The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-18

600 are white. There are ten hous-
and natives and the rest are Indians.
Here is stationed a brigade of the
Kings African Rifles, and the town is
headquarters for h administration
and the central Office of the Uganda
Railroad. Before Nairobi is reached
the Roosevelt party will have an in
teresting railroad journey, which will
be accomplished with less discomfort
than one might imagine would be pos
| sible over a road the locomotives of
/ which depend upon wood for fuel.
| Built by the British Government and
steadily improved, the road has reach
| ed a state of creditable efficiency. The
roadbed is good m the gradual in
cline is overcome at. fairly good speed
| When Mr.. Churchill made this trip he
| occupied a seat on the ~cowcatcher,
| and it is safe to say that the Aneri-
cans will ne satisfied with no lesser
point of vantage. The magazine read
! er may expect before long to see pic
tured h members of the Roosevelt
expedition viewing country perhaps
from an old-fashioned, church pew fas
tened above the cow-catcher of an en-
CINE. AS the land unfolds itself before
the travellers, game of endless Varie-
ty will be seen, and deep gorges cross
ed while occasional plantations of cot
ton, rubber and fibre and trim little
railway stations will give a touch of
modern color to the otherwise prehis-
toric scene On either side of the
train may be seen and endless process
sion of wild animals, which seem to
have learned that the formidable o
Ing locomotive cannot leave h rails
over which it moves through their do
main troops of ZebraS, herds OF ante
lope, black w-ildebeestes, herds of red
kongoni, and, in fact most every i1na1
.ginable beast is to be seen, with the
exception of the lion, the rhinoceros
and the elephant. Good fortune may
even bring these within the e of the
railway passenger, and at Simba, po-
pularly known as the "place of lions,"
the guides generally promise the sight
of the regal animal. But this is ex-
ceptional, and the paucity of this
game Is due to the greed of the hun
ter, for not so long g it was the
practice to stop those trains wherev-
er opportunity offered to shoot a lion
or two. The royal vermin ave pro-
flied by the experience of unfortunate
relatives, and 10 the stopping of a
train on wagon is the cue for the exit
from the scene of this willy animal.
Hunters travelling by a upon
sighting a lion are said now to drop
unobserved from their wagon while
the vehicle itself continues in motion
The absence of the ~rhinoceros from
this railway review is popularity cred
tied to the fate of an i'll advised mem
Der of the species. who tried conclus-
ions with a swiftly moving locomotive
The elephant Is still more reserved,
nothing but the rarest chance will per
NIT a view of him while a train of a
Is within his sight.
Contrary to popular opinion, per
haps the courage OF the Roosevelt par
ty will not be tested by its
tiers with lions, for this beast beats a
hasty retreat when approached, and
only shows its fighting qualities when
at bay. II a lion Is slaughtered it will
be known that the hunters pursued
with relentnessness, disregarding the
pitfalls Of the rough country, where
a misstep means disaster. Rather will
valor be shown In b staying of a rhi-
noceros. The huge body offers an ca
sy mark, but the bulls eye is the eye
or heart. Unless you hit a vital spot
he takes his turn at you promptly. Mr..
Churchill got a rhinoceros out OF a
herd of three. He says:
Great Is the moral enec of a foe
who advances. Everybody fired. Still
the ~ponderous brute came on as II he
were i~nvulnerable; as II he a
engine OF some great steam barge Inn
p~ervious to bullets, insensfble to pain
or fear. Thirty seconds more and
he will close. An dmpalapbIe curtain
seems to roll itself up IN the mind,
revealing a mental picture strangely
lighted. yet very still, where objects
have new values and where q patch