The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL HUNT.
Jungle, Plains, and Mountains All In
Guided in Itinerary.

: dark continent in which former Presden
Roosevelt, with the Smithsonian African
, expedition, will hunt for wild animals il
= the interest of science for the next sly
, months, before pushing northward to the
Mediterranean tidewater-takes on itS
greatest charm with the coming of spring
and will tender rare tropical welcome
: when the party disembarks in the latter
part of April.
The Roosevelt party will make its way
through country wonderful IN its moods
and phases, a strang commingling of wild
est jungle and strip of modern civiiza-
tion-the Uganda railway. 1t is along
the line Of this railroad, which penetrates
the Jungle, plains and mountains, that Mr..
Roosevelt and his party will seek the
game of the region for specimens for the
Smithsonian institution at Washington.
His route has not been definitely deter
mined, for though game abounds plenti-
fully, it shifts constantly, changing its To-
cality because of drouth or scarcity of
food Enough has been learned of Mr..
Roosevelt's itinerary in the African wilds
practically to trace today his course in
the six-months' hunt along the Uganda
railway.
On April q, on the steamer Admiral of
the German East African line. Mr.. Roose-
welt and party will reach Mombasa,
squat island city, the largest seaport of
British East Africa, basking in hot,
tropical sun, it's Moorish walls rejecting
the light and contrasting brilliantly with
the stately palms and the gold mohur
tree, with its rare red blossoms Nesting
in this tropical luxuriance are the Euro
pean bungalows, or native villages. Nom
hasa has two hotels, and in the public
gardens stands statue of Sir William
Mackinnon, one of the greatest benefac-
tors of East Africa
Leaving Mombasa, the Uganda railway
runs past Kilindini and dips down to Sal
sbury bridge, a fine viaduct 100 feet
long, connecting the island of Mombasa
with the mainland, and then begins the
steep climb to the small station of Chan
gamwe. The first leg into the wilderness
will be made by the Roosevelt hunters by
train to Machakos, some 200 miles from
Mombasa, where Mr.. Roosevelt will visit
for fortnight with Sir Alfred Pease. who
has hunted with him in America Sir Al |
fred lives 20 miles from the railroad.
Fruit vendors swarm about the train
at Changamwe selling the produce of the
plantations, with which the country is
thickly covered. Here also is obtained
magnificent, view of the arms of the sea
that enfold Mombasa. Port Reitz,
stretching three miles inland from Kiln
DIM. looks like beautiful lake. with its
verdure clad banks and the Shimba hills
in the background The ascent is sharp
and, though the distance is still short
from the coast, the traveller can observe
game from the car windows. At Vol.
which is 1900 feet above sea level, the
American party will have an opportunity
to see Mount kilimanjaro, one of the
highest peaks in Africa, rearing its
mighty crest 10000 feet into the clouds.
This huge sugar loaf mountain, clothed
in eternal snow, will not be visited by the
Roosevelt party unless the present plans
are changed
The jungle railway then passes through
undulating and fairly open country until
the train. reaches Tsavo station. on the
banks of the pretty Tsavo river. A
peaceful place it will be found. but its
are sinister and terrible to the
engineer who built the Uganda railway,
No less than 600 lives were lost in the
building of the Uganda road by man
eating lions. and 30 natives were killed
by two man-eaters at Tsavo This fear
ful pair of maneaters held up the build
ing of the railway for nearly six weeks.
A run of some so miles further, through
'airly open country, will find the hunting
party at Mallindu, little over 200 miles
rom Mombasa. and over 5000 feet above I
he level of the sea The expedition will
now be out of the tropical level and the !
lir is cooler and fresher
Nairobi, the capital of the British East :
Africa Drotectorate, 326 miles inland from !
will be reached in Nav. and :
lere the expeditions headquarters will be :
established for the greater portion of the !
lunt. From Nairobi short trips of from !,
week to three weeks will be made in !
-arious directions in pursuit of suitable :
pecimens for the collection. 1t is from q
his point that most of the hunting trips ;
will be made. =
October will find the party moving in. /
and to Port Florence, on Lake Victoria {
lyanza. the end of the railway, where :
hort stop will be made The railway ;
rom Nairobi takes sharp ascent to the
rhere it is possible to look down some 8
900 feet into the Great Rift valley. F
winging downward the railroad enters a G
ountry changing from hills and forest o.
D grass land. Sheep farms and other p
vidences of civilization meet the eye of s
he traveller in the run to Nakuro. 446 W
lilies from NIombasa, which is in the r,
lidst of pastoral country. Fl
After a journey of another hundred
tiles Mr.. Roosevelt's party will arrive at v
ort Florence. A trip to Mt Elgon is {;
tanned. which is IS miles north of the il
iilway terminus. Two modern steel ri
Gamers of 500 tons burden navigate Vic n
,ria Nyanza and on one of these steam b
s the expedition will leave sometime
lrly in December for Entebbe. $50 miles W
ON Port Florence. Entebbe is the point t.
departure for travellers to Lake Albert. d
own the Congo to the west coast, or q
own the Nile to Khartoum. and here the Il
lrty will join a small caravan which win IN
Fad north toward the Mediterranean. Il