Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-16
HUNTING IN AFRICA
LIKE SHOOTING COWS
WILD ANIMALS WITHOUT FEAR
OF MAN
isgss
Traveller Thinks Roosevelt VIII Not
Find Much Excitement-Ante-
Iopes Not Afraid of Rail-
road Train


NEW YORK, April 15.-"In my opin-
ion, President Roosevelt will find hunt
ing in East Africa much like shooting
cows in a back yard" said Dana ESTES,
the Boston traveller and publisher, VINO
returned on the st. Louis yesterday
from a trip of eight months duration,
on which he covered much of the Az
rican territory which will be the scene
of the ex-presidents hunt. Mr.. Estes,
a tall, striking looking man with White
hair and flowing whiskers and high
brow, had other than African adven-
lures. At Cataro, the southerly port
of Dalmatia, Mr.. Estes was arrested as
a Servian spy because he had photo
graphed mountains and fortresses. All
his films were seized.
Magic in Name
When his passports we're read by the
officers and they discovered the name
Roosevelt" their attitude changed,
said Mr.. Estes. "I received the most
courteous treatment and was released :,
His photographic outfit was returned
to him, but he was told that he must
not take any more photographs. AL
Cetinge, the capital of Montenegro, he
was entertained by Nicolo, father OF
Queen Eleanor of italy, at banquet
in the palace. Roosevelt and Taft were
toasted by the host. Speaking to a
reporter of his African experiences MI
Estes said:
cat Mombasa l began the journey
about to be made by ex-President
Roosevelt through the tropical re-
gions of the countries of the coast
through the desert lands and the Ter
tile plains and passed the snow cap
ped Kilimanjaro- to Narobi, the capt.
tai of British East Africa, near which
Colonel Roosevelt is to find his hrs'
great hunting fields
81 saw from the railway trains tens
of thousands of wild animals-ante'
lopes and more than fifty varieties OF
similar game, zebras, ostriches, ETC., al
as fearless of the dashing railway IRAN y,
as the ordinary American herds OF
sheen and cattle. They were WITHIN q
few hundred yards of the train and
most of them did not lift their heads
A few of the more frisky animals
would kick up their heels and look al
the train as American cows ana caves
would do There are, of course, lions
tigers and other savage beasts winch
will fall by Mr.. Roosevelt's hand.
"From beautiful Narobi I took
tourney bv the Uganda railway, the
bridges and engines of which are all
of American construction, through two
great mountain ranges, one or Wnlcn
is 5000 feet high, with an abrupt Trip
to Victoria Nyanza. On the edge Oh
the lake we passed one OF the most
picturesque of African tribes L nave
ever seen, the Kavaronbi, who are en-
tirely naked.
1T iourneyed completely around Vic
toria Nyanza, which, although 1t is
nayigated by steamers of nearly l0c0
tons, has not been explored in the CEN
ter No steamer dares take the FISK
of leaving the coast. Very strong ana
weird storms prevail on the lake.
s'The lower half of the lake is COM
posed of German provinces and Is on
the route to the famous Tanganyika,
the great lake of Livingstcn's explora-
ton. In Uganda 1 visited Entebbe,
the English capital; Kampalla, the ma
tive capital, and Ripon Falls, the be-
ginning of the Nile.
Returning to Mombasa I journeyed
south, visiting those famous slave cen,
ters, Zanzibar and Mozambique, as well
as the German ports of East Africa,
Chinde, at the mouth of the Zambesi,
and Beiera, in Portuguese East Africa.
Inland I went through a vastly inter-
esting and picturesque country to Rho
desia, country of untold wealth IN
gold and diamonds, the Ophir of King
Solomon, the queen of Sheba and King
Hiram of Tyre, the first great mining
far as we know.
an RhodeSia I visited those par
TALLY worked mines. from which John
Hays Hammond estimates that from
$500, 100000 to $5OO,0O0,O0O has been
taken.
II explored the ancient ruins of Zim-
balwe. 1 made thence another trip to
Zambesia in the center of Africa, vis--
tied by DIR. Livingston; the wonderful
Victoria falls, which are twice the
height of Niagara, and the railway
bridge over the canyon of the falls, a
cantilever bridge of one arch. In the
electric Harvesting of the falls to Jo-
hannesburg, 700 miles away, there will
be no Disagreement of scenic grandeur,
as the power station is down the can
yon.
American in Charge
at journeyed southwark to the great
diamond mines of Kimberley, visiting
the battlefields of the Boer war; thence
went to johannesburg where explored
the great gold mines of the Rand,
which produce third of the entire
gold product of the world.
81 was interested to find that the
manager of the great mining syndi-
cate is a young American, ]. Williams.
who is the son of California miner
of 40.
'"Thence 1 journeyed to Pretoria,
through the Transvaal and beautiful
Natal to Durham on the coast, along
the coast to Cape Colony and sailed
from Cape Town. My journey from
Durham to New York took thirty-one
days. MY journey of eight months
covered more than $4,000 miles,"
DIR. James A. Honeij OF Boston also
returned on the st. Louis from five
months trip through the southern part
OF Africa.
my only adventure" said DR..
Honeij, "was in the flooded mine on the
night in last January when $50 lives
were lost. Business in South Africa is
dun and there are no business signs OF
any prosperity, although tne' news