| Show ROOSE HUNT FOR CAME lions and other animals shot in large numbers I 1 YEAR ON DARK CONTINENT naturalists collected hundreds of specimens for the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution kermit photos rap eapher er 0 of the e party ar y theodore roosevelt s bunting hunting trip in africa officially known as the smith african expedition lasted near ly eleven months and was most sue suc in every way the colonel s desire to hunt big game was not all that was back of the trip tor for the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution wanted sped mens of the fauna and flora of the dark continent and commissioned the ex president to obtain them for this reason a part of the expenses were borne by the institution but mr roosevelt Hoo sevelt paid all the expenses of himself and his son kermit eresuma bly earning much of them by his arti artl cles in a magazine for which he re calved a record breaking price not wasting much time after leav ing the white house colonel roose velt sailed from new york on the steamship hamburg headed tor for na pies with him were kermit and three naturalists major mearns ed mund heller and J alden loring and stowed in the hold was most of their 1 elaborate outfit for killing or photographing the animals of east africa and tor for preserving the specimens des tined for the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution kermit had trained himself to be the game came fast and cheetahs giraffes rhinoceroses and more lions were added to the list in all 14 varieties of animals being secured meanwhile kermit was buby with his cameras and the naturalists prepared the specimens george mcmillan an american was the next host of the hunters and sev eral weeks were spent on his fine ju ja ranch and in the surrounding coun try there the game was very clenti ful and many fine specimens were bagged members of the party made several extensive trips of exploration notably on and around mount kenia xenia the expedition lett left east africa de cember 19 crossed uganda and went down the white nile getting back to comparative civilization at Gond there ere they ey wen went a aboard ar a s steamer eamer put at their disposal by the sirdar and journeyed to khartum khartun where mrs roosevelt met her husband and accompanied him in a leisurely trip to tc cairo during his stay in egypt col onel roosevelt was mas the recipient of oil many honors and made several speeches echea one of them in which he praised the administration of the british gave considerable offense tc t the native nationalists at the end of oi march the Roosevel ts sailed for italy in a preliminary report to th the smithsonian institution mr roosevel Roos Roose eveH veli summarized the material results ol 01 0 the expedition as follows on the trip mr heller has pre pared 1020 specimens of mammals the majority of large size mr air loring has prepared 3 and doctor mearna mearns a total of 4 mammals of 01 birds doctor mearns has prepared nearly 3 mr loring and mr heller about fifty a total of about 4 birds of reptiles and batrachians mearns loring and heller collected about 2000 of fishes about were collected doctor mearns collected marine fishes near and fresh water fishes elsewhere in british east africa and W eg 4 e Y 4 ak 44 Z 4 1 7 A ef T itom a ereo graph coper abt by 4 t N T 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 ad bade the colonel farewell and he sailed away but could not entirely separate himself from the world for practically all the way across the at lantic alantic wireless communication with the hamburg was maintained more over at the azores and again at gibraltar he found the officials and people insisted on doing him honor and when he leached naples on april 5 the entire populace turned out to greet him with flowers and cheers boarding the german steamship ad miral for mr air roosevelt found in his cabin a quantity of flow ers and a letter fiam emperor william wishing him good hunting at mes sina a stop was made to view the earthquake ruins and there at king victor emmanuel s request mr air roose velt and kermit visited the italian monarch on board the battleship rex umberto the party arrived at mom basa april 21 and was received by acting governor jackson who had been instructed by the british govern ment to do all in his power 0 further the plans of the expedition unusual privileges were granted the hunters and mr roosevelt and kermit were licensed to kill lions at the party was joined by R J cuninghame a veteran aari can hunter and explorer and leslie J tarleton and these two managed the expedition in a mot moat able manner taking train to plains the party became the guests of sir alfred pease on his ranch an immense caravan of persons was organized and on april 25 colonel roosevelt had his first african hu halt huit it on this occasion he bagged two wildebeests and a thompson s gazelle april 30 20 was a notable day in the camp on the athi tor for on that day the first lions fell victims to the marksmanship of the Roosevel ts theodore shot two and kermit one and there was great rejo cir cirs among the natives who maae up the c ravn after that the big muis rf y b s he and cuninghame collected fishes in the white nile this makes in al of vertebrates ma emals 4 1397 97 B rde about 4 reptiles and bat tachiana about 2000 2 t basl es about total 11 y 7 1 the invertebrates were collected chiefly by doctor mearns with some assistance from cuninghame and kerm t roosevelt noo sevelt A few marine shells were collected near and land and fresh water shells throughout the regions visited as v well ell as crabs beetles willi beds and other invertebrates several thousand plants were col lecter throughout the regions visit d by doctor mearns who employed and trained for the work a M nyum nezi named Makan garri who soon learned how to make very good specimens and guined out an excellent man in every way anthropological materials were gathered by doctor mearns with some assistance from others a collection was contributed by major ross an american in the government service at nairobi E WEBSTER |
