Evening journal., 1909-08-27
ROOSEVELT GETS
MUCH BIG GAME
Obtains in Three Months all
he Hoped to Get in
Year
NOW HOPES TO
GET WHITE RHINO

respondent of the United Press).
SAIGO sol CAMP. Lake Naivasha,
July "A (by mail to New York)-Two
days ago Mr.. Roosevelt, Kermit, the
three naturalists. Dr. Mearns, Profess
sors Heller and Loring and the entire
Safari emerged from the wilderness
and came out upon that garden spot.
the Attenborough farm, on the shores
OF Lake Naivasha. If ever there were
a modern case of "The conquering hero
comes" It was this return from the
Sotik. Without a day of Illness with
out real suffering from hunger or
thirst, except on the last two days
when the usual water pool was found
to be dried up. Colonel Roosevelt, his
companions and his men had marched
twice across the dreaded thirst belt
and had shot for four weeks in the
/ Sotik, into which a few years ago, no
/ hunter dared penetrate.
And besides keeping up his record
/ he brought back spoils nearly sufficient
TO complete his collection of specimens
! The toll count of big game killed up
to-date by himself and Kermit is as
follows:
y lions, z rhino, 3 hippo. 6 giraffe.
buffalo. 4 eland topi, in addition to
all the various speciments of antelope
and gazelle. In fact he has obtained
in less than three months all that he
expressed the hope to do in one year.
with the sole exception of elephants
and white rhino, specimens OF which
he has not yet obtained simply be-
cause they do not exist in the region
| where he has hunted thus far He
hopes to get them when he reaches
regions where they can be found. but
even if the expedition were to be inter-
rupted now, 1t could be considered as
much Of a success as If il were the
end Of the year.
The work ahead Of the Colonel will
perhaps be less enjoyable. for he and
Kermit are now very careful as to
what they shoot, since they wish to
add to their collection only rare speci-
mems or else individuals from ordinary
species having some physical peculiar
. ity of size or shape. making them
necessary for the national collection.
This means long marches day after day
when beasts Of all sorts will scamper
unharmed within close range. while the
, Colonel and Kermit stand watching
them. with interest in their habits, but
not shooting
could not see the Colonel on the
day Of his arrival. for he had many
things to do in connection with pitch
ing camp, but this morning / started
out from Naivasha. having chartered
the only sail boat on the lake to cross
from the town to the Attenborough
] brothers place as otherwise / should
have had ride of twenty-five miles
on a mule.
The camp is pitched near the Hippo
Bay. in a clearing of fine tali thorr
trees. In front, beyond the bay, which
is hidden by foliage. is the tall mat
encampment rising boldly against tn
I | sky; to the left are woods hiding tn
| crater sides of Lake Saigo Sol; be
hind Is Lake Naivasha. from whicl
we are separated by more woods ant
the steep rock on which the Attenbor
ough home is perched. / say I'VE.
because little home Of branches
papyrus stems and grass was built fo
me by natives Just on the fringe o
the camp. The order 20 build il wal
given after / came and within thre,
hours the necessary branches papyrul
and grass had been cut, brought to tn,
spot and put in form. The Colone
and Kermit were out hippo hunting
with the Attenboroughs, Leslie Tarltor
} told me when I arrived for in addition
10 =. j. 0unnlnBndnles dnolnof mem
ber Of the firm Of Newland and TarltoI
Company was attached to the expedi
> tion for the Sotik trip.
Sounds Of occasional shots cominl
from somewhere over the bay seemed
4 TO promise good sport. and at the port
a ers and Eunbearers who were not oI
Y duty with the shooting party rushed
i down 10 the banks and stood there n
q an excited group pointing TO a distan
4 fringe of papyrus. through which the!
could not see and repeating At minute
n Intervals "kiboko! kiboSo!" a convent
n ent word meaning here hippopotomus
& but which elsewhere may meal
i rhinoceros and everywhere means
s whip cut from the hide of either ant
a used to cut the hides Of the native
Il themselves when they misbehave.
N But after a while the shooting ceasel
g and some hours passed without on
b knowing i'm camp what was happening
& We whiled away the time by inspect
ing the hide of the fair sized cow hipp
y that Kermit killed yesterday, drying Il
N the sun after being scraped and saltet
4 The WalSambas, trained by Edmun
Y Heller to do the simple parts OF tn
N skinning and cleaning operation, for h
& insists on attending to all the import
81 ant parts himself-were busily engage