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LION HUNTING IN AFRICA. 



party started on its way back to Sir Alfred's farm, where they joined the 

 other members of the safari. Our ilhistration gives the reader a vivid idea 

 of how Roosevelt's caravan looked. It is a photographic reproduction of an 

 East African safari, showing the bearers with their loads. Upon leaving 

 the Uganda Railway our African travelers had chiefly to depend on their 

 own legs for locomotion in penetrating the wild hunting grounds, the natives 

 acting as animals of burden, getting 15 cents per day and food, consisting 



From photo. 



A SAFARI ON MARCH THROUGH EAST AFRICAN WILDERNESS. 



of maize, beans or antelope meat. The daily march is from 15 to 20 miles, 

 and it is estimated that between 75,000 and 100,000 of them are constantly 

 employed at present. 



During the first three months of his African hunt Roosevelt killed not 

 less than seven lions. Their skins were prepared by the skilled taxidermists 

 who followed the expedition, and sent tO' the Smithsonian Institution in 

 Washington. 



Many strange things happen on the chase in British East Africa. When 

 they were sitting around the camp fire one night, Mr. Selous told Colonel 

 Roosevelt the following interesting experience : He and Mr. McMillan were 

 one day out in this same district, accompanied by Judd, a professional hunter, 



