The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

number 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 re-
males Of the big game can be hunted,
killed or captured when accompanied |
by their young.
The party Will meet with many
rhinoceroses and will have to be care
full to keep TO the windward OF them
The Uganda rhinoceros Is stupid and
almost blind, but It can smell like
bloodhound. and 1t will charge against
the wind / met one man In South
Africa who had shot white
rhnoceros. This was In Rhodesla, i.
and ! am not so sure whether any
such are to he found In Uganda. |
am told the rhlnoceros there Ia tlmid
and that he will not charge unless he
is shot at, The animals go alone and
are seldom seen In parties or drovcs.
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 longest
rhinoceros horn on record measures
almost four feet, and some are fire.
quently secured which are from 90 to
AZ inches.
About Lake Victoria.
During the trip across Uganda the
president will probably visit Mount
Elgon, an extinct volcano, about which
there Is excellent hunting, and will
then 20 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 the
birds, among which is the whale
headed stork. Crossing from there to
Kampala, the capital Of Uganda, the
president will go on to Entebbe and
thence sail over the lake to Port Flor
ence, where the Uganda railway ends
and whence he can go down into
British East Africa.
/ should by all means advise the
party to take a 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 monkey.
There are some wild beasts on the is
lands of the lake, and on Ukerewe
there Is herd OF elephants. At Bulk
oba there are a German commander
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 presi
dent on any big game excursion he
may care to undertake. At all of
these ports there are natives who 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 effect ones
| digestion.
The Germans and the President.
In going down the Uganda road
toward the ocean the presidential par
| ty might get off at Vol and tramp
across to the slopes of Mount kilman-
faro in German East Africa. | am
told there are many elephants In that
region and that big game of all kinds
abound. 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 Dur es Salaam / had chats
with the governor and his chief Of
fclals. They are anxious that the
president should come and will be
glad to go about with him and make
his stay pleasant.
! 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 Mediter.
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 CAPT
tai of British East Africa. and make
that his headquarters during his hunt
ing In that territory. British Eas
! Africa has more big game than an,
other part Of the continent; and 81
much hunting Is done that 1t Is NJ
trouble to outfit or to know where t.
hunt. There are mercantile firm
which make business of supplying
hunting parties and there are mel
who will take charge of everything a
so much per month or at so much pc
hunt. The expenses are considera BILE
should think 1t would cost the presi
dent $40 or $50 per day for ever.
member Of his party; and without h
. has special privileges given him, eacl
member Will have to pay, in addition