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decorated with flags and glorious palms. Up the hill came the four 

 runners who had been sent to watch when the rickshaws turned 

 toward Nsambya. They arrived breathlessly to say, ' They are 

 coming.' A few more minutes waiting and the first rickshaw came 

 into sight with Colonel Roosevelt and the provincial commissioner, 

 Mr. Knowles. 



" Introductions and handshakes followed. Colonel Roosevelt 

 replied, when I said it was kind of him to come, ' Kind ! Why, 

 pitchforks would not have kept me away. In fact, I w^ould have 

 been afraid to go back to the United States if I hadn't come to see 

 you." 



Colonel Roosevelt gave to the Smithsonian Institution speci- 

 mens of the white rhinoceros family complete. He also gave two 

 skins to the American Museum of Natural History at New York 

 and a head to William T. Hornaday for his collection. Mr. Roose- 

 velt did not retain any of the white rhino trophies w'hich he secured. 



EXPEDITION OF GREAT SCIENTIFIC VALUE. 



The ten days march to Gondokoro from Nimule was begun on 

 February 7, the distance, roughly speaking, is 108 miles. The path 

 lies through an unpeopled district and the porters were well bur- 

 dened with food supplies at the start. 



The Colonel and Kermit left the expedition's trail for a day's 

 hunting of elephants and giant elands at Rojaf, on the Congo side 

 of Bar-El- Jabal. The hunters invaded the territory upon the special 

 and eagerly accepted invitation of the Belgian authorities. 



Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit were accompanied in the Congo 

 by E. B. Haddon, the British district commissioner, stationed at 

 Mpumu, Uganda. The commissioner met the expedition at Kiriba 

 camp, sixteen miles to the south of Gondokoro. A commodious 

 brick house was placed at the disposal of Mr. Roosevelt. 



A special runner arriving in advance of the expedition brought 

 the following: "Colonel Roosevelt states that he has heartily en- 

 joyed the entire trip through British East Africa, Uganda Protec- 

 torate and the Lado Enclave. He is particularly pleased over his 

 success in hunting white rhinoseri in the Belgian Congo. He 



