Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-03

from Vol of Mount Kilimanjaro. 1900
feet high, and good road runs along at
the foot of the mountain to Tafeta, the
government station on the German from
tie. Big game abounds in this locality:
The next important stop on the Uganda
railroad is Makindu, 200 miles from the
coast. at an elevation of $3.50 feet, where
there is an excellent dak bungalow Tor
the accommodation Of hunters after big
quarters for expeditions into the open
bush and the forest of kikuyu, where
rhinoceros and lions may be found. as
we'll as antelope and buck. The East
African rhinoceros is so short-sishted, &C
cording to reports of railroad officials.
that he frequently gets on the track
and charges the onrushing locomotive.
In the next fifty-six miles, to Kiu, the
railroad rises more than 1,5OO feet. AT
this point herds of zebra. hartebeeste.
gazelles. ostriches, and giraffes may be
seen close to the track. The ostriches
and giraffes will move away hurriedly
on the approach of the train, but the
zebras and other "ame will stand by,
lifting their hads. as they have become
accustomed to the whistle Of the loco
motive. Hyenas, jackals, and many other
animals abound in this region.
The Home of the Hippopotamus.
At Athi river station, 81 miles from
Mombassa. elevation 1850 feet. the river
in the rainy season swarms with croco-
diles and the deeper pools are inhabited
by huge hippopotami Nairobi, 1927 miles
from the coast, elevation $3.50 feet, is the
chief stopping place for hunters of big
game in East Africa.
Narobi has already a town hall, race
course. hotels. well stocked stores, clubs.
and two amateur dramatic clubs where
light nrOdncpd during the
winter season. The lowest temperature
is 40 degrees, the mean record being
about 6S. and the average yearly rainfall
about A inches. Epidemics are almost
Mr.. Mcmillan lives there most Of his
time, and will go to MOmbassa to meet
the President. accompanied by his agent,
David Longworth, also an American, who
has lived many years in Egypt.
After President Roosevelt has finished
ais hunting excursions from Nairobi he
will continue on by train or on horseback
to Port Florence. on Lake Victoria
Nyanza, passing through the Kikuyu
country, where the natives wear Orna-
ments In their noses. on fingers and toes.
and pull the lobes of their ears down
until they meet under the chin.
The native who can tie his ears under
his chin Immediately becomes a member
of the Wa-Kikuyu council In distorting
the ears in this manner the lobes become
SO enlarged that the natives put empty
jam tins in them as ornaments.
At Escarpment station. 1854 miles from
Mombassa, elevation 1880 feet, big for
ests abound on either side of the track.
and the elephant spoor can be plainly
seen in all directions. but hunting them
is difficult on account of the dense
grOwths in the forests which make DUR
suit almost impossible.
Railway Takes a Drop.
From Londiani. at an elevation of 7.41O
feet, the railway to the shores of the lake
drops 4.7OO feet, running through magnifi-
cent country. At Port Florence 5S4
miles from Mombassa, there is a well
equipped lake steamer the Winifred,
which will convey the President and his
party across to Entebbe, an eighteen
hour run The steamer is a twin-screw
vessel of 600 tons, fitted with baths, cleo
trio fans and electric lights, with a cool
promenade deck sheltered by awnings
Mr. Roosevelt's journey through Africa
Will be made in comfort and safety Be
fore the opening of the Uganda railroad,
fourteen years ago, the journey from
Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza took
four months and required the escort of a
small army to cope with the Mazi war
riorS and other savage tribes that inhab-
tied the forests in the hinterland back
from the east African coast. 1t can now
be made comfortably by train in two
days.
No accommodation has yet been re-
served on the North German Lloyd liner
KONG Albert for Naples on March Ii, as
there is plenty of time, and the liners
are not overcrowded at that season. Her
man Winter, assistant general manager of
the line in America, said yesterday that
there would be no difficulty in accom-
modating President Roosevelt and ,.is
party on the KONG Albert. He said the
President would probably have the cap
tain's rooms
1t is said on good authority that there
is no truth in the rumor that the Presi-
dent had been negotiating for the charter
of the steamship Mineola, which conveyed
Col. Robert Thompson and his friends
around the world.
In Cairo by May, 1910.
The arrangements for the trip from
Entebbe to Khartum will be made next
spring by an American from Cairo when
the porters will be engaged and the
camping outfit sent from London to En-
tebbe via Mombassa and the Uganda rail-
road will have arrived The party is ex-
pected to reach Cairo in May, 1910.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt will probably
make short trip from Egypt to Jeru-
salem, the Holy Land and Damascus, and
then travel leisurely to Athens. Con-
stantinople and on through Europe. On
account of the elevation, the climate in
the equa ,oral regions in Africa is not
uncomfortably hot, but from khartum