The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
Distances Travelled by Roosevelt

NEW YORK. June 1T.--Colonet
The odnrc Roosevelt has completed the
official report of his hunting expedi-
iion in Africa and is expected to subs
nit it within a few days to the Smith
sonian Institute. under the auspices at
which the hsnt took place. The Coli
one gives in detail AN account ofbhfe
passage through the Jungle relates the
experiences of the several exploring
parties which he sent out. and gives ~
list of the specimens collected by him
and by his party. This report in TT
is as follows:
Il have the noncr to report that tbs
Smithsonian African expedition. which
was intrusted to my charge, has now
completed it's work. Full reports Twill
he made later by the three naturaIistxs
Messrs. Mearns. Heller and LorfnE.A I
send this preliminary statement
summarize what has been done. (s.ssss
figures are substantially accurate, suuts
may have 10 DE changed slightlsfNn
the final reports,
We landed In Mombasa. on AprilfrS.
"a sos. and reached Khartonm On. MMrcsa
IA 1910. On landing we were III Il
] rs Messrs X J. tunninghafus G.A
Leslie J. TarIton. the former was With
us throughout our entire trip. the fat~s
ter until we left East Africa and both
worked as Jealous and efficiently for
the expedition as any other member
thereof
We spent eight months in British
East Africa. We collected carefully
in various portions of the Athi and
kapitil plains in the Sotik and round
Lake 4eS3as,@shaa 1M@esrss k@avrs and
! orInE made d thorough biological ALT
vey II Mt. kenia. while the Fest OK
the party skirted it's western ba1e.s
went to and up the Gnaeo Nero and
later visited the Guas Ngishu region
and both sides OF the Rift Valley.
Messrs. Kermit Roosevelt and Taritcn
went to the Laikipia Plateau and LaIka
Harrington and DIR. Mesrns and KarMit
Roosevelt made separate trips to tho
coast region near Hombasa. On DEE
cenber 10. the expedition left East
Africa Passed Unganda and went.
down the White s,ile.
Aided BY British.
North of Wadeiai we stopped and
spent over three weeks In the Lado.
snc from Gondokora Kermit Roose-
Welt and again crossed Into the Led0fn
spending eight or ten days in the neigt~s
borhod OF Rejaf.
In Gondokoro We were met by The
steamer which the Sidar. with great
courtesy, had put at our disposal. On
the way TO Khartoum we made COLLEGE
tons in Lake No, and on the BahrAt
Ghazel and Barrel zeraf We owe our
warmest thanks for the generous co1r y
sesy shown US and the air freely stven
us, not only by the Sidar. but by All
the British officials In East Afriea.
Uganda, and the Sudan. and by thu
Belgian officials in the Lado. and thtas
of course. means that we are. alwO
indebted to the home governments Uki
Egypt and Belgium.
''On the trip Mr.. Heller has peepAra4
1000 specimens OF mammals, the ma
jority of large sizes; Mr.. Loring ha9
total OF s<.ss7 mammals. or the
birds DR.. Msarns has prepared nearly
300: Mr., Loring 500. and Mr.. Heliex
about so: a total of about 400 birds.
"Of reptiles and betrachians MeSsra~
Mearns I.oring and Heller coiieStsd
about 2.000.
Many Fish -
"Of fishes. about 800 were collecf3d.
DIR. Mearns collected marine flshea
near Mombasa and fresh water fishes
! elsewhere in British East Africa. and
he and Cunninghame collected fishes In
the White Nile. This makes In all o.
Fvertebrates; Manuals 4.s9T. birds about
4.oo0 reptiles and batrachians about
1000. fishes about 500; total 1l.3s7.
The invertebrates were colleceod
carefully by DR.. Mearns. with some aG-
e4SlAlCC kIOHt ACSSEns
and Kermit Roosevelt A few mar1no
shells were collected near MombaSn
and land and fresh water sl1ai1
throughout the regions visited, - WG1f
as crabs, beetles. millipeda and ofh&&'
invertebrates. l s$S3
Several thousand plants were c81s
lected throughout the regions v1ai446E
by Or. Mearns, who employed 49,;
trained for the work a WunyamV&
f1ly avri rxrh 49,
how TO mako very good specimens al
turned out an excellent man III eyN&
way s;7S$
"Anthropologicai materials No. ~
gathered by DIR. Mearns with soma
sistance from others. A collection
contributed by Major Ross an AIiS -
lean In the government servtc4
Nairobi." xS
The hunt WAS under tbs auspf
of the Smithsonian Institution. tho
at the colonefs Initiative. ThAx
OF 1t, excepting the personal exp(
OF the colonel and his son. W0G
by contributions. said to BE- 4xna
smade by q group Of friends.
names of these friends hayA
been published. The cost of n4
ing the specimens secured ~
petition will. Ii IN estimated. NV
600. The colonel paid hts an1
mit's expenses, though this I'M
be reimbursed 10 him MAJ
over by the proceeds froSn ht