Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-11
Roaming around in Droves Of 80
Awaiting Arrival of Pres.
Roosevelt.
PLANNING BIG RECEPTION
Inhabitants Of MOnba-n Looking for-
ward TO Greeting the American
acknowledgements of a Good
Hunting season Nearly
Ready for Expedition.

Mombasa. British East Africa. March
lo-Mombasa is preparing already to
welcome Theodore Roosevelt when he
lands here tho later part of next month
ON his much Ecraldod African trip. ana
the coming Of the former president OF
the United states has eivcn n decided
impetus to the interest in the present
hunting season. The governor Of the
protectorate. Licut-Co Sir James Hayes
Sadler. is getting up n program Of vel
come and entertainment for the dstin-
guished visitor, but IN spite Of these ar
rangemcnts the greeting 10 Mr. Roose
Welt will be more to the great sportsman
whose fame Is we'll known to local hunt
ers than to tie former president.
East African sportamen werc highly
gratifed to learn that Mr.. GooseVelt
had refused the offer Of the author.ties
to grant him n special hunting license
that would nave permitted him to Kill
game to an unlimited extent instead of
confnnG aimself to lie two elephants
two rhnosceros. two Appropriateness.
etc. ~ the regular licenses Lions and
and leopards are claased az Vermln
and consequently no license to xii them
Is required
heard much Of Mr.. RooseVelts person
alty. and IN jol,ing way frequent re-
fercnccs TO the "hig stick" arc being
made
The rains are late this year ana a
heavy fall IS expected. tThe regular
time for tie hig rains" is from me end
or January to the cnd of Apr,h. The
prospects FOR good hunting this season
sellers in the outlying districts realizing
/ the increasing iutec"st III the prospects
! for sport because Of the coming If Mr..
/ Roosevelt are voluntarily sending in in
| formation about the movements or game.
! According To despatch received here
! to-day a record group of lions, number
! ing 80 was seen ON the Nandi plateau
! Sesterday at a point about 30 miles north
! o' Port Florence. The Eandi pla toau is
on the west side of the great rift val
/ lcNl Among them were 'hTee huse
males. Four families or eiraffes ha,e
been seen at Makniu. ~ miles inland
slom mere an tie me Of ;he g',nda
railrond and elephants have been seer
at i:lour2on -, miles inland IN the rail
"oad. and along the .'ahal:i rveY not 'ai
To tie ror,h %, Mornhasa.
PREPARING FOR TIN: TElr
+. J. Cuninghame the noted Eng
lish big game hunter and tteld uatur-
alist. who is 80 he guide - a1i gen
.cral mana ger Of the Rooseveh party
has been here for .omc time comp!et.
ing the preparations for tn. trip into
the wilderness as well as the shoot
ing and collecting excursions alona
the line % the railrord. He is select
ing and hirinS native ror'ors for ths
expedition; he takes only experience eo
me, who are known 80 hc coura Eeo,,
and 20 possess Eroa. phvsica
strength. The "safari" kit in oth"'
words the camp eGlpmort for The
work In the open. is arriving FROM
London and all will be in realines!
when Mr. Roosevelt arrives
The railroad car used over the lin,
as far as Port Florence ny other dis
tinguishcI visitors to Uganda, sucl
as the Duke Of !Iecklen burg, thu
Duke Of Connaught. tho Duke OF Til,
Abruz2i. Joseph Chamberlain. ant
Winston Spencer Churchill is heinl
rehtted for the use ot Mr.. Roosevelt
This car is most complete in lis de
tail and provides tho traveller witl
every comfort.
The foregoing IS the !lrrt direct cab
despatch from British Fast Africa on ,h
subject of Mr.. Roosevelts trip since i
was learned last year that he was goin,
to Africa. 1t WAS fled about noon ~
March 10 by the Associated Press cor
respondent at Mom3asa and It reached
New York some hours later owing to TN