Evening star., 1909-06-20

mantle of his authority of every sort over them
with right of punishment dismissal, had compara
lively little trouble with them. Once had to smash
one OF the shikars in the nose for handing
rifle and passing the cartridges of another of differ
ent caber in rather tight but he only drew
himself up and gravey said : You are my b7tuId
lmasteT and my father: Good Just how good
did not fee, any too safe of however until my train
pulling out of Nairob
Approve it though of course he will not Mr.. Roose
welt will have to close his eyes accustom himse to
occasional severe loggings of the pdgdsi port 81
for without it safari could be held together ,,lt
nght-d1scipline would soon disappear and quickly
be followed by open revolt desertion To the lazy
porter flogging merely temporary spur
to better work; but, oddly the insoent and rebel
ous almost invariably transformed by into the
most respectful, Jealous, and efficient men of the
command. Nor do any of the East African tribes
who porters a rule bear grudge for
fogging they just take it a matter of course
accustomed they have been to receive far worse in
the way of discipline at the hands of their chiefs
Indeed, it must be remembered that the black
African is of far fiber than the white man and
therefore endures and RECEIVERS from punishment and
wounds that no white man could survive.
Ordered to chime (lle prone on his face, down he
goes without mur1nur, SO lies, unheld and uncom-
planning until the hogging finished and then often
springs to his feet draws himself up and sautes his
buand with smile
Cunningharne the Great Leader
TN the matter of safari leader Mr.. Roosevelt has
been well advised. Other African hunters there
are, perhaps a few many ways capable Mr.
Cunninghame; but none is quite his equal. A man
of broad education and close student of natural
history, throughout his seventeen years in the open
veldt and bush veldt, the rifle his exclusive trade and
capital the elephant has always meant more to him
than ivory, and buck more than meat and skins. All
the time he has been studying, until to-day he
comprehensive and accurate knowledge of
African game, big and little, the local habitat and
habits of each Species than any living with the
single possible exception of F. {. Selous.
Now about forty years of age, full bearded and
get who long dwell in the shmmering glare of the
equatorial SUM, Mr. Cunnnghame's short stature and
otherwise slender frame are burdened with pair OF
shoulders SO massive in depth and breadth as to in
cline to feel sorry for his legs who does know
how tirelessy they carry him from dawn to dark
through the heaviest going in elephant grass or BUSH
Absolutely in his prime, both in experience and
strength, if the organization and routing of the
safari left exclusively to Cunninghame, it is safe
to say that Mr. Roosevelt will return with such
bag few, if any, have ever equaled. If there is
much interference, he, easily enough may not return
with such bag; for even with species that in
certain sections absolutely abundant it is often hard
to find them and harder still to locate, stalk, and kill
individual fine specimens.
Messages from the White House
ON March IS, Cunninghame and | had lunch and
- dined together in Nairobi. He then told
that he still unable to make any definite plans
as to the routing of the safar He had tall stack
of letters from the White House, each
ficting in feature or another with the advices
contained in its predecessor obviously the result
of the mass of suggestions and advice sought of
volunteered by men who had shot in Africa and
presumed to know the game, and all of whom natu-
rally enough, held more or less differing views.
About all then clear to him that Mr.. Roose-
welt would arrive in Mombasa April % the
steamship Admiral of the German East African Line
accompanied by his son Kermit, by F. c. Selous who
to join him at Naples and by three representa-
tives of the Smithsonian Institution.
This meant party of seven white men, including