The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-03-24

OF Augustine. Yet the popular notion
that Roosevelt slaughtered all the ami
mails in Africa is far from correct.
There still is an occasional lion. e]e-
plant, hippopotamus or digdig, while
the wart hog, buffalo, rhinoceros and
various kinds Of hartebeests and
other beests yet abound in spots. In
time perhaps the colonel would have
exterminated them all, but there was
the call of the wild trusts back home
that made him cut short his stay.
Why spend time in shooting every ami
NAL in Africa when there are so many
things in America that so richly de-
serve killing?
After making the game scarce in all
the available hunting grounds about
Nairobi the expedition proceeded by
rail to Port Florence, on the shores Of
Lake Victoria Nyanza, over which it
took passage, then traversed Uganda,
threaded it's way down the Nile,
emerged with great beating of ma
tive tomtoms at Gondokoro, took pas
sage by boat to Khartum and was
soon on it's way by rail to Cairo and
Alexandria, making stops en- route
The hunting was continued till the ar
rival at Gondokoro
The Game Bag.
Despite the extravaganza notions Of
the number Of animals killed by Colo
mel Roosevelt and his son, the size Of
the game bag was comparatively mod
est, the colonel's bag containing only
seventy-six specimens and that of Ker-
nit half as many Of course this rep
resented but a small part of the kill
by the entire expedition, but the other
members were chiefly concerned with
birds and smaller game Colonel Roose-
welt has the following to his credit:
Rhinoceroses, including three white
specimens, 1S; elephants, 9; lions, (;
CRATES, 10; wildebeests, 4; Thomp-
sons gazelle, 1; appropriateness, 4; buff
faloes, S; topi, 5; Glands, 4; python, os-
trich, leopard, hartebeest, bohor, i'm
palla. waterbuck, 3 each; zebra, oryx,
bushbuck, oribia and kob, I each.
Kermit Roosevelt has killed: Lions,
IL; elephants, 2; rhinoceroses, 8; bon
goes, 2; zebras, 8; buffaloes, 4; CRATES,
3; hippopotamus, I; cheekhs, 8; topi,
monkeys, 2; wildebeest, Gland an:l
leopard, each. ..
Nearly all the specimens were pre-
pared for mounting and sent to the
Smithsonian, Colonel Roosevelt reserv-
ing only few trophies for himself
and friends. The purpose of the ex-
petition was purely scientific, little or
no hunting being done for the mere
sake of killing. The former president
bore half of the expenses Of the ex-
petition and the Smithsonian half.
heavy, Colonel Roosevelt depends Oh
his writings to reimburse him, which
they should do and more.
One of the spectacular features Of
the trip from the standpoint Of the
natives was the race of the newspaper
correspondents to join Roosevelt above
Khartum Perhaps the reporter is as
much of curiosity in Africa as the
digdig is here At Khartum> the colo
mel found his wife, dress suit and
the Inevitable line of speeches and
banquets The years outing was over
and henceforth he became member
of the thing we are pleased to term
civilization.
While Mr. Roosevelt has requested
that he be received in Europe without
display, it is probable that his prog
ress will be strewn with banquets
welcomes, speeches and receptions that
will make hinlyearn once more for the
jungle. He is scheduled to speak il
the Sorbonne, at Paris, on April Is; in
Berlin on May I, before the Nobe
peace prize committee at Christiania
Sweden, soon after and at Oxford uni
versity on May 49, He will also visi
Rome, Vienna, London and other capt
tails and will be the guest of the kins
of Italy, President Fallieres, Emperor
William. King Edward and almos
everybody else whose invitations h
has the inclination and time to accept
He is scheduled to land in New Yorl
about the middle of June.
Colonel Roosevelt will find that Ger
tain things have happened since HI
left America. What will be his atti
tude concerning them? That is a burn
Ing question with some eighty million!
of people, but it will have to wait unit
he himself gives the answer