Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-22
SWAPPING AFslcAs BIG GAME.
The Camera that Beat Roosevelt to
the Jungle and the Long Trail.
tBy A. Radelyffe pngmorel

tBy A. Radclyffe Dugmore)
After spending time and money in
assembling an outfit for photographing
wild animals, finally found myself
at Mombasa, the old Arab Portuguese
British seaport town, starting point OF
the so-called Uganda railroad the
road which was to bring me into the
greatest of all game countries.
There were the usual horrors of
landing, the aggrayations of custom
duties, and other seemingly needless
and apparently endless delays which
beset the new arrival That's all a
part of the price one pays for travel.
A. last all things were ready. and on
Jan. 80 my, companion and / found
ourselves with two travelling compan-
ions in a comfortable compartment on
the train. We were armed with blank
cts, overcoats and cold drinks. The
drinks were welcome during the first
wv hours of the journey, for the
coastal region is certainly hot.
W q phHs'u NhlOuSh NouiiAly tiOAHtN
In the richest of vegetation, thorough
ly tropical in its lusciousness, where
cocoanut palms swung their long
leaves to the breezes and offered but
little shade to the things below. Grad
ually We left the more cultivated re
gion and passed through drier coun
try, thickly wooded with the ubiqui
tous thorn tree and strange shaped
cactus; creepers OF many kinds GOV
cred every available support, while
| brightly colored birds and still more
brilliant flowers cleaned in the blind
Ing sunshine. Everywhere 1t was
hilly, and our course was snakelike
as we gradually climbed higher and
| higher. By o'clock in the evening
We reachehd Vol. where good dinner
was served at the station rest house
| The change In the temperature as
night came on was most welcome, ant
blankets were needed. Before morn
| Ing 1t became very chilly. and over
coats were used TO supplement the
| blankets.
With the first CLEAN OF dawn We
were peering out of the windows II
search of game. We could see ami
mails moving about In the dim light
what they were we could not see, bu
we were delighted to know that wilt
animals could really be seen from th'
train windows exactly as we had beei
told. Daylight came with the rapidit,
usual in equatorial regions; and, Il
scarcely believe that the sights befor'
our eyes were real.
On every side game abounded
Hartbeests, Thomson's and Grants ga
zels, zebras, gnus. duikers. and os
triches were there In herds. Som
Bcampered away as the train went by
others stopped and gazed in an intel
ested sort of way. Presently ther
was cry of giraffe" and instantl
we all rushed to the side OF the traiI
There, not 100 yards away, stood
huge bull giraffe, not a mangy-lookin
specimen such as one might see
ZOO or circus, but a dark. richly co
} ored animal. the picture OF grace, II
head overlapping the trees as it watcl
ed the passing train. We were sti
! within sight when 1t turned and an
bled away in It's peculiarly characte
istfc gait. Writers have described tn
giraffe's action as grotesque. or ugl
Grotesque 1t might possibly be calle
) but certainly not ugly or even ungrac
! full; rather might 1t be said to be
; a strange grace thoroughly suited
the remarkable build of the anlma
Fresh herds of animals appeared u
usually near the train. Several time
antelopes would actually run alor
the tracks directly In front OF the e