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During the dinner, I was shown an article from 

 a Denver paper giving an account of my expedition. 

 It announced to the world that I had reached Mombasa 

 by driving from Capetown to the Kunene River and 

 referred to this as a feat never before accomplished! I 

 heartily agree to this, and add for the information of 

 those who do not have a map handy, it is something 

 which will never be consummated. This incident is 

 impressive only because it shows how httle most of the 

 world really knows about the vast continent of Africa. 



I was invited that night to Usten to a broadcast from 

 Pittsburgh of the Cornell-Pennsylvania football game. 

 The reception was almost as clear as at home. It was 

 indeed wonderful to meditate on the fact that this 

 voice was coming through the air for many thousands 

 of miles. At about two o'clock in the morning, as I 

 was beginning to fear that dawn would break before I 

 could get to bed, the voice from Pittsburgh remarked 

 they would have to hurry up and finish the game, be- 

 cause the sun was commencing to set. I have forgotten 

 who won the game, but remember that, in spite of the 

 loss of sleep, I was glad of an opportunity to Usten in. 

 While a black boy pulled me in his rubber-tired rick- 

 shaw over the darkened streets toward the hotel, my 

 thoughts of home were rudely shattered by the mourn- 

 ful howl of a hyena, who was lustily broadcasting the 

 Call of Africa I 



The next evening while ha\'ing dinner at the Stanley 

 Hotel, I became aware that someone in the room was 

 talking American, and turned around to discover four 

 of my fellow countrymen. I knew they were citizens 

 of the United States because they wore horn-rimmed 

 glasses and were smoking cigars. Going over to their 



