Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01

thes!$Wart hog, buffalo, r%hinoceros and
various Kinds BE hartebeestss and
beests vet abound iii spots.
time perhapsathe colonel would have
exterminated them all, but there was
the cali off# the wild trusts back home:
that made him III short bis stay stay
Why spendsstime iii shooting every$ani-
NAL in Africa whenStheres are SO many.
things in America that 80 richly de-
serve. killing? / b ~ ss5 y D IS,
After making the game scarce In all,
the available hunting grounds about,
5Nairobi the expedition $proceededs by?
railto Port Florence, on the shores of
Lake Victoria Nyanza. over which it
took passage, then trayersed Uganda,
threaded: Its down the Nile,
emerged with great beating of ma
tive tomtoms at Gondokoro, took pas
sage by boat toG Khartum and was
soon on its way BY rail to Cairo and
Alexandria, making stops en- route.
The hunting was continued till the ar
rival at Gondokoro. \ gSs
@5s$5 &$ j The Game Bag. 5s 4 n,
Despite the extravagant notions Of
the number Of animals killed by. Colo
mel Roosevelt and Ibis son, the size OF;
the as4comparatiYel mod
,aeenolooner',s bag containing only
,,seFentyTsix speciImllensSan and that ofsKer5
nit half as many / gcoiurse this rep
resented but small part of the Kill,
by the entire expedition, but the other:
members were chiefly concerned with
birds audsmaller game. Colonel Roose-
Welt has The following to his credit
SRhinoceroses;; including three white
specimens, rs; elephants, 8; lions, Z;
gsgtrafes,ES3 wildebeests, Thomp-
sons gazelle,S1;; Appropriateness 4; buff
$$faloes, 8;;Sttopli,, %; Glands, ;pYthon, .os-$
trich, leopard, hartebeest, bohor, Inn:
Epa1la, w~aterbuck, 3 each;&zebra,ory
bushbuck, Sortbia and kob. / each.
Kermit Roosevelt has killed: Lions,
Il; elephants, 2 rhinocerocssses. 8 bon:
goes, 2;9zebras,3 |; bnffaloes, 4; CRANES,
3; hippopotamus, i; cheekhs, 8; 9topi, 8
monkeys. wldebeest, Gland and
leopard \ each s| S$s z+as Ssss
Nearly all the specimens were pre-
pared for mounting and sent to- the
Smithsonian. Colonel Roosevelt reserrv,-.
ing only few trophiea for himself,
and friends. The purpose OF the ex.-;
petition was purely scientific little OF
hunting being done for The mere
sake d killing. The former. president
bore half of the expenses d the ex-}
petition and the Smithsonian half.
While these expenses were necessarily,
heavy, Colonel Roosevelt depends Oh
his wrttfngsst ; reimburse him. which
they should doSands more. @S al
One OF the spectacular De
the trip from tthe standpoint the
NATIVES was asraceso 4 the newspaper
correspondents y Join Rooseyeltsa above
sKhaIrttsnlm. Perhaps the reporter III gsass,ll
much of curiosity ID Africa5asthe
sdigdtg here. AT sKhartnm14 colo
mel found his wytfe.a dress suit and
the inevitable line y speechesSand
5banquets. The years outing w1asSover,,
and henecseforthH he became a member;
~ the thing#we are pleased term
civilization.
While AIR. Roosevelt has requested
that he bereceisyed in Europe without
display,i probable that hisEsppurog-
ress viii Is streWgvn with banquets,5
welcomes, speeches andsreceptionstha
VIII make him yearnHonee mo- ii the,
Jungle. He Id scheduled to srpeaks 1
Is 49, 1870 10Y IL