Show MELTS HUNT v FOR at I 1 G AME up is and other animals shot in lare large numbers YEAR ON DARK CONTINENT naturalists allita collected hundred hundreds cf of specimen for the Smiths smithsonian onlan kermit photographer of the party theodore ts hunting trip in africa officially known as the smith african expedition lasted nearly eleven even months and nd was wax moat most sue la in every way the colonels col onela deslou to hunt bunt big game waa was cot not all that was back 0 of the trip tor for the smithsonian institution wanted specimen of the fauna and flora of at the dark continent and commissioned the ex president to obtain them for thia this reason a part of the expenses were borni by the institution but mr Roost paid all the expenses of himself and his son on kermit presumably earning much of them by hia his articles in a magazine tor for which he received a record breaking price not wasting much time after lear leav ing the white house colonel roosevelt sailed from new now york on the steamship team ship hamburg headed for na plea ples with him were kermit and tareq natura naturalists lists major mearns ed iu zd heller and J alden loring and towed stowed la id tho the hold waa was most of their elaborate outfit for killing or photo graphing the of at east africa and for preserving the specimens dee des tined for the smithsonian institution kermit had trained himself to be the g came ca me fast anil and cheetams cheetahs hs giraffe giraffes and more lions were added to the list in all 11 14 varieties of all animal allala ala being efured secured meanwhile kermit was buy busy with bl his cameras and the naturalists prepared th ho specimens pe george an american wax was the next host of at the hunter hunters and ev T eral weeks were spent on his hi an fin ju ja ranch and in the surrounding country there the game was very plentiful and many one une specimens were baggie member members of at tho the party made several extensive trips of exploration notably on and around mount blount keala the expedition left east africa december 19 crossed uganda and went down the white nile getting back to comparative civilization at Gond Ganda karo there they went aboard a steamer mer put at their disposal dispo eal by the sirdar and journeyed to khartum khartun Khar tum where mrs roosevelt met her husband and accompanied him in a leisurely trip to cairo during his stay la in egypt col cal onel roosevelt Rooe evelt was as the recipient ol 01 many honors and made sovera speeches one of them in which h praised the administration of th british gave give considerable ottense offense tc the native nationalists at the end of march the ts sailed for italy in a preliminary report to th smithsonian Smithe onlan institution mr roosevelt roosevell summarized the material results of 0 the expedition as follows on the trip mr heller has ba prepared 1020 specimens of at mammals mamma Js a the majority of large size mr loring has prepared and doctor mearns a total of mammals of birds doctor mearns has prepared nearly mr loring 99 and mr heller about fifty litty a total of about 4 birds of reptiles and mearns loring and heller collected about 2000 of fishes about were collected doctor mearns collected marine ashes near Mom basa and fresh water fishes elsewhere in british east africa and 4 r 01 4 A I 1 2 A 0 UV 1 rj 1 4 F L 1 J wa by 3 NT IN THE AFRICAN JUNGLE photographer of the th expedition but le also turned out tn t be considerable of a hunter A gret throng of frienda friends and ad bane bace the colonel fa farewell and he sailed away but could not entirely separate himself from the world for practically all the way across the at alantic wireless communication with the hamburg was maintained moreover at the azores and again at gibraltar be he found the official ant and people instated insisted on doing him honor and when be he reached naples on april 6 the entire populace turned out to greet him with flowers and cheers Fo 1 1 arding the german steamship ad nipral for Mom basa mr air roosevelt Koo sevelt found in hia his cabin a quantity of flowen and a letter troy from emperor william wishing him good bunting hunting at messina ilna a stop was made to view the earthquake ruins and these at king victor request mr rooe roose relt velt and kermtt kermit visited the italian monarch on board the battleship ilex umberto the party arrived at mom atom basa tasa april 21 and was received by acting governor jack jackson who bad ben b en instructed by the bi ibish govern meat ment to do all in his power 0 a further the plane plans of at the expedition unusual privileges were granted the hunters and mr roosevelt and kermtt kermit were licensed to kill ions lions at the party was joined by IL J cuninghame a veteran aari can hunter and explorer and leslie J tarleton and these two to managed tue expedition in a most able manner taking train to plains the party became the guests of at sir alfred pease on an hie his ranch immense caravan of gersoni was organized and on april 25 23 colonel roosevelt had hia his first african bunt hunt on this occasion he bagged two wildebeests and a thompsons Thomp sons gazelle april 30 was a notable day in the camp on the atu for on that day the first lions fell victims to the marksmanship of the theodore shot two aad and kermit one and there was great among the native who maae ap up be the iravan after that tv th big he and cuninghame collected fishes to in the white nile this make makes in al of vertebrates verte bratts mammals 4 87 birds about 4 am reptiles and batrachians about 2 OW fishes about total it 11 pa 1 the invertebrates Invertebrate a were collected chiefly b doctor mearns with some assi assistance from lears le ears ars cuninghame and kermit roosevelt A few marine bells shells were collected d near Mom basa and land and fresh water ater bells shells throughout the regions visited an ell as crabs beetles milli beds and other invertebrates several thousand planta plants were col cot lecter throughout the regions visited by doctor mearns who employed and end trained for the work a barnd who soon learned how to make ver vera good specimens and turned out an eze excellent ellent man 11 lo 10 every way war anthropological matei ils ere gathered by doctor Bl mearns earns with lome some assistance from others a collect collection on was contributed by major ross an american in n the government service at nairobi E n WEB STEn STErt |