Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-03-18
H0nStsA sP0KTsaEN PREPARE
To WELCOME THE FORHER
PRESIDENT.
SAME IS PLENTIFUL
NATIVES hesp Tao 90 Hsveaeat. Of
"ad seasts and Report Issasss-
Lions and Leopard HAy s~
Killed a VIII

AOAhASA BRITISH FAST AFpr.
CA Aombasa Is preparing sIrea1v 70
welcome Theodore Roosevelt -h~a n
lands here che latter p.rt ~ ,axr
monta on his mrch-heralars Afrscaa
trip. and the coming a. the former
tteSioent 81 the lnited State has
siNen decided inpetas 20 tha in
terest n ;he present hunffnx s@ason
me Governor of the srofector.se
i-ieutenant-Colonei Slr James Haves
Saalef. - getting up o program % vt
ana entertainment Foe Ia. disfinr,.isb
81 visitor. bat Ia spite % thsas, A.
faugeuien,s. The greeting % Mr. Roosa-
Feit VII b. more 20 the greaf sporta-
man whose fame is we'll kaaSn 20
i"cAt hunters than 20 TIE former
president
hast African sportSmen vere hirh-
~ Erauhed 90 learn that Mr Rooss-
welt had refused the ofyer u tha A.
ihorities Ia grant him a sDectaI Aanf-
ing license that would have parulf.
ted him 20 Kill game % an unlimited
extent instead OF confining hinaas.lf 20
the Two elephants. two rhfDoceruea~
NO nipp0potami. etc. 90 the reoular
license Lions and lcoparss ara class
Ell az vermin and consequently no
license 20 KIN them ~ required
Foe white population of Moxnhasa
has heard much Of Mr.. ROosev~If'a
personality. and Ia a tokinE way fre-
qHent references 20 the ~Big Stick"
are being made
GOSd Hunting Prospects,.
The prospects for good hunting this
season are considered exceilent MANY
os the settlers In the outlying distrtcfg.
realizing the increasing interest in
the prospects for sport hecaus. OF the
coming OF Mr. Roosevelt. ara vDluu-
tarily sending In information about
the movements OF game. According 10
dispatch received here. r,.cord
group OF lions. numbering thirty-two.
was seen on the NRndi plateau az a
point about nfty miles north "a Port
Florence The Nandi Plateau Is on
the vast side 90 the Great Rift Val
ley Among them were three huge
males
-Four families ~ CRATES have been
seen az Nakindu. e0e mifes inland
from here on the line % the Uganda
Railroad. and elephants have been
seen az klburgon. f7s miles inIand ON
"a erailroad and along the sahakir
River not Far Ca the north "a Nomhasa.
X }. CunninghRme. the aoted Ans
liah Dix hunter and nAIuraiiRt Who ia
$500" Va anu kN-aNt n lMGnlAANI
~ the Roosevelt party has becn here
for some time completing the prepare
uuns FOR the trip into the wilderness
as we'll as the shooting aud cnllectinE
excursion along tho liae ~ the rail
road He Ia selecting and airing ma
NV eportera for the expedition ha
taxes only experienced men Who are
known 90 De courageous ana 70 pos
seSs great physical atrength The
SafAri Kit. Ia other words the cagup
Tor the work in the open. Ia arriving
from London. and all will De- ln read
iness when Mr.. Roosevelt arrives
Special Car.
The railroad car used over ne line
AS far as Port Florence ~ ether dis
unguished visitors to UEaaae. such
as the Duke of Meckieuburr. the Duke
OF Connaught the Duke of the Abruz-
~. Joseph Chamberlain an4 Winston
Spencer Churchill Is being reftted
for the use OF Mr. Roosevelt This
car is almost complete Ia IFS detail
and provides the traveller With every
comfort
Everything points % = successful
stay In British East Africa aaa UEan-
ia for MT Roosevelt the natives are
peaceful game Is plentiful and the
people OF Mombasa are Waitins eager
~ TO extend him weicone.