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Show ' " '' ND on the other side A I of the world some MIL I folks are overdue. I One of these is that M M restless spirit who Bll"i.2raj3fl means to stej from SxB ,he Wnite House r Africa the big game EsK I tliat aoounds ln ils i' R equatorial region. MaraiFVff" 1,1 hunting of big game has a double fascination. There is the fascination that all big game hunters confess to the danger dan-ger of it for one thing, and which -W jjfe" Wjf V o7!577of0an8tnU?n diameu'r. Vhilefel l'Mm ' tmmmKmmammKmmmamammBaaBmm 2 Lcti . - u tin futu.. tun etui i-orns oi tb s v-u JURPRIrJED , ) f ) ater buck as he crops the herbage all unconscious of 'MF4Bfc&j$$$ ' J1& sll 'mpi ! r danger. In the Pen glades we shall probably to many is hire alone. Some of these hardy oik - who livi I I and " ( i CsS? 13 y-''sBHHfcL. J see a herd of massive eland, or, perhaps, the oryx, with Con the excitement thai il supplies have likened it 10 tin- lakin II - low 1 A'H&W. " - ' J $ Js$Bi their almost zebra-like markings and tapering horns, of opium or the imbibing of strong waters a habit thai - n in sht "I"'" ; i2fc-' tLLE'- $&!&rf ! "The delicate looking mpala is also sure to be seen until, as in the case of the hunter, there is no animal too for- country and t . r S? ' Bmr'mx t&' liottuding grai-olully along, while the chance of coming midable and no jungle too thick. That is one side of (he fasci in the brush jjjjrflSpiHB x& i ' 1 ''liiinx eios or Hon will lend extra excitement to our nation that it holds. The other is for the stay-at-homes and You will lim! $JgKBOKfB "WaSHL ? -i v.,, IV In r.ic. our friends will be poor shots indeed if, who follow big game hunting by reading about it. hint w h n fi ?, ' ' i do not iwemini lor some of t bis selection. These may find some solace in reading of the preparations you least ex- I -We wish them luck, and, taking our seats again as which President Roosevelt is making for himself and his party, pect him, QUA? RY FOR TH PREsSIDEfiT we hear the whistle of the train, we throw away books of the weapons which will he carried, of the camp equipage and most and papers, as we want to and of the game that may be encountered. flen when mmmmmmgm see all we can for the next The tents that are being provided for Mr. Roosevelt and his ;ou do not want to see him. He is ' zj -. ' ' , hundred miles or so through pan? are of green waterproof silk a material so light in tex- a vicious and heavily armored beast. , v ' . - - ' - . 1 the thick of the game coun- ture that an entire tent with its telescoping pole weighs only almost the exact color of the earth - ? 9 try. and there is no doubt 13 ounces. It is essential that its color be green, this because which you find out in thai sunbaked MBhjLg-5-T--: " that we could see the like of the fact that a rhinoceros, reckoned by big game hunters region, and when stalking through his SBaHfiBsB from the windows of no oth- as the most dangerous and vicious of all wild animals, will habital .vholl; unconscious of hi -- ''SBBJk a SBjJ8BHSfi8I?4T ei railway carriage in the charge a white tent the moment he sees it, no matter if the tent presence, you suddenly hear his -chug. '9jBBpJPJHpjH9 world. were surrounded b a whoh a van of attendants. One can chug!' then God - ' . 1'W)8BHiais "The plains are also the imagine the restless slumber of a hunter who goes to sleep not provided with a rifle of large cali- t " ' " . habitat of the hue African with the knowledge that he might have his life crushed out at ber "and carrying steel bullets. k":i -"'-"v: . l "' . . t hi anv moment by the infuriated charge of one of these vicious "You will want some steel in your mmmmmmmmmmmm rhinoceros, wno nun animals. nerves, too. for the brute usually 7 TWELVE' FOOTER enemy by scent, and is ex- Besides being of a color which will' not invite such attack, weighs about 3,000 pounds, and his tremely short-sighted, so from 10 to 18 pounds, with a bore of .577 of an inch in diameter. While it is not positively known that the president and his party will be equipped with these rifles, yet it is more than likely that they will be, since all of the big game hunters unanimously agree that it is the most dependable of all weapons when at close quarters with big game. But even this formidable double-barreled piece is sometimes inadequate to meet the sudden exigencies of big game hunting in Africa. One of