ROOSEVELT'S EXPERIENCE IN THE JUNGLE. iSl 



in height to five and six feet. The springbok is one of the largest 

 species, and it is known to make vertical jumps in the air with its 

 legs folded. 



Considerable anxiety was felt because smallpox was prevalent 

 at Nairobi, and two cases developed among the porters at Kapiti. 

 These were quarantined and the strictest precautions observed to 

 prevent a spread of the disease among those attached to the Roose- 

 velt party. The danger of this was at first considered slight, but 

 later several of the bearers were attacked. 



Pleased with even the small measure of success of their expe- 

 dition on the plains, the Ex-President and his party the next day 

 broke camp and continued their journey to the ranch of Sir Alfred 

 Pease, on the Athi river. 



The rain was falling heavily when they arrived, this giving 

 fine promise of good sport. As the torrential downpour continued, 

 the party spent the next day indoors resting from the fatigue 

 inseparable from the first hunting trip. Seasoned sportsman though 

 he was, the former President had not yet gotten hardened as he 

 was destined to get within the next few weeks. 



FATHER AND SON HUNT TOGETHER. 



The next day Col. Roosevelt and his son Kermit had sufficiently 

 recovered from the fatigue connected with their first shooting trips 

 and their journey from Kapiti Plains station to the ranch of Sir 

 Alfred Pease, on the Athi river, to go out shooting for small game. 



They were successful in bringing down a Grant's gazelle and a 

 hartebeest. 



The Ex-President was especially pleased by his success in bag- 

 ging the Grant's gazelle, which he had failed to secure on the first 

 expedition. 



Now they were in the very heart of the game country, where 

 small game" especially was very plentiful and all were correspond- 

 ingly elated. Col. Roosevelt and Kermit were fully recovered from 

 their indisposition, and the Colonel was astir early, anxious to get 

 a shot at something and complete preparations for pushing on. 

 Both Lorins" and Heller, however, were showing the strain of pre 



