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Show I to many Is lure alone. Somo of those hardy ones who live on tho excitement that It. supplies have likened It to tho taking or opium or tho Imbibing of strong witters u hublt that grows until, ns in the caBo or the hunter, there Is no nnlmnl too for mldablo nnd no Junglo too thick. That Is one side or tho fnscl. nation thnt It holds. Tho other Is for tho stay-at-homes and who follow big guuiu hunting by reading about It. t These mny find some Bolaco In rending or tho preparations which President Roosevelt Is making for hlmaeir nnd his party, or tho weapons which will bo carried, or tho camp equipage and of tho game that mny ho encountered. Tho tents thnt are being provided Tor Mr. Hoosovelt und his party aro or green watcrproor silk a material bo light In tox-turo tox-turo that nu entire tent with Its telescoping polo weighs only 13 ounces. It Is essential that its color bo green, this bocniiBO or the fuel ;.nt n rhinoceros, reckoned by big game hunters as tho lunst dangerous and vicious or all wild nnlmnls, will charge .t white tent the moment he sees It, no matter If tho tent wore surrounded by n whole enravan or attendants. Ono can lmnglnc tho restless slumber or a hunter who goes to sleep with tho knowledge thnt ho might luivo his lira crushed out nt nny momont by the Infuriated charge of ono of these vicious nnlmnls. Uesldes being of u color which will not Invito such nttnek, It Is also essential that tho tent bo Insect proof. Africa Is Infested with mnny kinds or poisonous Insects, nnd whllo hunt' ers can guard against their bites by day, yet, without an nb-solutoly nb-solutoly Inscct-proor tent to sleep In o'nlghts tho whlto man' who seeks big gnmo In Africa Is liable to be bltton by some of theso numerous poisonous Insects. Hut tho tents that nro being prepared for Mr. Hoosovelt nro said to he proof agntnst tho tiniest thing that crawls or flies. The polo thnt goes with the tent Is made of blcyclo stool tubing. It Is of n telescopic pattern, weighs only three pounds nnd can bo extended to u height or eight feet. lCuch tent will nccommodato four persons. Tho hunters will sleep on pneumatic pneu-matic mattresses. Theso, when deflated, can bo rolled up In n bundle no larger than u blnnkot. Vory light Hudson buy blankets will bo furnished with ench mattress. A dealer Is furnishing thu arms and ammunition, but from another sourco It wns learned that tho president nnd his party will ho equipped with tho .105 Winchester, u weapon of oxtromely high power and. very Hut trajectory, Somo Idea of tho extent or Its shocking power may bo hnd from tho Btnto-incut Btnto-incut thnt tho Impact of its bullet is equivalent to tho lifting or 3.Q07 pounds ono root. Tho bullets nro sort pointed, which ineuns that thoy will "mushroom" on hitting. This Is tho kind or bullet thnt makes only a small nolo whon ontorlng tho sldo or nn nnlmnl, but "mushrooinliig" on Impact, cuts on Its oxlt pi hole sometimes ns largo as n coconnut. Hut tho chief reliance for Junglo work Is likely to bo tho 'jouble-barrel English express rlflo. This rifle rung'ea in welglit from 10 to 18 pounds, with a boro of .577 of an Inch In diameter. Whllo It Is not positively known that tho president and his party will bo equipped wlii theso rifles, yet It is more than likely that they will bo. since all of tho big gamo hunters (. unanimously agrco that It Is tho niost dependable of all weapons when at close qunrtors with big gamo. 'Hut even this formidable doublo-bnrrclcd piece Is sometimes Inadequate to meet tho sudden exigencies of big game hunting in ATrlcn. Ono or tho most Indefatlgablo of all tho big gamo hunters, and who had hunted Africa from ono end to the other, recently gave it as his opinion thnt the rhinoceros is by far tho most dangerous unimnl thnt can bo found In the dark continent. "In F.quntorhil Africa," Afri-ca," ho said, "you will And tho rhinoceros rhi-noceros nlmostevcrywhero.in the high poet him, QJUARRY EOR THE A II (1 111 O H t iftcn whon aHaaMMaaMBBi roti do not wnnt to see him. Ho Is a vicious and heavily armored beast, almost tho oxnet color or tho earth which you find out in thnt sunbaked region, nnd when stalking through his habitat, wholly unconscious or hla presence, you suddenly hear his 'chug, chug!' then God help you ir you nro not provided with n rifle of Inrgo caliber cali-ber nnd currying steel bullets. "You will wnnt some steel In your norves, too, for tho bruto usually weighs about 3,000 pounds, and his A TWELVE-FOOTER rush Is like thut of n locomotive Now, your rlflo may ho or tho biggest caliber und your bullets or tho hardest stool, but no mutter how mnny you pump nt him you could no moro