390 A SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



his court into Nairobi to lodge a complaint against the Kikuyus for 

 stealing some of his sheep. A few years later he would have sailed 

 in with his fierce but now worthless warriors and wiped the Kikuyus 

 out. It's dififerent these days. Now they let the British Govern- 

 ment settle their difficulties for them. Lenana is a fine old savage, 

 with something mongolian about his cast of features. His royal 

 robe is a gorgeous red blanket, and his insignia are a marquise ring 

 of fine hammered steel which covers his middle finger from base 

 to tip, and an earring in his right ear which causes his lobe to drop 

 down to the shoulder. 



Early on the morning of July 24 Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit 

 proceeded by the ordinary passenger train to Nairobi, traveling in 

 the traffic manager's carriage or on the cowcatcher. Mr. Cun- 

 ninghame followed with the specimens bagged on the Sotik trip in 

 a special train. Major Mearns and Mr. Loring remained at 

 Naivasha collecting birds. 



On arrival at Nairobi the Colonel was met by William N. 

 McMillan and F. C. Selous, who was on his way home. The 

 Colonel remained in animated conversation with Mr. Selous until 

 his departure, and then drove to Mr. McMillan's house, where he 

 remained as a guest during his stay in Nairobi. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. 



The Smithsonian Institution on July 23 announced that through 

 the Roosevelt expedition a collection of rare animals will be added 

 to those now in the National Zoological Park near Washington. 

 The announcement was in part as follows : 



" In a letter received at the institution from Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Edgar A. Mearns, of the expedition, it is stated that the collection 

 includes eleven large mammals and three large birds, all in fine con- 

 dition and for the most part well broken to captivity, as follows: 

 A male and female lion, two years old ; a male and two female lions, 

 twelve months old; a female leopard, a pet of Mrs. McMillan; two 

 cheetahs; a warthog, two years old; one Thompson's and one 

 Grant's gazelle, well grown; a large eagle of unusual species, a 

 small vulture and a large buteo. Specimens of none of these, except 

 the lions and leopard, are at present contained in the park." 



