The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-13
RooaEvnLT ON HUNTING 8lP.
He viii Start on His Trip Nine Dags
After Taft's Inauguration.

He Will Start on His Trip Nine Day
After Taft's Inauguration.
A special from New York says; Nine
DAYS after the Inauguration OF his
successor, March 4, President hoose-
Velt will start on his long trip TO Afri'
ca IA search Of big game. This became
known today when the plans for his
hunt, which be has been formulating
with great care for months, leaked
out
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
his son, Kermit, who will go as the
photographer of the expedition, an Of
fetal Of the navy department and q
professor from the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, will take passage on the North
German Lloyd liner KOenig Albert on
March 10, and will arrive at Naples
March %, from where the President
will make his start for Africa.
WILL 60 BY sUEz.
From Naples the party will travel
by ship to Mombassa via the Suez. MT.
Roosevelt will not enter the Congo
territory, and as yet no arrangements
have been arranged for the six months
the party will spend in Uganda. On
Lake Victoria Mama, the party Will
embark for Entebbe.
It is probable the President will ac-
cept an invitation from q Mr.. McMil-
Ian, nephew of the late Senator James
Mcmillan, of Detroit, to shoot over his
extensive estate I'm the Niarobi district
Of Uganda.
EXPLORE NEW FIELDS.
The President will not follow the
beaten paths Of other hunters. He Is
determined to strike out for himself
in the new fields. A trip on foot and by
water Of over 5000 miles from En-
tebbe to Khartoum, where 1t Is ex-
pected Mrs. Roosevelt will join the
party, has been mapped out for the
President.
The President has received permits
sion from the British Government to
kill as much game as he likes, but II
Is understood that his expedition will
be fully as much IN the interest Of
science as to kill.
There will be no trouble in keeping
In touch with the civilized world, for
telegraph wires now cover both the
German and British East African pro-
tectorates.
TO HAVE SALOON COACH.
For the accommodated OF the Presi-
dent and his party on he Narve rail
rad, A special saloon coach with kitch-
en- attached, will be reserved in addi-
ton 10 a saloon carriage with leather
seats which are transformed into
sleeping berths at night
Poi, 103 miles from Mombassa and
at an elevation of 1880 feet, is the first
station where the President and his
party will probably make a stop.
BIG GAME ABOUNDS.
At this point herds OF antelopes and
big game abound.
The next important stop on the
Uganda railroad is Makindu, 2O9 miles
from the coast, where there Is an excel.
lent bungalow for hunters VINO usually
make It their headquarters FOR Dunking
In the forest OF Kikuyu, where lions
and other ferocious beasts may be
found
The East African rhinoceros is so
short-sighted, according to reports Of
railroad officials, that be frequently
gets on the track and charges the on.
rushing locomotive.
In the next sc miles TO Kikuyu. the
railroad rises more than 1900 feet. At
this point herds OF zebra harthbeetste.
gazelles, ostrichs and giraffes may be
seen close to the track.
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