Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-25

NairoDi VIII De used as the beadQuar- ters and base of supplies and from there trips will be made into the country thereabouts which abounds with ami mals of all kinds. It is in this section that MT. Roosevelt hopes to do most of his hunting and collecting. Trips, extending from a week to month in length, will be made in all directions. I Supplies and camping outfit will be car ried by natives and camps established at various points on the trips. It has been decided that snow-capped Mount kenia, ls,000 feet high, an extinct vol cano near Ndoro, to the north of Nair- obi, will Do the objective point of one of these trips. On Mount Kenia, at q point part way up, one of the field nat uralists probably will be stationed for some time in order to collect specimens of all kinds there. The smaller man. mals will be caught in traps, an elabor- ate outfit of which is being taken by the expedition. In fact, these form the heaviest part of the equipment. The supplies of the party are packed in tin lined boxes. These boxes, when they have been emptied, will be used as pack. ing cases for the various specimens. Many valuable natural history speci- mems have been spoiled by ants and other insects, it has been found from experience on other expeditions, and 1t is to guard against this that the tin lined boxes are being taken along. When tho specimens have been prepared they will be carefully packed in the boxes and shipped to Nairobi, where they will be forwarded to the United States. One | of the taxidermists will always be with Mir. Roosevelt, and as soon as any big game is shot by him it will be skinned and prepared on the spot.
 MT. Roosevelt will be greatly disap. pointed if he fails to kill several spec linens of the white rhinoceros. This is the same as the square. mouthed mi. noceros and is the nearest living ally to tho type of the extinct Tichorine or woody rhinoceros which lived in Eng. land at the close of the Glacial period.
 The outfit which MT. Cunninghame has selected in London consists of rot. proof tents, green in color; good sup ply of mosquito netting, camp tools, and cooking utensils. MT. Roosevelt and the other members of the party will sleep on the simplest kind of light cots. A luxury that will be taken are folding baths. A large quantity of preserva- tives and materials for curing skins and preparing them for shipment home is being taken. Nairobi being the central station of the Uganda railway it will be easy to reach quickly the remote parts of the country where the party can strike of into the jungle. All the specimens will be taken care of at Mai robi before shipment to the National museum,
 No definite arrangements have been made for the six months the party will spend in the territory about Nairobi except that short trips in search of specimens is to be made from there. The president 8 expedition will not visit Mount Kilimanjaro, on the border be- tween British East Africa and German East Africa. The reason for this is that the National museum has been reeeiv- ing splendid collection of specimens from that locality from Dr. Abbott, of Philadelphia, who has been there for some time. The altitude of the Nairobi district is over 5000 feet above the sea and further west the country reaches 1000 feet above sea level. Taking the country as \ whole, the climate is dis tinctly favorable to health. The days under tho equatorial sun are hot, but cool nights amply atone for the heat of the day. The rainy season in that sec. tion of Africa occurs from the end of January till the end of April. Another rainy season, but of short duration, oc. CUTS about October or November From May to Febraury it is considered as the best season for the shooting of big game.
 In October the expedition will pack | its outfit at Nairobi and' continue It's l journey inland over the Uganda rail. | way to Port Florence, on Lake Victoria | Nyanza. At that place short stop
 
 will be made and probably trip will | be made to Mount Elgon, 75 miles north | from there. Mount Elgon is over l4,000 | feet in height. When the party again | returns to Port Florence it will board | a steamer of the railway service which | plies about the lake and proceed to Entebbe, l50 miles away. 1t is expect ed that Entebbe will be reached early in December. At that point small car avan will be made up from animals and natives which MT. Cunninghamc hss es specially engaged for the trip across Uganda to the Nile. The first stop after leaving Entebbc will be at Men. go. Then by short stages it win pro ceed until reaching Kibira on Lake Albert Ayanza. The journey across Uganda is expected to take not more than month and the expedition should strike the White Nile about the first of the year 1910.
 Of the greatest importance is the battery of guns which Ms. Roosevelt f will carry along with him. Since it be-