the most indefatigable of all the 'big game hunters, and who had hunted Africa from one end to the other, recently gave it as his opinion that the rhinoceros is by far the most dangerous animal that can be found in the dark continent. "In Equatorial Africa," Afri-ca," he said, "you will find the rhinoceros rhi-noceros almosteverywhere.in the high Makindu district makes an ideal shooting country. The game is not perhaps so plentiful as on the Athi Plains, which we sjjall see by and by, but here we have excellent natural cover, which enables one to practice to perfection the art of stalking, that most necessary of accomplishments accomplish-ments for a successful hunter. "The ppen bush, relieved by lofty trees, provides a succession of surprises to the hunter. Now a bush buck will start up and bound away; now we catch sight through the foliage of the graceful horns of the stately water buck as he crops the herbage all unconscious of impending danger. In the open glades we shall probably see a herd of massive eland, or, perhaps, the oryx, with their almost zebra-like markings and tapering horns. "The delicate looking mpala is also sure to be seen bounding gracefully along, while the chance of coming on rhinoceros or lion will lend extra excitement to our walk. In fact, our friends -will be poor shots indeed if they do not account for some of this selection. "We wish them luck, and, taking our seats again as we hear the whistle of the train, we throw away books land and In the low land, in the open country and In the brush. You will find him when you least ex-pec ex-pec t him. and most )flen w hen and papers, as we want to see all we can for the next hundred miles or so through the thick of the game country, coun-try, and there is no doubt that we could see the like from the windows of no other oth-er railway carriage in the world. "The plains are also the habitat of the huge African rhinoceros, who hunts his enemy by scent, and is extremely ex-tremely short-sighted, so rou do not want to see him. He is a vicious and heavily armored beast, almost the exact color of the earth which you find out in that sunbaked region, and when stalking through his habitat, wholly unconscious of his presence, you suddenly hear his 'chug, chug!' then God help you If you are not provided with a rifle of large caliber cali-ber 'and carrying steel bullets. "You will want some steel in your nerves, too, for the brute usually weighs about 3,000 pounds, and his to many is lure alone. Some of these hardy ones who live .on the excitement thai it supplies have likened it to the taking of opium or the imbibing of strong waters a habit that grows " until, as in the case of the hunter, there is no animal too formidable for-midable and no jungle too thick. That is one side of the fascination fasci-nation that it holds. The other is for the stay-at-homes and who follow big game hunting by reading about It. These may find some solace in reading of the preparations which President Roosevelt is making for himself and his party, of the weapons which will he earned, of the camp equipage and of the game that may be encountered. The tents that are being provided for Mr. Roosevelt and his pan? are of green waterproof silk a material so light in texture tex-ture that an entire tent with its telescoping pole weighs only 13 ounces. It is essential that its color be green, this because of the fact that a rhinoceros, reckoned by big game hunters as the most dangerous and vicious of all wild animals, will charge a white tent the moment he sees it, no matter if the tent were surrounded by a whole caravan of attendants. One can imagine the restless slumber of a hunter who goes to sleep with the knowledge that he might have his life crushed out at any moment by the infuriated charge of one of these vicious - animals. Besides being of a color which will' not invite such attack, , it is also essential that the tent be insect proof. Africa is infested with many kinds of poisonous insects, and while hunters hunt-ers can guard against their bites by day, yet, without an absolutely ab-solutely insect-proof tent to sleep in o'nights the white man who seeks big game in Africa is liable to be bitten by some of these numerous poisonous insects. But the tents that are ct being prepared for Mr. Roosevelt are said to be proof against BP y the tiniest thing that crawls or flies. The pole that goes with the tent is