4 AFRICAN ADVENTURE STORIES 



Even in the days in which he visited Africa, 

 ivory hunters were so numerous that the large 

 "tuskers" were soon killed out of the regions 

 where the natives had been pacified. This 

 made it necessary for the intrepid hunters to 

 seek new and inhospitable fields if they intended 

 to succeed. S. was one of the few men who was 

 willing to endure the hardships and accom- 

 panying dangers of such a trip. 



He was a passenger on the Admiral, that car- 

 ried the Roosevelt African expedition from Na- 

 ples to Mombasa, and we whiled away many a 

 pleasant hour listening to his thrilling experi- 

 ences. 



He started once, he said, with about twenty- 

 five Kafir boys to carry his outfit and trade 

 goods, on a trip into the then little-known re- 

 gion north of the Zambesi River. Elephants, it 

 was believed, had been little molested in that 

 section and the chances were good for finding 

 big "tuskers." 



His objective point was somewhat of a ques- 

 tion. He was after ivory and intended to rely 

 more or less on the information he could gather 

 from the tribes he met. Finally, he began to 

 pass out of the region of friendly natives and to 