stop his rush by this menus than n popgun would stop ft battleship. Tho heaviest or steel bullets could not reach a vital spot ntter going through thnt greut bono snout, und it would require nn extra henvy and oxtra hard one to cut through It all. Your only chance Is to do n swift sldo step, and oven thou you have only three shots thnt will count- tho bruin, tho neck and tho heurt shot. When ho Is charging head on It Is Imposslblo to rench nny one." Tho president's present plana contemplato ft journey to Alexandria, Alex-andria, by tho North German Lloyd Una and thenco to Mombasa, tho capital of British EaBt Africa, probably by ono or thu vessels or tho German Knst Afrlcnn lino. From Mombasa tho purty will trnvol by tho Ugnndn railway to Lake Victoria Nyanza nnd, crossing cross-ing thnt stretch of water by steamer, will seek tho plateau of tho Uganda, nnd whore abounds moro gamo thnn can bo found nny-whoro nny-whoro elso In tho world. Hut along tho rallwny route Irom Monibnsn to tho lnko plenty of gnmo Is to bo round. Ono who recently nmdo tho Journey, thus describes It; "Somo threo or four travelers now leave tho train nnd mnko their wny to tho dark bungalow, und by tho look or their Impediments Im-pediments thoy nro evidently sportsmen bent on big gamo shooting. shoot-ing. And thoy hnvo choBon their Btopplng plnco well, for horo commences the vnst Bweep of country stretching up to tho forests for-ests of Kikuyu, thou which,, perhaps, there la no place In tho world moro calculated to delight the heart or a sportsman, TIiIb 0 t - - . - --- aj.iijMBiKjussiUjsUUJtaJUt Maklndu district makes an Ideal 8hooU"t; country. Tho game is not perhnpu so plcntirul as on tho Athl Plains. B which wo shall see by and by, but hero we have excellent BB nnturul cover, which cnubles"buo to practice to perfection BjB the nit of stalking, that most necessary of accomplish- B ments for u successful hunter, "Tho open bush, relieved by lofty trees, provides a Bfl succession or surprises to the hunter. Now a bush buck BBj will start -up and bound uway; now wo catch sight through J.hc follngc or the graceful horns of tho stately water buck ns ho crops the herbage all unconscious ot Impending duuger. In thu opon glades wo shall probably Bfl seu u herd of massive olnud, or, perhaps, tho oryx, with their almost zo)ra-llko murklngs and tapering horns. "The dullcata looking mpula Is also sure to bo uoca bounding gracefully along, whllo tho chanco ot coming on rhlunccios or Hon will lend extra excitement to oar walk. In fact, our friends will bo poor shots Indeed It . they do not nccount for soma of this selection. Bfl "We wish them luck, nnd, taking our seats again nn B wo hear the whistle or tho train, we throw away books Bfl mid pnpors, ns we want to B mSSSSS!'mmTi seo nil we can for tho next Bfl hundred miles or so through B tho thick or tho gamo coun- BB try, and there Is no doubt BJ thnt we could sco tho llko BJj from tho windows of no oth- Bfl or railway carrlago In tho BB BJ "The plains aro also the .Bfl hubltnt of the hugo African B rhinoceros, who hunts hla enemy by scent, and Is cx-trcmely cx-trcmely short-slghtod, bo that on Bovernl occasions he has tried conclusions with tho rallwny engluo, much to his discomfiture. airafTes, warthogs, Bfl Jackals, hyenas nnd u host of other four-footed beasts, cranes and bustards and other feathered vnrioticB nil help to swell tho B papulation of thu animal kingdom. Bfl "Tho lion, too, Is still In evidence, as we notice by the flocks of vultures soaring In I ho nlr In tho distance ready to pick tho Bfl bones or his latest kill." B There Is no closed season In Africa on lions, leopards nnd crocodiles, nnd of tlieso the president nnd his purty may shoot ns many as they like. Lint, having declined tho offer of a spo- B clnl pormlt, extended by the Hiitlsh Colonlnl ofllco, tho ordinary Bfl license, which tho president will tako out on his nrrlval nt Mora- B basa, will restrict him mid each member of his party to tho fol- u B lowing; fl Two mnlu elephants, two rhinoceroses, ten hippopotami, 21 untolopo, Including two kudos; ten wild plgu, ten smaller cats, ten Jackals, two gembok, and ono bongo; two cobras, two choc- fl tabs, two nard wolves, two oryx, two Borvnl, two earth hogs, two Bfl eaith wolves, ten chovrotnliis, two colobl or other fur monkeys, BJ twy marabou storks, two ostriches, two egrets nnd pno cblnv fl pnnzeu. H Ho will bo forbidden to shoot giraffes, wild nsses, eland, nioun- H tain zebra, female or young elephants, vultures of nny sp'oclcs, Bfl suddlo-bllled storks, whnloheudod' storks,' crowned cranes, okapJ. H female buffalo, femulo or young ostriches nnd Spoku'a tragota- BJ phus female. BJ 4 flffll BBB bBI BBB |