made of bicycle steel tubing. It is of a telescopic pattern, weighs only three pounds ' and can be extended to a height of eight feet. Each tent will accommodate four persons. The hunters will sleep on pneumatic pneu-matic mattresses. These, when deflated, can be rolled up in a bundle no larger than a blanket. Very light Hudson bay blankets will be furnished with each mattress. A dealer is furnishing the arms and ammunition, but from another source it was learned that the president and his party will be equipped with the .405 Winchester, a weapon of extremely high power and very flat trajectory. Some idea of the extent of its shocking power may be had from the statement state-ment that the impact of its bullet is equivalent to the lifting of 3.007 pounds one foot. The bullets are soft pointed, which -- means that they will "mushroom" on hitting. This is the kind of bullet that makes only a small hole when entering the side ' - of an animal, but "mushrooming" on impact, cuts on its exit v f. hole sometimes as large as a cocoanut. But the chief reliance for jungle work is likely to be the . Jouble-barrel English express rifle. This rifle ranges in weight that on several occasions he has tried conclusions with the railway engine, much to his discomfiture. Giraffes, warthogs, jackals, hyenas and a host of other four-footed beasts, cranes and bustards and other feathered varieties all help to swell the population of the animal kingdom. "The lion, too, is still in evidence, as we notice by the flocks of vultures soaring in the air in the distance ready to pick the bones of his latest kill." There is no closed season in Africa on lions, leopards and crocodiles, and of these the president and his party may shoot as many as they like. But, having declined the offer of a spe cial permit, extended by the British Colonial office, the ordinary license, which the president will take out on his arrival at Mombasa, Mom-basa, will restrict him and each member of his party to the following: fol-lowing: Two male elephants, two rhinoceroses, ten hippopotami, 21 antelope, including two kudos; ten wild pigs, ten smaller cats, ten jackals, two gembok, and one bongo; two zebras, two cheetahs, chee-tahs, two aard wolves, two oryx, two serval, two earth hogs, two earth wolves, ten chevrotains, two colobi or other fur monkeys, two marabou storks, two ostriches, two egrets and one chimpanzee. chim-panzee. He will be forbidden to shoot giraffes, wild asses, eland, mountain moun-tain zebra, female or young elephants, vultures of any species, saddle-billed storks, whaleheaded storks, crowned cranes, okapi, female buffalo, female or young ostriches and Speke's trageta-phus trageta-phus female. rush is like that of a locomotive. Xow, your rifle may be of the biggest caliber aud your bullets of the hardest steel, but no matter how many you pump at him you could no more s'.op his rush by this means than a popgun would stop a battleship. The heaviest of steel bullets could not reach a vital spot after going through that great bone snout, and it would require an extra heavy and extra hard one to cut through it all. Your only chance is to do a swift side step, and even then you have only three shots that will count -the brain, the neck and the heart shot. When he is charging head on it is impossible to reach any one." The president's present plans contemplate a journey to Alexandria Alex-andria by the North German Lloyd line and thence to Mombasa, the capital of British East Africa, probably by one of the vessels of the German East African line. From Mombasa the party will travel by the Uganda railway to Lake Victoria Nyanza and, crossing cross-ing that stretch of water by steamer, will seek the plateau of the I'ganda, and where abounds more game than can be found anywhere any-where else in the world. But along the railway route from Mombasa to the lake plenty of game is to be found. One who recently made the journey, thus describes il : "Some three or four travelers now leave the train and make their way to the dark bungalow, and by the look of their impediments im-pediments they are evidently sportsmen bent on big game shooting. shoot-ing. And they have chosen their stopping place well, for here commences the vast sweep of country stretching up to the forests for-ests of Kiknyu, than which, perhaps, there is no place in the world more calculated to delight the hea' a sportsman. This |