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406 A PROFITABLE HUNTING TRIP. 



watching the passing train, • A few miles from Port Florence a 

 view of the lake with its marvelous scenery opened up. Soon the 

 train reached its destination and Vv^as backed down to the pier along- 

 side the steamer Clement Hill, which was to convey Colonel Roose- 

 velt and his party over to Entebbe. 



Colonel Roosevelt returned to Nairobi on December nth from 

 his latest hunt in the interior. His only disappointment lay in the 

 fact that he had failed to secure a giant pig, none of which had been 

 seen by his party. He attended service the next day in the English 

 church at Nairobi, and later was present at a farewell banquet 

 tendered him by Governor Jackson. 



On December 13th Mr. Roosevelt dined with G. K. Watts, 

 Commissioner of Public Works for this protectorate, and the fol- 

 lowing day he was guest of Principal Medical Officer A. D. Milne. 



ROOSEVELT'S LARGE COLLECTION OF MAMMALS. 



A statement of the work of the Smithsonian Expedition in 

 Africa was made by Secretary Walcott at the annual meeting of 

 the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, over which 

 Chief Justice Melville W, Fuller presided, on December 14, in which 

 he said : " The Smithsonian African expedition headed by former 

 President Theodore Roosevelt had up to December 10 taken 6663 

 skins, of which less than one-half have been received at the institu- 

 tion. The collection consists of 243 large mammals. 1500 small 

 mammals and 1356 birds. The collection has a series of human 

 skulls picked up along the line of the ancient slave trail." 



Kermit Roosevelt returned to Nairobi on December i6th, after 

 several days hunting near Mombasa, having bagged three fine 

 sables. The party were then preparing to start for Uganda. 



Although the blau-bok is a truly handsome example of the 

 antelopes, it is surpassed in beauty by its congener, the sable 

 antelope. 



This truly magnificent creature is never seen near the colony, 

 as it is a very shy and crafty animal, and being possessed of great 

 speed, is sure to keep itself far from civilization. 



" Cantering along through the forest," said one of die party, 



