Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-06
ALL WAY TO AFRICA
AND BACK IN WEEK
How Londoners Will Spend
Short Vacation Period
in 1920.
MAKE QUICK TRIP BY AIR
weary Workers Will Fly to
Game Reserves in Heart
of Tropics.
ny LIEUTENANT l.. wALMsLEY.


70 LONDON; April 81. Getting rather
ned ~ up w, with office work; are you, gill
2 weeks elephant shooting in Central
africa, on condition that you're back
dor The big air conference in London
on Wednesday, week. want you 20
represent us. I'll wire Tabora 10 fix
you up with the two-sea,cr and you'd
better leave by Saturdays Cape mail
It's the Southern Cross. believe. so
ao9 II have decent trip. Good luck
ana a safe return
Unable 10 express my gratitude suf-
ncicntly. shook hands with the
rmshaS of he Equitable Air Line, and
beloved guns.
,os At prs .cy o'clock on the fol-
i n"ins .c MHdnes sd IN morning and with
tho great air liner received her al
clear" landing signal from tho Tabora
AT station and five minutes later Sin.
butterfly a!igh,ing on a wisp Of grass.
me drome master gave me a cor
n nha welcome. large herd of Gle.
the district .'postman" near f.upcmbc.
mission station loo miles east OF
Lake Myassa which possessed a good
My gaine-licensc was in order. the
, w was tuned UP, my pilot was
,iatc X. a. FL. and the sooner got
away on my ioomile, trip III" better.
near the ground after s. NJ
~ wasted no time over breakfast
~ svaHt! luggage Including the
had already been taken down 10 The
sheds wher made the acquaintance
OF my pilot wiry brownfaced lit
kied as he caught sight OF the big
NO, such ii dusty weapon. sir: but
Eiye. me the good old Lewis de-
nIded that Ia rather be AN elephant
Timkins.
Watch Grcnt Liner Disappear.
Wo watched the great Southern
drome. rise slowly and steadily into
inc crisp morning air, get her height
and hum swiftly away into the south
We, We lost no time in getting on our
selves nc and ,, scot ,se we're pouring along
practically southeast. The view un-
folded to US WAS one OF wonderful
interest. The African bush" is BY no
means continuous; frequently there arc
open sladcs OF grassland. usually
swarming With same; there are great
forests there are mysterious lakes
alive with crocodiles. hippos and
strange dsh ,; and Mi, NTH na;ningos.
over their surface; and everyw here
there are curious -conic;il Lutte kopjes,
,a!ns shimmering la2ily in the bright
sunshine.
We sighted the pretty little mission
were very badly bumped about the las,
1000 feet before landing. From tile
rixed ON ths Sem NJ. np Ie, pn@,hP Xxx ih
elephants We're still quitc near and they
pointed to forest-cl4d hill nearly four
miles away
Timtins Goes Scouting.
I'D better make sure. sir" said
Timkins. and climbing into his seat lie
was quickly ~ the air once more in
spite of the bumps, which frequently
looked like capsizing him. | watched
the machine soar on, over The hill
indicated by the natives. For rninut.
or so il circled round and round, and
then suddenly cived stceply toward the
forest.
Had some thing gone wrong: But no.
/ was relieved TO see the plane once
more appearing on the opposite side
Of tho hill and moving RAPIDLY toward
us. Another perfect landing. and al
most before tn. machine stopped Tim
kinS jumped our.
Into the forest. sir, as fast as you
and there's An old bun in front with
ninety FOUNDERS,
tearing our way through the dense Gle
plant griass; giant era aoiSS and ham,
! overlooking. the valley up which Tin
kins said they were coming. And he
was not mistaken, | hadn't recovered
my breath before tho leading brute WAS
upon us, and before had time TO
shoot he had Numbered past. trumpet
ing loudly.
y
twenty in number. followed at the
double, and ] was beginning to think
that I'd missed my one and only chance
when respectable sized bull suddenly
stopped Immediately in front at fifty
yards range. 1t too easy Il shot
10 miss and he tumbied down with the
crash of an avalanche.
Red Buck Is Secured.
We saw no more of the herd, but
before we left for Tubora on the fol-
lowing day Timkins managed TO bag a
nice young red buck.
Except for a rather decent dance AT
Cairo the journey home was without
spccial incident
On Wednesday night ] was dining
with the boss at his house at Hamp-
stead, and a haunch of Timkin's reed
buck took the place Of honor in the
menu.
elf all your excursions are as fruit
full as this Gilman" he said. III have
to make you district inspector with {,
bus. Of your ow n.
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