| Show FOR AFRICAN GAME lions and other animals shot in large numbers YEAR ON DARK CONTINENT naturally naturalists Natura allt lists collected hundreds hundred of specimens for the smithsonian institution kermet photographer of the party theodore Roosevel ts hunting trip in africa officially known an aa the smithsonian african expedition lasted nearly eleven elevena months and WM was most successful I 1 la ever every Y way tho the colonels desire to hunt big game was not all that was waa back of the trip tor for the smithsonian institution wanted specimens of the fauna and flora of tho the dark continent and commissioned the ex president to obtain them for this reason a part of the expenses wore were borno borne by the institution but mr ovelt elt paid all tho the expenses of himself and his son BOD kermit presumably earning much of them by his articles in a magazine for which he received a record breaking price not wasting much time after leaving the white house colonel roosevelt sailed from new york on the steamship hamburg headed for naples with him were kermit and three naturalists natura lists major mearns Mea edmund heller and J alden aiden loring and stowed in the hold was most of their elaborate outfit for killing or photographing tho the animals of east africa and tor for preserving the specimens destined for tho the smithsonian institution kermit had bad trained himself to bo be the game came fast and cheetahs cheeta hs g giraffes rhinoceroses rhinoceros es and more lions wora were added to the list lisl in all 14 varieties of an animals tindle being secured meanwhile kermit was busy with hla his came cameras rats and the naturalists natura lists prepared the specimens george mcmillan an american was the he next host of the hunters and sev oral weeks were spent on an his fine ju ja ja ranch and in the aut surrounding rounding country there the game was waa very plentiful and many line fine specimens were bagged members of the party made several extensive trips of exploration notably on and around mount denla the tha expedition left east africa december 19 crossed uganda and went down the white nile getting back to comparative civilization at Gond there they went aboard a steamer put at their disposal by the sirdar and journeyed to khartum khartun Khar tum where mrs roosevelt met her husband and accompanied him ir in a leisurely trip to cairo during his bis stay in egypt colonel roosevelt was the recipient ol of many honors and made several speeches ono one of them in which he praised the tha administration of 0 the th british gave considerable offense lenso of tc the native nationalists at the tha end ol of march the Roosevel ts sailed balled for italy in a preliminary report to the smithsonian institution mr air roosevelt summarized the material results ol of the expedition as follows on the trip mr air heller has prepared 1020 specimens of mammals the majority of largo large size mr air loring has prepared and doctor mearns mearna a total of mammals of birds doctor mearns has prepared nearly mr loring and mr heller about fifty a total of about birds ot of reptiles and J mourns loring and heller collected about 2000 ot of fisher about were collected doctor mearns colle collected led marine nhea fishes near Mor Mom basa and fresh water fishes elsewhere in british east africa and 7 f K V f g 4 L A e Z g 4 v 9 om by underwood jac Y IN THE AFRICAN JUNGLE chief photographer of the expedition but he also turned out to be consider able of a hunter A great throng of friends and admirers bade bada the colonel farewell 1 and he sailed away but could not ent entirely I rely separate himself from the world for or practically all the way across the atlantic wireless communication with the Il hamburg amburg was maintained moreover at the azores and again at gibraltar ho he found the officials and people insisted on oil doing him honor and when he reached naples on april 6 5 the entire populace turned out to greet him with flowers and cheers hoarding boarding the german steamship admiral for Mom basa mr air roosevelt found in his cabin a quantity of flowers and a letter from emperor william wishing him good hunting at mes also ana a stop was mado made to view tho the earthquake ruina and there at king victor Em manuels request mr air roosevelt and kermit visited the italian inon monarch arch on an board the battleship nex hex umberto the party arrived at mom atom bass basa april 21 and was received by acting governor jackson who had been instructed by the british government to do all in his power to further the plans of the expedition unusual privileges were granted the hunters bun tera and mr roosevelt and kermit were licensed to kill lions hone at Altom basa the party was joined by IL J cunynghame a veteran african hunter and explorer and leslie J tarleton and these two managed the expedition in a most able manner taking train to plains the party became the guests of sir alfred pease on his ranch an Ira immense mense caravan of persons persona was organized and on april 26 25 colonel roosevelt had hla his first african bunt on this occasion he bo bagged two nu a thompsons Thomp sons gazelle april 30 wax a notable day in the camp on the tha aahl for on that day the first lions lacna fell ell victims to the of the Roosevel ts theodore Theodo tri shot two and kermit one and there was great rejoicing among the natives who made mada up the caravan after that tho the big lie he and cuninghame collected fishes in the white nile this makes in at al of vertebrates tw harda about Pl lles and baar chiang about 2000 I lelica she about total llan the invertebrates acro ro collected acted chloey by doctor marns a with some soma assistance from cunynghame and kermit roosevelt A tow low marine shells were collected near Alom basa aaa and land and fresh w water ater shells throughout the regions visited as well as crabs beetles milli beds and other invertebrates several thousand plants were collected throughout the regions visited by doctor mearns who employed and trained for the work a named Makan garri who soon learned how to make very good specimens and turned out an excellent man in every way anthropological materials were gathered by doctor mearns with some omo assistance from others a collection was contributed by major ross rosa art an american in the government service at nairobi E WEBSTER WE BaTEK |
