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Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Edmund Heller and 

 Leslie A. Tarlton arrived at Londgiana on November 30 from 

 Guaso Nguisho plateau. All were in perfect health. 



Mr. Roosevelt was in high spirits. He expressed himself as 

 delighted at again meeting B. J. Cunninghame and members of the 

 American party who awaited him. 



Among the sights he experienced was a display of lion killing 

 wath spears by Mandi warriors. In the evening the party pro- 

 ceeded to Njoro, as the guests of Lord Delamere on his ranch. 



On December 8th Kermit Roosevelt returned to Nairobi from 

 his hunting expedition in the Mau forest and in Kilva, and after a 

 few hours rest set out for Mombasa on a hunt for sable. 



Young Roosevelt had exceptionally good luck in the Mau forest 

 hunting and bagged two cow bango and one bull. He brought 

 back the head of the bull which was shipped 10 the L^nited States. 



THE BANGO A SUPERLATIVE BEAUTY. 



The bango, or African bush buck, is among the largest, most 

 valuable and handsomest species of antelope. It is light brown 

 in color, the ground color being bright, and ornamented or " har- 

 nessed " with conspicuous stripes, while their faces are beautifully 

 marked. 



When Africa was first penetrated by Europeans these 

 animals, were found ranging its grassy plains in large herds. Vast 

 numbers were wasted by reckless sportsmen, until now^ the great 

 herds have disappeared, and the animals are found only in scattered 

 bands. 



A party, including Cunninghame, proceeded from Nairobi to 

 Entebbe, the capital of Uganda, in order to arrange for the Roose- 

 velt party's safari down the Nile. The journey to Port Florence or 

 Kisumu, which is the port of East Africa on the Great Victoria 

 Nyanza Lake, was delightful. 



Proceeding along the base of the rugged Nandi Escarpment, a 

 number of Kavirondo vil lasses. could be seen, v.'ith their men. Vvomen 

 and children standing naked and unashamed outside their huts idlv 



