The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-10

nected with the trip: There was
mild amount of danger in chasing wild
beasts, and far more danger from dis
ease. Our native porters did not know
how to take care of themselves and
would not learn. They laughed at
our boiling the drinking water as a
foolish white superstition. Conse-
quently many of them were attacked
with dysenterial fever. Still, we grew
very much attached to our attendants.
They took the utmost care of us and
showed a real ami sincere affection.
Africa, in many portions of the in
terror, reminded me of the sagebrush
sections of Colorado and Arizona. 1t
is a region of light rainfall"
Col Roosevelt spoke of the ethno-
logy of the natives of Uganda. One
tribe was found which lived on meat
and milk exclusively.
81 do not wish to discourage the We
getarians," said the colonel, but
never found a harder or stronger race
of human beings than these meat eat
ers."
I'VE had thrilling hunt in this sec
ton. Some of our Nasal porters want
ed to carry lioness which we had
killed back to our camp, ten miles off,
before skinning the carcass. They
hoped to show another tribe nearby
the evidence of our hunting prowess in
this manner. l was somewhat doubt
full about their ability to transport the
lioness in this fashion, but we started
out, and within an hour darkness fell.
Followed by Lion and Rhinoceros.
Presently we had lion, probably
the mate of the lioness, following us
on one side, sand shortly there came a
succession of snorts, like the chugging
of locomotive, on the other. We
knew this was a rhinoceros, and | will
say that the natives were far more
disconnected by this sudden battle or!
than by the trailing lion, AS mat
ter of fact, the rhinoceros is one of
the most dangerous of the African
wild beasts. His short suit is brains
and his long suit is courage. He has
not enough sense to know that you
can harm him, and has bad enough
temper to know that he can harm you
We got to camp without any attack
however, and then we skinned the
lioness by torchlight. The entire vii
lage, spearmen and girls came out tC
witness the event. That night those
: Africans reminded me of the soldiers
? of Rameses as had seen them carved
r on ancient stones. They had thu
? same cast of countenance, and it came
, to me that, after all, these natives
: were blod kin of the Egyptian war
: riors who made mighty empire cen
g turtles ago These tribesmeR wore at
D solutely no clothing, but they had goo
: manners and were gentle born.
: was plain to see they had civliza
< ton of their own.
/ Il may remark, anent present da
e knowledge of Africa, that a map Q
/ the headwaters of the Nile prepare
y by the Royal Geographical Society G
t England a half century ago was az
tually less accurate than the maps c
e Ptolemy drawn seventeen centurie
s before. In seventeen centuries know
d edge of the dark continent had not az
1t vanced, but had actually gone bacl
n ward.
k commends the English Policy.
8 "The English have been most wis
It in developing these people. They al
# taking them along lines they were a
s. ready following, and not trying
y force them into strange paths. Col
% ditions for such development are mol
o. favorable in Uganda than anywhel
- else. l have received gifts from II
k bal chiefs in Uganda as mementos I
e my visit, Only few weeks ago or
% of them sent me four tusks of hippop
h tami and also sent his condolences G
n King Edwards death. When | VIZ
st there l gave this chief watch whiC
had hands picked in radium so TIL
the time could be read at night, I'll
n first night the chief and all his q