Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15

Nv ! Norfolk Hotel for my baggage, the largest
M and best looking safari that had ever seen
w passed. ! was very much interested to know
to whom it belonged, and was told that 1t was
the Roosevelt snfari going to Capite Plains. When
got back the station with my bag met Captain
Cunntnghame. who Colonel Roosevelt's white
hunter and guide; Mr. McMi.n, whose guest he
TO be. md Colonel Harrison the great elephant hunt
and the discoverer of the pygmes of Africa, who
,cere going to Mombasa to meet him.
The evening had Il big dinner for Colonel
Roosevelt Mt the Mombasa Club at which Governor
Jackson. Seous. Colonel Harrison. Kermit Roosevelt.
the scientists of the expedition the captain of the Eng
lish man Of war; the German Consul, DIR. Rcdford.
Captain Donald, Mr. Ward Fnwcas Cole, Dr Sea-
man. myself and others present
Colonel Roosevelt appeared surprised at finding
In Mombasa. and reminisced over college days ut
Harvard and athletics when were there thirty
years ago | introduced Colonel Roosevelt to very
mild hammered settler named Fawcas, man who
had killed ten lions, whcrcupon the Colonel said
well. if kill enc lion and elephant will be
satisfied"
predicted he would kill fifteen lions and would
see thirty thousand head of game and anxious
\ TO see if my prediction will come out true.
4 feel that the estimate Of the number of game is
probably less than half of What he will see but so
far as lions concerned with the men and ponies
he has with him he shoot fifteen if he wants to-
Lions considered vermin in East Africa, and there
is limit to the number may shoot whereas a
hunter is limited to two of number of other animals.
So far elephants concerned Uganda is
great elephant country aud Colonel Roosevelt told me
he had permission shoot in the Congo which is the
greatest of I'LL elephant countries that he will be
Ible to get many good tuskcrs he wants.
He will also he in good buffalo and rhnoceros
country He has the best that left
Nairob the best white hunter, the best ponies, and
he is keen sportsman. Colonel Roosevelt seemed
TO be in fine health and full Of energy He complained
of being overweight, but he will easily go down to
training weight after hunting and trapping for few
weeks under the of the equator.
| have heard that numerous papers have asserted
that it very dangerous for him to travel in Africa
and that he might contract serious disease
Colonel Roosevelt is however in fine condition, and
stands more danger of being injured by animals
than by automobiles in this city Paris. He has
the army surgeon who is best posted on tropical dis
with him. and who will that the drinking
water is boiled and that preventive medicine is
given when deemed necessary. He will therefore
out of the jungle in much better condition
than he went n and he was looking in perfect health
when left him in Mombasa.
In the Real Jungle.
One is often asked, What is Jungle? If one can
imagine trees fifteen to thirty feet high. between
them bushes six fifteen feet high, of the densest
variety; below these ferns and thorn bushes, called
"Walt Dt, vines OF various sizes from oneQuirler
to zone and half inches in diameter. INTERVIEWING
among these and binding them all together. jungle
low land would be on the banks of the river and
would also have tall reeds papyrus, besides the
trees bushes and vines. Papyrus is n thick rod six
to ten feet high with large tuft on the top Ee
phant grass very Dense thick grass, coarse strong
and often ten feet high. 1t is in places almost
impossible to walk through, it is often ones
ucud.
In Africa the animals live in different regions, al
though those living in the districts drink in the
same pools and streams. The larger animals do not
interfere with another, but the carnivorous often
feed the herbivorous. They usually, however, do
not trouble the herbivorous until they go out for
their meal at night AS hunter Is only allowed to
shoot two rhinoceroses two elephants and one buffalo,
and has desire to kill more, the hunting is princi
pally for other game-that is. the antelope and ga
zelles
The animals most numerous in Africa In the Mai
rob section the kangaroo hartebeest the zebra
the Grant and Thompson gazelles the empaa and the
waterbuck In shooting these animals the hunter
not only has the sport of stalking and shooting, but
also obtains the meat for camp The Grant and
Thompson gazelles and the empala are very good
eating and their meat is preferred by hunters where
as the porters are most fond of zebra meat
On going out in the morning and seeing hundreds
of head of game would imagine that 1t would be
easv to shoot antelope in few minutes but such