift valley. have already writ
ten of our Pike countySmtllionaire, Mr..
William Mcmillan. formerly OF Mis-
souri,. He has an estate of 10000 acres
right in the best,game region. and his
Wife now and then goes out and shoots
a lion in the back yard. There Is a
chance to pop over hippopotanlus
or a rhinoceros in the garden patch
before breakfast. and there are herds
of antelopes and zebras on the planta-
lions. Mr.. Mcmillan has an automo-
bile, with which the President might
run down the zebras. or. in case Of an
uIlSuCCeSSIul HlIOuDIG WllN a hon, re-
treat In masterful way.
Seriously speaking. the big game of
British East Africa Is numerous and
varied beyond description. The ugun-
da Railway, which runs for about 500
miles from the Indian Ocaen to Lake
Victoria, right through the country. is
lined with antelopes, zebras. gnus and
wild ostriches, and one frequently
sees CRATES, lions and rhinoceroses
from the car windows. There is far
more game visible In ride over that
road than the number OF cattle and
logs In a Journey through the best
stock-raising portions Of the United
States.
Hunting in Rhodcsin.
One OF the fine hunting grounds still
left OH the African continent is
Barotseland, now known as Northwest
ern Rhodesla. The President might
reach this by going westward through
sganyika, and thence making his way
down that lake on the small steamers
now plying to the southern end, From
there he could march overland to the
Broken Hill mines, or 1t may be that
the Cape to Cairo Railroad will be
extended much further north by the
time he reaches there.
IT he should not care to go further
into German East Africa. he can take
ship at Oar es Salaam. and go down
into the Mozambique Channel, landing
at Beira, in Portuguese East Africa.
From there two or three days on a
good railroad will bring him here to
sBuluwayo, and thence to the Victoria
Falls of the zambesi. These falls are
equal to II not greater in beauty than
Niagara. and the President should by
all means sac them. From Victoria
the train will take him northward
across the lIafue River into Barotse-
land, when he will be In a game coun-
try which affords excellent sport.
III have met the governor Of that teri
ritory since. I came here. lie Is a cele-
brated hunter, and has killed many