The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-04
AFRICAN JUNGLE TRIP
Mrs. He||n'ann's Experiences or
Route Roosevelt viii Take.
ADVENTURE WITH ELEPHANTS

'ng Chased by Large Herd-Gre.t.a
by Lions at Railway Station-s,xe
E.-President Has Little to Fe,, !,
Africa.
An American woman. Mrs Frederic
HellmIun. iii" wife of Il minin., enr;-
necr. has already taken the trim across
Africa which eN-President Eo,seve,.
Will "iSo follow, She no; only exncr,
enced TO jill effects from the iourn..-
but cnj'Eed it thoroughly. Sb. i ~.
first American woman to have und.r.
taken this trip.
Mrs. Holman made the journey from
Mombasa across the East African nro-
tectorate and Uganda to Gondohoro in
1908 with her husband and two of
his frientls. They met with 30 mis-
haps in the jungle but once. Mis- ucl,-
mann was chased by herd of wild ele-
plants. She says there were nN) in
the herd She also had Il slight attack
Of tropical fever. from which, how
MIR. Roosevelt and his party will he
quite safe in Africa Mrs. Hellmann
said the other night. Really there is
very little danger ii ordinary precau
tons are taken 10y the Travellers Wild
animals Of all kinds are dangerous if
you cone upon them unawareS. For
In CT h,X,t
buck in the tai! grass, which is often
fifteen feet high, lion NAV be- stalk
ing the same game and becomes angry
and turns on the hunter unexppctedl,.
In the opinion Of all the big game
hunters | met in East Africa the ma
tive buffalo is The most dangerous of
the big game an, the rhinoccros comes
next Lions will keep out of the way.
ct hunters. as Il ruie. unless they are in
terfered with in tllier pursuit of game.
but If wounded they will attack n man
This was really my second trip to
East Africa. -Four years ago went
as far as Lake Victori: on the railroat
rom ho1ibts:i. accompanies. by Il
won';in companion. One night we were
Oh the train going TO Nairobi when the
conductor knocked at the door of our
compartment about o'clock and
sasked us to close the windows. as the
next station WAS reported to he full
Of lions. ! have forgotten the name of
the place. but it was not far from Vol
! We closed the windows hurriediy. and
when the train stopped we could hear
the lions roarin. 50 close it seemed as
II they were outside the windows Of
the car. Two hunters came down
from Nairobi next night and shot five
lions infthe station yard from the top
Of the AEater tank This time we saw
the tracks of lions. but did not see any
Of the animals
1t was in the country between NJ
null and GOndokoro that we had our ad-
venture with the elephants. Our party
had been warned 10y some Of the gov
eminent officials we met at Butiaba.
on Lake Albert, that there was Il herd
Of from 200 to 800 female elephants
and tOtos little ones) on the road. and
they advised us to give the herd the
right Of way on the road if we met
It They also advised us to carry
torches made Of long grass on the road
from Numuli to Gondokoro to keep the |
elephants from trampling ON us in ohe |
dark.
The first day we left camp ut 3 |
O'clock in the morning with lighted |
torches, and less than mile away we
espied a herd Of elephants numbering.
Z seemed to me. fully 800. We could |
- the great cloud of dust they stirred |
up % they passed ahead Of us.
We lost sight If the herd in short |
dina, but while ! was waiting under |
he shade Of some trees for the rear
guard Of our little caravan to come up
i heard q far OF cracking sound and
NV this great herd Of elephants ad-
;vanclng rapidly toward Us. With one
look ut the animals. l shouted to my
eompanion and. grasping my short
akirts firmly in my hand. ran down
TIE path to meet the rest Of our party.
bgt the elephant herd turned aside.
The mosquitoes are very had on the
ital1 from Entibbe to GOndokorO and
nothing will keep tITem out. You have
% brush them off your hands. and
they sooner or later inoculate you with
he germ, Of the tropical fever. which
y common in that part Of Africa. All
our party had 1t in turn. | was laid
up for two days with temperature OF
1O6, and the next day | got up ana
walked twelve miles,
The most deadly disease in East Al
rica was the sleeping sickness. which
had carried off 100000 natives. Mrs
Hellmann said. from the shores OF
Lake Victoria in the last five years.
With regard to the daily marches
through the jungle along the narrow
paths. Mrs. Hellmann said that the
early morning hours. from & to
O'clock. were delightful. but that after
that the heat became unbearable. The
marches from camp to camp we're
rom twelve to twenty-five miles a