ROOSEVELT HUNTING GROUNDS. 



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post of British civilization northeast from Nairobi, and the virtual termination 

 of this hunters' paradise, is Fort Hall, on the Tana river, nearly opposite 

 Mount Kenia and about ninety miles from the railroad. It is a supply station 

 for the hunters of the region, an emblem also of British authority, and is the 

 terminus of the telegraphic and telephonic system, which centers at Nairobi. 

 Excluding the African game from the picture and some other features of the 

 landscape, one might well imagine that he was among well-to-do Western 

 farmers of the United States. But as the East African host arises from a 



HIPPOPOTAMI BASKING IN THE SUN. 



good dinner adapted to English, German or American taste, takes polite leave 

 of My Lady, adjourns to the smoking room, leisurely finishes a Havana, takes 

 his rifle from the walls, hands another to his guest, and then adjourns to the 

 broad veranda to see if any lions, leopards or wildebeests are in sight — it is 

 then quite certain that we are in New Africa. 



Wise man that he was, Theodore Roosevelt chose such agreeable and 

 favorable surroundings as these to extend his knowledge of the wild beasts 

 of the world, and enjoy the excitement and the healthful exercise of the chase. 



