The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
AFRICAN JUNGLES
 ARE FULL 0F CAME American Hunters Will Find Ala
 They May Desire LIONS ARE LITTLE FEARED Buffalo, Elephants, Rhinoceri and Hippopotami Will Be Found But Not in Great Numbers Except
 In Certain Territory.
LIONS ARE LITTLE FEARED

New York March 27.-In the dry hush plains, the mysterious jungles and im- penetrable forests of British East Africa, where Theodore Roosevelt and the Smith, sonian African expedition will soon be- gin the search for specimens for the Ma tional Museum at Washington, there is a variety of big game and smaller mammals that make this the most won derful shooting ground in the world.
 Hours before the American party reach the Ju-Ja ranch, score of miles north of Nairobi, where the expedition will make it's headquarters, game will be sighted as the train makes it's tortuous way along the Uganda railroad. There is no shooting allowed within mile of the railroad. and the sight of herds of grace ful mpala antelope or the massave eland grazing along the line within only few miles of the coast. serves to whet the appetite for the "safari," or hunt to come in the interior. There is game all along the line of the Uganda railway, but hunters generally go to Nairobi, some 300 miles inland. Passing Simba. where lions may be found, the railroad enters the Makindu district, a rare shooting country
 Bio Game Abounds.
 It is to the north of Ju-Ja ranch, though that all kinds of big game abound. A flock of vultures, soaring in the air, tells of a lion roaming on the dusty plain. These birds wait to pick the bones of the Hons kill The country is alive with lions. but few fear them, as
 
 All through the night the cry of the lion may be heard ih this territory, and it is no uncommon thing for party of these beasts to sit outside of a house all night and roar. Skins of lions that have not been scared in combat with foes or torn in breaking through the thorny under brush are rare. Having obtained a good lion skin the hunters guard it carefully from the ravages of the white ant, which will destroy a skin in a night. The lion prefers the plain where his yellow hide does not contrast with the brush and undergrowth.
 BuffaIoes Are Dangerous. Jn point of danger the natives of this territory regard the buffalo herds as the most dangerous to encounter, and where
 
 notice the roars of a lion, the sounds of a buffalo herd will send them into panic. This much dreaded beast is tricky and brave, and a huntsman needs all his skill to make his kill Wounded, the buffalo resorts to a ruse of retreat ing into +'9 brush. tempting the hunts l man to follow him. Wheeling suddenly about. the wounded animal charges the | oncoming hunter, who, unless he sends ! iofa ba hr1 n n most likely to be gored and trampled tc death under the animals hoofs. In hunt
 ing the buffalo it is customary for the 1 hunter to post his shikaris in the tree tops to inform him of the trail of the beast.
 Elephant Hunting.
 The huniing of elephants is much re 1 stricted intthe territory which the Roose l welt party will cover and the killing oi 1 these mammoths Is regarded as little less l than slaughter Modern rifles make the 1 killing of elephants easy to accomplish i and without much danger to the hunter | Hunting for hippopotami is also limited as the animal is hard to locate, and only found in remote places along the river. and lakes. The "hippi' is timid and no considered dangerous unless his escape to the water is cut off or he is wounded
 Rhinoceros Hunting.
 | region is. no mean venture, for no infrequently the hunter is hunted, anC | the angered beast breaks up a whole "safari" party with one of his terribl, charges. The "rhino" is very near 1 sighted, but is possessed with a re 1 markable sense of smell and acut' l hearing: in fact, his attack is entirely , guided by these senses. Scenting dan l ger from afar, the infuriated anima charges in a straight line tramplinl down nnderbrush and small trees fl his path as if he were making a trai through nothing more than a Howe garden. Caught in the whirlwind rush native hunters sometimes stand still : hoping the animal will mistake then for tree and pass on, which the beas l not infrequently does. The charging s animal can only be halted with a wei ' directed bullet through the eye O l heart.
 White Rhinoceros. It is expected that the Americai party will make every effort to bag tn | much discussed white rhinoceros, whicl has been killed off from his origina range in British East Africa. Beside "rhins." buffaloes and other large ami : mals. the hunting game include
 giraffes, leopards, zebras and ante | lopes. The antelopes of Africa ar
 most interesting from a huntsman n
 viewpoint, as they are extremely diff
 ficult to shoot Very shy and qick, , | requires an unerring aim to bring ther | down, and only the best shots are sue q | cessful
 . In this rare hunting ground tn American party will find three specie