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prevail OF the plan he said he hoped l
would go for the Smithsonian Institution.
He was my superior, and the entire sue
cess OF my trip in its scientific aspect de-
pended upon the men whom he sent 70
accompany me, Maj. Mearns. Mr. Loring,
and Mr.. Heller
Colonel Enjoyed Hunt.
mo more jealous or earnest men ever
went on a similar expedition Really,
was perfectly ashamed of myself at times
They did all the work. had all the
enjoyment of the hunt They didNaII the
practical work. and it was labor of
love TO them.
IAN. excepting myself. did good pho
Geographic work. including my son Kerr
nit We came back with the only pho
tographs OF white rhlnOseeri ever taken.
In a certain sense, I and my companions
were representing the United States and
am proud that we did such excellent
work. The collection is especially good
IN some large game animals. There were
only two or three specimens OF the white
rhinosceri In the museums OF the world
before our trip. and we brought back
five. There were absolutely no speci-
mems of the giant Gland and We brought
back three. l want 10 emphasize the
Importance OF the part my companions
played and the excellent work they did.
1t was very hard thing 10 get the
photographs We wanted. but il was
stu harder TO transport the skins and
skulls which We're the scientific result of
our work. We had to cure them out In
the jungle and carry them back 20 civIIi-
cation To show you what this meant,
II Is only necessary 10 say that our ma
tive porters had 10 carry four tons of
salt for the curing OF the skins. Twenty
porters were needed to carry each ele-
plant skull. We had $50 men on the ex-
petition out of Gondoroki. and the ex
ecutive difficulties were numerous. II
was no small task TO provide even for
feeding the native porters In the cara
van. But I wish TO pay tribute 10 the
hearty way IN which the representatives
or the Smithsonian Institution backed
Us up in an almost incredible quantity OF
labor.
There were no real hardships connect
ed with the trip, There was a mild
amount OF danger in chasing wild beasts,
and far more danger from disease. 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.
Consequently many of them were at
tackled with dysenterlal fever. Still. we
grew very much attached TO our attend
ants. They took the utmost care of US
and showed a real and sincere affection.
Reminded of Sngebrush.
Africa. IN many portions Of the in
terror. reminded me of the sage-brush
sections Of Colorado and Arizona. 1t is
a region Of light rainfall. When we
were camping on Mount Kenia great
news came to us. A messenger run
ner came, announcing that the north
pole had been discovered by an AmerI-
can A. / already knew something OF
this Particular Americans mountain
climbing exploits In Alaska. sent no
message of Congratulation. 4 week later
another message came TO US. stating thar
the pole had been discovered by Com
mander Peary. I Immediately wired my
congratulations.
" IN hank on Peary. That messages
genuine ! said TO the Others in the par
". I predicted that this National Geo
graphic Society would investigate his
proofs and hail him as the rightful dis
cOverer You mark my words and see
how this thing turns out. / said And
was more pleased than 1 can say when
/ found that my prediction came true.
and that they did exactly what ! said
they would"
Col Roosevelt then dealt extensively
with the entomology OF the natives of
Uganda. He spoke OF the infltratlon OF
the black Arab trip. and its merging with
the pure tropic types, in certain border
sections. One tribe. he found. did no
farming whatsoever. and had no ira
dition Of filling the soil. They lived en-
tirely on meat.
4 do not wish to discourage the Veg
etarians." said the colonel" but l never
found a harder or stronger race OF HUI
man beings than these meat eaters
Had Thrilling Hunt.
We had a thrilling hunt in this sec
ton. Some OF our Nasal porters wanted
to carry lioness which we had killed
back to our camp. ten miles OF. before
skinning the carcass. They hoped 70
show another tribe near by the evidence
was somewhat doubtful about their
ability to transport the loness in this
fashion. but We started out, and within
an hour darkness fell.
Presently we had a lion. probably the
mate OF the lioness. following US on one
side, and shortly there came a succession
of snorts, like the chugging of a iocomo-
tive. on the other. We knew this was
a rhtnOceros, and ] will say that the ma
tives were far more disconnected by this
sudden battle cry than by the trailing
lion. AS matter of fact. the rhinoeeros
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 a bad enough
temper 20 know that he can harm you.
We got to camp without any attack. how
ever. and then We skinned the lioness by
torchlight. The entire village, spearmen
and girls, came out to witness the event
That night those Africans reminded me
OF the soldiers of Rameses as l had seen
them carved on ancient stones. They had
the same cast of cOuntenance, and II
came 10 me that. after all, these natives
were blood-kin of the Egyptian warriors
who made a mighty empire centuries
ago. These tribesmen wore absolutely
no clothing, but they had good manners
and were gentle born, 1t was plain 10
see they had a civilization OF their own
Il may remark. anent present-day
knowledge of Africa, that map of the
head waters OF the Nile. prepared by the
Royal Geographical Society of England
a half century ago, was actually less
accurate than the maps of Ptolemy
drawn seventeen centuries before. In
seventeen centuries knowledge of the
Dark Continent had not advanced, but
had actually gone backward
Calls English Wise.
THE English have been most wise in
developing these people. They are taxi
ing them along lines they were already
following. and not trying TO force them