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On October 25 the party left again for Londiani, from Vvhich 

 place the start for the Guaso Nguisho was to be made. On this trip 

 the party passed over the " Man Summit," 8300 feet, the highest 

 point on the railway. The following day Edmund Heller, Kermit 

 Roosevelt and Leslie A. Tarlton started for Eldama Ravine, and 

 were followed shortly afterward by Colonel Roosevelt. The jour- 

 ney to their shooting place occupied one week, and they spent three 

 weeks there. 



Former President Roosevelt, on October 27th, celebrated his 

 fifty-first birthday with a hunt in the African wilds. He received 

 the congratulations of his son, Kermit, and other members of his 

 part}' in the morning, and responded with brief expressions of 

 thanks. 



Colonel Roosevelt's health was excellent, his face being 

 bronzed by the tropical sun and his powerful frame rugged and 

 hard from toiling through the jungles and over mountainous passes. 

 The hunting ground was in what was known as Eldama Ravine. 



A SHARP CONTRAST. 



Mark the contrast between Colonel Roosevelt's surroundings 

 then and a year before! At that time he was comfortably settled 

 in the White House at Washington. He was at his desk early, and 

 spent the day hard at work in his office receiving such members of 

 liis Cabinet as were in town at the regular semi-weekly meetings, 

 and discussed with them matters relating to their departments. 



Congratulatory messages poured into the President's office at 

 the White House all day. Many foreign rulers took advantage of 

 the opportunity to send messages of warm friendship and good v/ill 

 through their diplomatic representatives, who called in person to 

 present them to the President. Many others of the White House 

 callers were persons who came to extend their congratulations. 



He was in excellent health, and was looking forward to the 

 close of his term in office, and his big hunting expedition in Africa 

 with the eagerness of a boy. 



" T have had a splendid time in the White House," he told his 

 friends. " I have no regrets. I have done some things. I have 



