Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-01

Theodore Roosevelt, fifty years OF
he. having on March 4. with his re-
Lirement as twenty-sixth President
BIZ the United States. completed over
TWENTY-FIVE years OF public service
mas decided to take rest and recr"h-
tion In a two years trip abroad. haf
OF which will be spent In Africa un'
der the British dag as faunal nat
uralist, and the other half In Europ"
visiting AT least three OF the big capt
tails At the head OF scientific cN-
petition outntted by the SmithsonieL
institution OF Washington he VIII
with his son, Kermit. and three
American naturallsts of note-Malor
Edgar 4. Mearns. J Loring Alden
and Edmund Hellor-make a collec-
ton OF manuals. birds. reptiles. in
gects and botanical specimens OF
Central Africa. which will be deposit
ed In the United States National
Museum AT Washington.
The party leave New York city
about the middle OF March. going
by the Mediterranean route To
Gibraltar and Naples. At Naples the
members Of the expedition will board
a steamer of the German East Arr
can Line for Kilindini harbor. Nom
bass Island They will arrive at the
East African port toward the end
of APRIL proceed by the Uganda rail
way tn Nairobi spend six months
there. then continue by rail TO Port
Florence. Lake Victoria Nyanza,
making a total distance OF 5S4 miles
by rail The expedition will cross
Uganda nv caravan. and finally pass-
ing down the whole length OF the
ha "A
April 1910.
Much of the hunting and specimen
collecting will be- done In British
East Africa. wher, the Uganda rail-
way will he used - means OF ready
transportation from Nairobi. which
will be the base OF supplies.
Joined by Mrs. Roosevelt.
At khartoum. II II expected. the
President and his son will he Joined
by Mrs. Roosevelt. who viii accom-
pany them on their trip to Europe.
0he naturalists OF the party will pro-
coed direct Ia the United States from
Egypt Mr. Roosevelt will probably
remain In Continental Europe end
Great Britain about one year. hav-
Ing accepted invitations TO deliver |
the Romanes lecture at Oxford Uni |
versity. an address NJ the Sorbonne. |
In Paris. and "a lecture before the |
students OF the University OF Ber,
lin
Long has II been the desire OF
Mr.. Roosevelt TO make hunting |
tour into the heart Of Africa. He
has made numerous trips In search |
of big game In every part of thu |
United States where such animals
make their abode. Fer years he |
has been an ardent hunter and a
writer OF hunting stories.
One might think Mr.. Roosevelt
desires to emulate the earlier among |
the great conquering Kings Of
Egypt and Assyria. who. ne says
hunted the elephant and the wild
bull ms well as the lions With which |
the country swarmed. and Tiglath-
Pileser the First who NJ overload
OF Phoenieis. ><ubsrked on the NJ ID
t~rranean ana there killed "sca
monster" presumably a whaler--a
feat which Mr. Roosevelt declares.
-'hae been paraiie,ed by no sport
loving sovereign of modern timss.
save by that stout hunter. the Ger.
man Kaiser. although 7 believe. the
present English King. like several
members OF his family. has slain
both elephants and tigers before no
came 10 the throne
Thr~~ Hunting Grounds.
Speaking Of the great hunting
grounds OF the world. Mr.. Roosevelt
says that there remain only three In
the present century. South Africa IL
the true huntcr's paradise. in his
opinion. n the happy hunting
grounds are to he found anywhere
In this world. says he. they lie be-
wen the Orange and the Zambesi,