Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

Africa. in many portions OF the inte-
rior, reminded me of the sagebrush sec
lions of Colorado and Arizona It is
q region OF light rainfall.
Col. Roosevelt spoke of the ethnology
Of the natives Of Uganda. One tribe was
found which lived on meat and milk ex-
clusively.
II do not wish to discourage the vege-
tarians." said the colonel. but never
found a harder or stronger race of hui
man beings than these meat eaters
I'VE had a thrilling hunt in this seq
ton. Some Of our Nasal porters wanted
to carry loness which we had killed
back to our camp, ten miles off. before
skinnirg the carcass. They hoped to show
another tribe nearby the evidence Of
our hunting prowess In this manner. 1
was somewhat doubtful 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 a lion, probably the
nate of the lioness, following us on one
side, and shortly there came a success
sion Of snorts. like the chugging of q loco
motive. on the other. We knew this
was rhinoceros, and will say that the
natives were far. more Disconnected by
this sudden battle cry than By the trail
ing lion. AS matter 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 cour-
that you can harm him. and has a bad
enough temper to know that he can harm
you. We got to camp without any at
tack. however. and then we skinned the
lioness by terchlight. The. entire village,
spearinen and girls. came out TO witness
the event. That night those Africans re-
minded me of the soldiers of Rameses as
| had seen them carved on ancient s ones
They had the same cast of. colintenance,
and it came to me that, after all, these
natives were blood kin of the Egyptian
warriors who made mighty empire GEN.
turtles ago. These tribesmen wore abso-
duteiy no clothing, but they had good
manners and We're gentle born. It was
plain to see they had a civilization of
their own.
81 may remark, anent present-day
knowledge of Africa. that a map of the
headwaters of the Nile prepared by the
Royal Geographical Society of England
half century ago was actually less ac-
curate than the maps of Ptolerny drawn
seventeen centuries before. In seventeen
centuries knowledge Of the dark continent
had not advanced, but had actually gone
backward.
Commends the English Policy.
1.-The English have been most wise in
developing these people. They are TAX
ing them along lines they were already
following. and not trying to force them
into strange paths. Conditions for such
development are more favorable in Cgan-
da than anywhere else. have received
gifts from tribal chiefs in Uganda as me-
mentos of my visit. Only few weeks ago
one of them sent me four tusks Of hip
popotami and also sent his condolences on
King Edwards death. When / was there
/ gave this chief a watch which had
hands picked in radium SO that the time
could be read at night. The first night
the chief and all his attendants sat up
watching that strange timepiece
Col. Roosevelt, describing his railroad
trip through the Pleistocene, said that the
country IT minced him of the Garden OF
Eden-without Adam and Eve.
He described Nairobi as a flourishing
town, but said it was surprising how the
wild ANIMALS wandered about it in un-
concerned style.
He said an Englishman. riding to a
rehearsal of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial
by Jury in the town hall. was knocked
off his bicycle by herd Of zebras, and
that leopard stole UP to the porch of
the house in which he was staying and
carried off the dog.
A "Fossilized" English Judge.
"You all know that type Of bureaucrat
who will observe every rule of his Office
even if the heavens fall" continued the
CofOHCi. wen, OhC ody d lew ASbi eAS
invaded the garden of Nairobi resi-
dent, and a gardener was sent out to
shoe them off. He was compelled to
shoot one of them. He was fined by the
local judge for shooting game without a
license. don't think the most sensitive
soul would object to my calling that
Judge fossilized."
He added the zebras broke into the
garden again, and this time one was
captured, and instead of being killed the
judge had this zebra taken to the town
pound and advertised for its owner for
two weeks. Then the zebra was sold
for shillings.
(Which was ) shillings too much,'' said
the colonel.
1.-The two animals of most interest to
the hunter are the elephant and the lion.
They are the most intelligent, and there
fore present curious aspects to the
sportsman all the time"
Col. Roosevelt declared the most thrill
ing experience he had had in Africa was
the killing of a lion by spearmen, who
had surrounded the jungle king. The
warriors, magnificent physical specimens,
were armed with a seven-foOt spear. with
razor edge on it's head, and an Oxhide
shield. They crouched in the surrounding
circle. The lion rushed like greyhound
toward one of them. The spear was
flung. 1t entered the lions left shoulder
and pierced his body, the point appearing
at the right thigh. Two more spears
transfixed the beast before he sank to the
ground. Not ten seconds had been con-
sumed in the combat, but they seemed
eternity.
Il have never passed more interesting
eleven months in my life than 1 spent in
Africa" concluded Col. Roosevelt. Il
don't know how any one could put in his
time to better advantage. / am proud
to believe that our expedition did not cast
any discredit upon the American name"
Some Of Those Present.
Among those attending the lecture were
the Secretary Of Agriculture, the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
Nagel. the Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Ballingcr, the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Dickinson. the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Knox. Justice and Mrs. John NJ.
Harlan, Justice and Mrs. Edward ..
White, Justice and Mrs. Joseph McKenna
Justice and Mrs. William Fl. Day, Justice
and Mrs. Horace H. Lurton Justice Will
liam II. Moody, Justice and Mrs. Charles
E. Hughes. Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno
III. Rudolph, Commissioner and Mrs. John
A. Johnston, Commissioner and Mrs Will
liam V. Judson, the Marquis Paolo di
Monaghan and Nine. di Montagliari, the
ro-Hungarian ambassador and Bar
oness Hengelmuller. the ambassador of
France and Nine. Jusserand, the ambas-
sador of Russia and Baroness Rosen the
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