Show daoa i S Is so much big game hunting in british fist africa there no trouble in finding a man or a farca either at mom basa or nairobi to procure all the feces ear porters tents ammunition and food for a party going into the wilds there are several mercantile firms which make a business of supplying hunting par ties and there are men who will take charge ot every thing at so much per month A hunting party with porters and attendants Is called safari the battery for each hunter to be sufficient for all needs should consist of a express a sporting ralle british model and a 12 bore shotgun and 1 should chink rounds of SO hard and soft and 12 bore shot cartridges ol 01 say the six and eight sizes sufficient for a three months trip the hunters kit should include a good pith sun hat a couple of suits ot chahl leather gaiters or a couple of pairs 0 puttees wash leather gloves to protect the hands from the sun and atto pairs of boot with hemp soles long norwegian boots will also be found ery useful the usual underclothing worn in america in the fall Is III that Is required if the shooting is to be done in the highlands as the temperature there corresponds to flau gi 74 ite f our october A good warm overcoat will be much appreciated country upcountry up in the cool of the evenings and a light mackintosh for wet weather ought also to be included the caravan for one in lt he intends going ar from the railway Is usually made up as follows though the exact depend upon many cons tlona I 1 headman 60 rupees per month 1 cook 25 rupees per month 1 gun bearer 35 rupees per month 1 boy personal servant 20 rupees per month 2 armed porters 2 rupees per month 30 porters 10 rupees per month it there are ave or six men ln the party double the porters rind add a gun bearer and a personal boy for each hunter thus the president has a party of six be win need about 70 men altogether this would necessitate about pounds of rice a day it is three days across to kilimanjaro for example the sportsman Is obliged to provide each porter with a jersey blanket and water bottle while the gun bearer and boy got a pair of boots in addition A cotton shelter tent and one cooking pot must also be furnished for ae men the food for the caravan Is mostly rice of which the headman gete three pounds per day the cook gun bearer boy and 2 pounds and the ordinary porters 1 pounds each per day it ie the duty of the headman to keep discipline on the safari caravan journey both in camp and on the earch and to aeo to the distribution and safety of the loads the pitching and striking of camp the issue of bosho food to the porters etc he always brings up in the rear of tho caravan and on him depends the general comfort of the sportsmen the cook Is also an important member of the caravan and a good one should bo procured it possible it Is wonderful what an experienced native cook can turn out in the way of a meal in a few minutes aftel camp la pitched in camp the duties of the are to keep up the and watch at night and to pitch and strike the ewanca masters ent on the march one icare the alavan the albec briage up in the rear they ghe as CORN v WOODEN a a frends when they ke it into their heads to lire their weapons the ordinary porters will carry their 60 pound loads day in and day out without complaint so long as they are well fed but stint them of their rice and they at once become sulky mutt in addition to carrying the loads they pitch and strike camp procure firewood and water and build grass huts if a stay of more than a day Is intended to be made at one place on the whole the porter is one of the jolliest jol liest and most willing fellows in the world and I 1 have noth ing but praise tor bilm in crossing from german to british east africa on the vol kilimanjaro road one of the first considerations in the outfit of a party of say 70 porters will be the water supply water will have to be carried across the seren betl desert between burra and the lumi river at taveta a distance of 60 miles when we crossed this yaru as it is called I 1 told one of my boys to make the water clean and he went and put soap in it to make it clean making soapsuds there Is no water at all in the yaru A hunting party a bountiful supply of rice which can be bought in many of the indian stores at chop boxes contain ing 60 pounds of canned goods will also be purchased at among these canned goods will be found pears peaches and apricots from california pickled tongues from south america corned beef from aus and deviled ham and thicken from chicago an extract of beet must be a favorite with the hunters tor I 1 saw many of the natives whose car lobes are abnor mally pierced hearing a condensed milk can in one ear and an extract pt beet jar in the other an abundant supply of condensed milk is necessary for the journey and plenty of tea coffee and cocoa especially tea with the rice one should take chutney a hot sauce made in india from the mango fruit mixed with red pepper this chutney la said to bo great of fever when starting from large towns like or nairobi the party will carry as food for the porters a large quantity of bananas cocoanuts cocoa nuts and long stalks of sugar cane some of the native tribes like the Wa taveta the Wi and the can live almost entirely upon a few heads a day of common coarse maize or corn along the way they will purchase from native vendors round balls resembling popcorn balls made from a mixture of white ants and cassava flour this cassava flour Is beaten up in mortars