The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-26

account Of wild beasts. There are a
hundred places along IL where one.
might get OFF and start up a lion. Rhi-
noceroses have butted the freight cars
along the track, and they intest much
of the country through which it goes.
I was shown station yesterday where
twenty nine Hindoos were carried off
by, TWO man eating lions. The, man
took away one or two OF the workmen
from the construction camp. They We're
finally killed by an English overseer.
who sat up with his gun and watched
for them.
II was not far from this station OF
Nairobi that a man was taken out OF a
special car by a lion, while 1t stopped
overnight on the side track. The win
dows and doors OF the car had been
left open for air.. and the three men
to sleep Two were in the berths and
the other, who had sat up to watch.
was on the floor with his gun on his
knees As the night t,n went on ne
the belly Of the lion. The beast had
slipped in through the door. He seized
the man IN the lower berth. and Jump
ed ont of the window, carving him
ed; but they failed to discover the
beast that night. The bones Of the
! man. picked clean, were found the
| next day.
InrOuGh East Africa by Kan 4i48s.3l
But come with me and take a. trip
over which have been travelling: We
start at Mombasa. little coral island
in the Indian Ocean. Our train carries
us across great steel bridge to the
baobab trees. with trunks like hogs
heads, bursting out at the top into
branches. They make one. think Of the
c,.,~,r ut affN n Il - n
size OF a bull and exploded In the ut
tempt. We go through cocoannt
groves, BY mango trees loaded with
fruit, and through plantations Of ba-
In the breeze made by the train as It
passes Now We see gingerbread
palm, and now strange flowers and
plants. tho names. OF which we do not
lgstraits which separate Mombasa from
the mainland, and higher still the
broad expanse of the Indian Ocean
comes into view.
For the first 100 miles the climb is
almost steady, and We are about ones
third OF mile above the sea whom we
reach tho station at Vol. Here the
COUNT Is more open; and far OF IN
snow floating like a cloud. That patch
is the mountain OF ItilimanIaro. and Its
top Is more than 10000 feet above the
seu 1t Is about the highest noun
| thi't w Nii1 CoiltiIiSHl, anu SUI ~ SfllOt
much higher than Mount Kenla. that
other giant OF British East Africa
which rises out of the plateau some dis
lance north OF Nairobl.
After the Jungle OF the coast limo
the country becomes comparatively
open; and 1t soon begins to look lils,
parts or America where the woods
nave been cut away and the brush al.
lowed TO grow up in tho fields. Here
the land Is carpeted With grass about
foot or so high. and thousands OF
square miles Of such grass are going
tn waste. saw no stock to speal
of, and ut that place but little wilt
game. Without knowing anything
about the tsetse ny ana other cattle
pests, should say that the pasture,
Just back OF the coast might reet
many thousand cattle and hogs, I'ht
soil seems rich. IT is a rat clay o
the color Of well-b,nnt brick. which
turns everything red. THIS dust Enlle,
Eour car, 1t coated our faces, and crep
| Through our clothes When we at
| tempted to wash, the water soon be
came bright yermillion.E and the tow
| els. upon which we dried were brick
FELL My pillow after riding NIL niEh
through such dust. had changed from
| white 10 terra Gotta, and there wa
g venetian red spot where my heRt
had laid.
Amon. the Antelopca and Xebra~,
~ isaa strange thing to go TO sleep Ii
III the woods and IA n WH d. II v ~