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I was in the jungle I didn't really allow myself to think of home or 

 business. But now that the hunt is practically over I am getting 

 anxious to see Sandy Hook. 



" My plans for visiting Berlin, Paris and London have been 

 made for months and I have no thouoht of chansfino- them now." 



Mr. Roosevelt was really and truly delighted to receive the 

 message from his wife. 



" It made me realize just how near ' home ' I was getting," he 

 said, with a laugh. Regarding the hunt Mr. Roosevelt said: 



" I expected a bully time, but it has been several times more 

 pleasureable than I anticipated. Twenty years from now it will be 

 impossible to have such a himt." 



FAREWELL TO THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST. 



Theodore Roosevelt, on February 28, started on his advance 

 toward Khartoum. The party set off on the Dal, the Soudan 

 government boat put at its disposal. Gondokoro was abroad 

 early to bid farewell to its distinguished guest and his companions, 

 and every man in the settlement, white, brown or black, turned out 

 to cheer. 



Tlie immediate destination was Mongalla, a river station, where 

 an enthusiastic reception had been prepared. The start was 

 auspicious. Escorted by officials and the black bugle corps, the 

 Roosevelt party advanced to the little steamer, whose whistle 

 tooted a valiant welcome. When the lines were cast off, a cheer 

 ^vent up that echoed for miles over the desert. 



The vessel was a comfortable river boat, fitted out with all the 

 <'onveniences the white man has brought into the desert, and Colonel 

 Roosevelt, shaven and clad no longer in khaki, but in tweeds, can 

 rgain be considered in civilization. The trip to Khartoum, where 

 (here were many Americans awaiting Mr. Roosevelt, occupied about 

 two weeks. 



Dr. Rodoric Prosch, a French medical missionary, who lunched 

 with Colonel Roosevelt on February 28, suddenly died of African 

 fever at noon the following day. 



This, those who followed the trail of the expedition say, was 



