Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-17

own report to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, sent after his arrival 81
Khartoum and at the end OF the
hunt, gives q good idea Of what was
accomplished, In this he says:
II have the honor TO report that
the Smithsonian African expedition,
which was intrusted 70 my charge.
has now completed its work. Fun re-
ports will be made later by the three
naturaIistH, Messrs Mearns, Heller
and Loring. ! send this preliminary
statement to summarize what has
been done; the figures ars substan.
tally accurate, but may have to be
changed slightly In the anal reports,
I'VE landed In Mombasa on April
~. 1909. and reached Khartoum on
March ~. 1910. On landing we
we're joined by Messrs. n. j. Cum
ninghame and Leslie J. TarIton, the
former was with as throughout our
entire trip, the latter until We left
East Africa and both worked as
zeaIously and eflciently for the ex-
pedition as any other member there
OF.
I'VE 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 Niavasha. Messrs.
Mearns and Lorins made thorough
biological survey Of Mt. Kenia, while
the rest Of the party skirted Its vest
ern base. went TO and up the Cuaso
Nyero and later visited the Guas
Ngishu reglan and both sides OF the
Rift Valley. Messrs. Kermit Roose-
welt and Tarlton went to the Laiki-
pia Plateau and Lake Terrington
and Dr. Mearns ana Kermit Roose-
yelt made separate trips to the coast
region near Mombasa On Decem-
Der 10 the expedition left East
Africa, crossed Ungada and went
down the White Nile.
North OF Wadelai we stopped and
spent over three weeks In the Lado,
and from Gondokoro Kermit Roose-
welt and | again crossed into the
Ladom. spending eight or ten days
In the neighborhood Of Rajaf. 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 collec-
tions In Lake No, and on the Bahrel
Chazel and Barrel Zeraf. We eve
our warmest thanks for the generous
courtesy shown us and the aid freely
given as. not only BY the sldar. but
BY all the British oficials in East
Africa, Uganda and the Sudan. and
by the Belgian ofIlclals In the Lado;
aud this, OF course, means that we
are also indebted to the home gov
ernments OF Egypt and Belgium.
ON the trip Mr.. Heller has pre-
pared 1000 specimens Of mammals,
the majority OF large sizes; Mr.. Lor-
Ing has prepared s,1es. and Mr..
Mearns. TIA. total Of 4.s97 mam-
mails, OF the birds DR.. MeaFns has
prepared nearly $1,000 Mr., Loring
500, and Mr., Heller about SO, to-
tai Of about 1900 birds.
"0f reptiles ana batrachians Mes
srs. Mearns. Lorlng and Heller col
leeted about 2.OOO.
''of fishes, about 500 were collect
cd. Or. MeaFns collected marine
fishes near Mombasa and fresh water
fishes elsewhere In British East Al
rica, and he and Cunninghame col
looted flshes In the White Nile. This
makes in all OF vertebrates. NAM
mails, 4.ss7, hirds about 1900. rep
tiles and batrachians about 9.OO0.
fishes about 500. total 1897.
'sThe invertebrates were collected
carefully BY Or, Mearns. with some
assistance from Mesars. Cunningham
and Kermit Roosevelt. A few marine
shells were collected near Mombasa
and land and fresh water shells
throughout the regions visited. as
well as crabs. beetles, millipeda and
other invertebrates.
Several thousand plants were
collected throughout the regians Wis
lied BY DR.. Mearns, who employed
and trained for the work wunyam-
veal named SiakAngarri. who soon
learned how to make very good spe-
eimens and turned out an exeellsnt
man in every man.
"AnthropologiCal materials were
gathered by Or. Mearns with some
assistance from others. A collection
was contributed by Major Ross. an
American IN the government service
at NAirogl."
II yon want to study the hunt In
the light of the dictionary. please
note the following animals that were
included in ROosevelt's bag"