and Is made from the cas root which grows in all the gardens the natives eat these puff balls with eager voracity tor the white travelers there will be plenty 0 chick ens which can be bought for eight cents apiece through out the country of course in such a party as the one president loosevelt Hoo sevelt will take there will bo no want of delicious viands from antelope steak tor there are hun ardds of grant gazelles thomson gazelles jacksons hartebeest chandless chandlers Chand lers reed back and the tie paa smallest of all deer which forms a very tooth some morsel to the hungry hunter the natives will eat all the a membra of any of the wild game they are especially tand of the entrails of the animals which they roast over alrea without removing the offal zebra steak Is palatable to the white man and there are wild beara boara in abundance elephant steak looks something like corned beet built ie very tough the is not good it al wais reminded me ot a comat nation of stewed cobblestones and when a band of german hunters with us last beir shot ten tons of elephant meat in the kilimanjaro region the bathes caroo for miles and almost ever ounce of avail able meat was by them eagerly devoured the natives draw the line at eating the dead lions and the mohammedan portion of the safari will eschew he pig in all its forma 1 cahill tent boys absolutely refused to eat any thing cooked in pig lard when they discovered the picture of a pig on the chicago tins when the president starts from for the mandl plateau and the elgon district his attend ants can buy their food in the market place of the the naked natives on the shores of lake victoria nyanza the masal w sell them curdled in long geurds gourds in districts where english farmers have settled white men of the party will be able to procure good milk and butter at near the railway in the region of the rift valley there are boer farm era and good fresh will be easily obtained tor expeditions towards the mau escarpment and the deidama ravine in tho neigh boyhood of nairobi there are nearly a thousand englishmen and at such farms as that of mr heatley nearly all the english cereals and vegetables can be bought the potatoes of the nal robi district are becoming famous throughout eist africa they cost about a bushel the have splendid bege table gardens at nairobi where celery brussels sprouts potatoes tomatoes and nearly all the garden vegetables of the temperate zones are grown in the wilder districts around mount elgon there Is plenty of honey to be had from the wild bathes of bucedi native sheep and goats will be found in nearly all the villages even in the wildest parts the natives however do not ilka to sell any of their domestic cattle because such animals are used in the purchase of wives and are supposed to be a sign of wealth in the uganda country there are good indian stores both at kampala and at entebbe there are also english and italian merchants la both of these uganda towns plenty of rice and craned goods can be purchased for the presidents hunting trip through uganda to the congo forests there Is a rickshaw line being established for 1909 across the uganda nearly miles to lake albert nyanza all the country abound in game and there are plenty of wild guinea fowl and plantain eaters besides abundance of partridges and pigeons among the animals they will be able to shoot in the uganda are the speke s a ater loving animal of a dark mouse brown or chestnut color the antelope bakers roan antelope the white eared kob of the the duyker antelope of the plains these are some of the game which will provide the party with food on its lourney through uganda it Is saad that the presidents party will need to pay 40 per day tor each white man of the party this I 1 think Is an exaggeration aay friend mr dutkewich and myself traveled very comfortably fort ably through most of the country over which the president is going and it did not cost us over 10 or 12 a day apiece I 1 should say then that 20 per day tor each of the white men of the party would be ample allowance even if the price of chickens went up to 16 cents apiece which they are very likely to do with such a distinguished party eggs may even attain the enormous enor moua price of three cents apiece and potatoes may cost five cents per pound A good deal of the food will be supplied by the native chiefs who will expect rather elaborate presents in return but I 1 remember receiving a very handsome goat from sultan bullma of the Wa tribe for which af the advice of a german officer I 1 gave him three cans ot condensed milk and a half pound tin 0 van coutens houtens Ho cocoa along the nile there will be a steamer connection from lake albert to khar boum except for a six days march from to Gond on this trip there ought to be good antelope bunting there will be plenty of lions and hippopotami and the president may even an this strange animal seemingly coming in between a zebra and a giraffe is paten by the natives but ft will not do for the president s party to depend on meat for a six days safari since only one or two specimens of this animal have ever been seen by white men v these then are some of the means by which the party of mr roosevelt will be fed during bis year la africa there will be rice chickens chutney and some kind of rough bread as the staple in the camp tor the men grebic bakers in now supply hunters with bags of hard biscuit which are extremely good upon the march because insects cannot pierce their Indu rated eustace |