The daily sentinel., 1909-03-23
IBy Associatad Press. l

y
ious jungles and impenetrable forests
of British East Africa, where Theo-
dore Roosevelt and The Smithsonian
African expedition will soon begin
the search for Specimens for the Ma
tional Museum at Washington. there
is a variety of big game and smaller
mammals that makes this the most
wonderful shooting ground in the
world.
Hours before the American party
reach the Ju-Ja Ranch. a score of
miles north of Nairubi where the eX-
pedition will make its headquarters,
game will be sighted as the train
makes its tortuuus way along the
Uganda railroad. There is no shoot
ing alloyed within a mile of the rail-
road and the sight of herds of grace
full mpala antelope or the massive
Gland grazing along the line within
only a few miles of the coast. serves
to whet the appetite for the 'safari.
or hunt, to come in the interior
There is game all along the line of
the Uganda railway. but hunters gem
orally go to Nairobi some three hun
dred miles inland Passing Simba
where lions may be found. the rail-
road enters the Makindu district, a
rare shooting country
though. that all kinds of big game
abound A flock of yultures. soaring
in the air. tells of a lion roaming on
the dusty plain. These birds wait to
pick the bones of the lions kill. The
country is alive with lions. but few
fear them. as they give man a wide
berth at all times. Only when wound
ed and escape is disputed VIII the
King of Beasts show fight. All
through the night the cry of the lion
may be heard i'm this territory, and il
is no uncommon thing for a party of
these beasts to sit outside of a house
all night and roar. Skins of lions
that have not been Scared in combat
with foes or torn in breaking through
the thorny underbrush are rare. Hay
ing obtained a good lion skin the
hunters guard 1t carefully from the
ravages of the white ant, which will
destroy a skin in a night. The lion
prefers the plain where his yellow
hide does not contrast with the brush
and underground.
In point of danger the natives Of
this territory regard the buffalo herds
as the most dangerous to encounter,
and where a travelling party of port
ers will scarce notice the roars of q
lion, the sounds OF a buffalo herd
Will 6tlu lAtIu lllNo a paint hi'
much dreaded beast is tricky and
brave, and huntsman needs all his
skill to make his kill. Wounded, the
buffalo resorts TO ruse of retreating
into the brush. tempting the hunts
man to follow him. Wheeling sud
denly about. the wounded animal
charges the oncoming hunter, who,
unless he sends bullet into the brain
of the beast. is MOST likely to be
gored and trampled to death under
the animals hoofs. In hunting the
buffalo il is customary for the hunter
to post his shikaris in the tree tops
to inform him of the trail of the
beast.
The hunting of elephants Is much
restricted in the territory which the
Roosevelt party will cover. and the
killing of these mammoths is regard
ed as little less than slaughter. Mod
ern rifles make the killing Of elc-
phants easy to accomplish. and with
out much danger to the hunter. Hunt
ing for hippopotamii is also limited,
as the animal is hard to locate, and
only found in remote places along
the rivers and lakes. The hippo
is tame and not considered danger
GUS unless his escape to the water ISL
cut off or he is wounded.
lne Huul lOI lut Inlllbttlbn III AAio
region is no mean venture. for not
the hunter is hunted, |
and the angered beast breaks up a
whole "safri' party with one of his
terrible charges The "rhino' is very
but is possessed with a /
sense of smell and acute |
hearing; in fact, his attack is entire
ly guided by these senses. Seeming |
danger from afar the infuriated ami |
NAL charges in straight line, tramp |
ling down underbrush and small trees |
in his path as If he were making a |
trail through nothing more than a |
flower garden. Caught ia the whirl- |
wind rush. native hunters sometimes
stand still, hoping the animal Will |
them for tree and pass on
which the beast not infrequently |
does The charging animal can only |
be halted with a well directed bullet
the eye or heart.
1t is expected that the American
party will make every effort to bag
the much discussed white rhinoceros,
which has been killed off from his
original range in British East Africa.
Besides "rhinos." buffalos and other
large animals, the hunting game in
cludes giraffes, leopards, zebras and
antelopes. The antelopes of Africa
are most interesting from hunts
mans viewpoint, as they are extreme
ly difficult to shoot. Very shy and