CHAPTER XXII. 



Fre:de:ric Courtenay SeivOus — A Hunte:r Without a Pe:e:r — 

 P'rie:nd, Companion and Guide: to CoIvOne:Iv Roose:ve:ivT — 

 Coi,one:i. Roose:ve:i.t's Estimate: q-^ the: Man — The Fatai, 

 Si.^e:ping Sickne:ss oe the: Dark Contine:nt — A " Safari " 



AND WHAT IT Me:aNS. 



A MAN of pronounced and positive conviction upon public 

 '**• affairs, as well as the strong bodily vigor of healthy life, 

 such as Colonel Roosevelt's characteristics have been so well under- 

 stood, is bound to attract to himself as affinities companions of a 

 similar type. 



When the fact became known that Colonel Roosevelt proposed 

 to spend upward of a year in the hunt for big game in East Africa, 

 it was but natural that sportsmen everywhere should become inter- 

 ested, and more especially those who had enjoyed the distinction of 

 having preceded him in that bountiful sportsman's paradise. 



Many have distinguished themselves by the remarkable records 

 they have made and the attention which has been attracted from 

 the world at large to their notable achievements and startling 

 adventures. A close study of the experiences of these mighty hunt- 

 ers occupied the chief portion of Colonel Roosevelt's leisure hours 

 toward the close of his term as President. To none did he give 

 closer attention than to those of the gray-bearded, grizzled, slen- 

 der man who walked at his side as he disembarked from the steamer 

 Admiral at Mombasa, in British East Africa, to enjoy the dinner 

 tendered him and his party by the Mombasa Club before he made 

 his way inland for the hunting grounds. 



All the way from Naples Colonel Roosevelt and the gray, slen- 

 der man who joined him there had sought every opportunity to be 

 in each other's company, while for hours at a time the new member 

 of the party told stories of such elephant hunting in Africa as no 



other man ever had the chance to hear. 



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