8r>2 A SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



Having laid aside his gun for a few days, Colonel Roosevelt 

 turned to church and philanthropic matters, with all the enthusiasm 

 he had displayed in the hunting of African big game. The ex- 

 President took a leading part in the installation work of the local 

 Masonic lodge on August 2, and Masons from all over that part of 

 Africa came to Narobi for the occasion. 



The day before Mr. Roosevelt attended the Scotch Church and 

 was the recipient of an impromptu reception after the service. 

 Later in the day he made the opening subscription for a projected 

 Y. M. C. A. home for Nairobi. The Colonel's adaptability to any 

 and every occasion that presents itself had greatly impressed the 

 people of British East Africa. 



Before leaving Nairobi the Colonel and his son Kermit were 

 the guests at a public bancjuet. Frederick J. Jackson, Governor of 

 British East Africa, was chairman and 175 persons sat at table. 



SOUVENIRS OF HIS VISIT TO NAIROBI. 



Captain Sanderson, the Town Clerk, read an address of wel- 

 come to the former President of the United States and afterward 

 handed him the address inclosed in a section of elephant tusk 

 mounted in silver and with a silver chain. 



The American residents of the protectorate presented Mr. 

 Roosevelt with a tobacco box made of the hoof of a rhinoceros, 

 silver mounted ; the skull of a rhinoceros, also mounted in silver, and 

 a buffalo head. Mr. Roosevelt, in reply to the toast proposed by 

 Governor Jackson, said: 



" I wish to take this opportunity to thank the people of British 

 East Africa for their generous and courteous hospitality. I have 

 had a thorough good time. I am immensely interested in the coun- 

 try and its possibilities as an abode for white men. Very large 

 tracts are fit for a fine population and healthy and prosperous settle- 

 ments, and it would be a calamity to neglect them. But the settlers 

 must be of the right type. 



" I believe that one of the best feats performed by members of 

 the white race in the last ten years is the building of the Uganda 

 Railroad. I am convinced that this country has a great agricultural 



