Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-31
TRAVEL In AFRICA.
WINSTON CHURCHILL WRITES
OF HUNTING THERE.
HAS HUNTED OVER THE COUNTRY
ROOSEVELT WILL vIsiT-THE
SLEEPING SICKNESS.

The account given by the Right Hon.
Winston Spencer Churchill, British min
lister Of colonies, OF his expedition in
British East Africa, traces almost step by
step the route to be followed by the
Roosevelt party. During his trip Mr..
Churchill's English servant succumbed to
a mysterious and swiftly fatal fever, but
the minister and the other two white men
who accompanied him suffered no ill
effects from thsir equatorial journey.
According to Mr.. Churchill's observa-
tions, it would seem that by far the most
interesting portion OF the Roosevelt trip
will be through the Uganda protectorate,
where travel is by foot, bicycle or caravan,
unless one elects to ride upon a seat borne
on the shoulders of natives.
The Uganda railroad, contrary to the
suggestion OF its name, does not penetrate
Uganda, but only reaches to it, its inland
terminus being at Port Florence on Lake
Victoria. Not until the railroad has been
left behind and the party enters Uganda
proper, the garden of flowers and butter
flies, will the supremest possibilities Of
the exploration be realized. Sinister
beasts there are without number, but the
forests that conceal them are OF surprising
grandeur ana the foliage OF understandable
beauty. The natives are friendly, gen tie
Of manner and OF considerable intelli-
gence. The air is soft and cool.
YET the contrast between appearance
and reality is striking. for this enchanted
lano 10 cursed with maignant attributes.
every wnite man seems 10 feel sense OF
unoennaDie oppression, ana Mr..
Cnurcniu says that It Will never be
wnite mans country. "a cut will not
neal; scratch testers. In the third year
OF residence even q small wound becomes
arunnlng sore. One day man feels per-
iectly well; the next, for no apparent
cause, ne is prostrate with malaria, and
with malaria OF peculiarly persistent
klno, turning often III the third or fourth
attacK 10 oiscKwatef lever. A daily dose
Oh ten grams OF quinine served to ward on
malaria IN the case OF the Churchill party.
fne impression gained from Mr.. Churc-
n'iis writings Is that the traveller has less
20 lear ron the ierocious beasts that IN
naoit the aliurlngiy oesutiful Businesses
tnan from the iever transmitted Dy the
tsetse-ny' WINCH when injected IN man
ner yet undetermined oy scientists, be-
comes deadly assassin. But the zone OF
tne tsetse-ny ID known; MS nome Is IN the
trees ana bushes and near the water,
ana ne may De aVoioeo. mus the danger
from TINS source, broadly speaking, may
DC SAID 10 De proportionate with the risk
which the explorer voluntarily assumes in
tne pursuit OF MS explorations allowance
oeing made always Tor Dad Judgment and
the unexpected fortunes OF tne nont.
linen there are leg-iong boots, gloves
tnat reacn to.tne elbow, ana wells TO COM
pleteiy protect the neao ana neck. MOS
quito netting lncioses the camper at
night ana IN the morning ne nsoitualiy
empires MS ooots OF any undesirable ten-
snts tnal may nave "igRieo IN unoer
cover Oh darkness. IN the case OF the
hooseveit party MAJOR Edgar A. Mearns
viii always ne 81 nano with MS anti
sePtics.
n"o"pp'~ ING .'e.se ~
,sr;ous calling h;s ass.ssiro,;or. 80 ~.
nast AZ. wortbv ~ record Accord;rs -
NJ, cburch;u tb;s deadly ;rsec. a..
annesred in the kingdom, ~ uoarde in
the snmuer ~ ,oo, and within f;va goo :.
h.a k;,Ied two ort 81 threo 81 al ~. ~
hoh;ten,s M Iess than on ooo ,.-sons
av;,, t-,,, 10 ,o;son which he s,,-a,a
.sIt r,;oh, hova hoen axn.o,ad y ,o.o
s;- Hastetb Ra,, tha ooya-ro, =,
r..ndo 70 NJ fhrroh;u i, -a,I,, .. !,
emery on tho suhiect ..tb.t aven trough
the neoroes sbowsd inability 70 a-asn ~
.ha - ,ha trons,,,;ss;o,, - 49, 49,.
80 .nancv ~ ;nsacts tha nnaani, ~
da,.,;,aso =, tho oor,tr;as hors,n;,,o- -,
~ 1aLa sho-a ,v,,,d h.ya ;ra,oaa 49,,
- 400 from, the stricter land ond 70 To-
so,rh. l., ,ha ha.1,h d;s,r;o,s ;,,.na :.
go, t,o,,, tha ,,as,;,a,ca tho, oa
inc thor, NV tnorsonas Arevt-oord;n..,,