StfiJ A JOURNEY UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 



ing moistened their parched throats with the grateful water which 

 had been brought to them, no time was lost in breaking camp, and 

 loading their equipment upon the backs of the porters and the ani- 

 mals, preparatory to making a fresh start for the estate of the 

 Attenborough brothers. 



True to the prediction made on starting in the morning. Guide 

 Cuninghame led the party exultantly up the broad w-alk which led 

 to the imposing manor house of the two brothers. Commander 

 Frederic and his brother, H. W. Attenborough, and some others 

 were soon out on the broad piazza which surrounded the liouse to 

 accord to Colonel Roosevelt and his son a warm welcome. 



After a short conversation upon the experiences of the Colonel 

 thus far during his stay in Africa, and an interchange of tales of 

 adventure, Commander Attenborough gave Colonel Roosevelt every 

 assurance of his delight in having him as a guest, and promised 

 excellent hunting during the full term of his stay on Lake Nai- 

 vasha, where he assured him game of all kinds in rich abundance 

 was waiting to serve as a target for his far-famed rifle. 



COLONEL ROOSEVELT NOT DISAPPOINTED. 



The estate of the Attenborough brothers, where Colonel Roose- 

 velt, true to the assurance of his hosts, did succeed in securing a 

 number of rare specimens of large game, includes the mysterious 

 and far-famed crater Lake Saigosoi, which has an underground 

 connection wath Lake Naivasha. It was this mysterious lake and 

 wonderful connection that suggested to H. Rider Haggard the 

 thrilling narrative of the boat ride so graphically depicted in his 

 wierd novel, " Allan Ouartermain." 



An incident of the trip into the Sotik district reflects consider- 

 able credit upon a very modest member of Colonel Roosevelt's party, 

 and demonstrated as well the consideration and kindly sympathy 

 wnth which the natives are treated by Colonel Roosevelt and his 

 associates. Major E. A. Mearns, learning of an accident which 

 had happened to three natives belonging to an expedition under O. 

 C. Chapman, rode a distance of forty miles to give them medical 

 attention. Thev had been severely mauled by a lion, and he showed 



