St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-15
TRANSDoR T2NG TENTS
FOOD THRo0GH Ic.NGAE.

table gardens at Nairobi, where celery
Brussels sprouts, potatoes. tomatoes ana
nearly all the garden vegetables OF the
temperate zones are grown.
In the wilder districts around Mount
Elgon there is plenty of honey to be had
from the wild natives of Bukedi. Native
sheep and goats will be found in nearly
all the villages, even in the Widest
parts. The natives, however, do not Ike
to sell any Of their domestic cattle, De-
cause such animals are used in the pur-
chase of wives and are supposed to De
a sign of wealth.
In the Uganda country there are good
Indian stores, both at Kampala and at
Entebbe. There are also English and
Italian merchants in both of these Ugan-
da towns Plenty of rice and canned
goods can be purchased for the presi-
dents hunting trip through Uganda to
the Congo forests. There is 'rickshaW
line being established, for 1909, across
the Uganda nearly 200 miles to Lake
Albert Nyanza All the country abounds
in game and there are plenty of wild
guinea fowl and plantain-eaters, besides
abundance of cartridges and pigeons.
Among the animals they will be able to
shoot in the Uganda are the Speke's trar
gelaph "a water loving animaD of a
dark mouse-brown or chestnut color, the
Pallah antelope, Bakers roam antelope,
the white-eared kob of Unyoro, the
steinbuck, the Duyker antelope OF the
unwooded plains. These are some Of the
game which will provide the party with
food on it's journey through Uganda.
It is said that the presidents party
will need to pay $40 per day for each
white man of the party. This, | think,
is an exaggeration. My friend Mr.. Dut-
kewich and myself travelled very COM
fortar1y through most Of the country
over which the president is going and
it did not cost US over $40 or S12 day
apiece should say then that $2e per
day for each of the white men OF the
party would be ample allowance, even
if the price of chickens went UP to 10
cents apiece, which they are very likely
to do with such a distinguished party.
Eggs may even attain the enormous
price of three cents apiece, and potatoes
may cost FIVE cents per pound. good
deal of the food will be supplied by the
native chiefs, who will expect rather
elaborate presents in return. But / re-
member receiving very handsome goat
from Sultan Sulima of the Wachagga
tribe for which, at the advice Of a Ger
man officer gave him three cans OF
condensed milk and a half pound tin Of
Van Houten's cocoa.
Along the Nile there will be steam
er connection from Lake Albert to Khar"
toum, except for six days march from
Wadelai to Gondokoro. On this trip
there ought to be good antelope hunt
ing, there will be plenty of lions and
hippopotami and the president may even
shoot an okapi This strange animal
seemingly coming in between zebra
and a giraffe is eaten by the natives.
But 1t will not do for the presidents par
ty to depend on okapi meat for six
days safari, since only one or two speci-
mems of this animal have ever been seen
by white men.
These, then, are some of the means
by which the party of Mr.. Roosevelt will
be fed during his year in Africa. There
will be rice, chickens, chutney, and
some kind of rough bread as the staple
in the camp for the white men. Greek
bakers in Mombasa now supply hunters
with bags of hard biscuit which are ex-
tremely good upon the march, because
insects cannot pierce their indurated
surface.