ILLUSTRATIONS 



Mr. Roosevelt and one of his big lions Frontispiece 



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Map showing Mr. Roosevelt's route and hunting trips in Africa . . . . xii 



Map of the Uganda Railway, British East Africa. Total length from Mom- 

 basa on the Indian Ocean to Port Florence on Lake Victoria Nyanza, 581 



miles 3 



We would gather on deck around Selous to listen to tales of strange adventures 5 



A baobab-tree, Mombasa 6 



Kermit Roosevelt and R. J. Cuninghame preparing to take pictures .... 7 



F. C. Selous . 8 



R. J. Cuninghame, known to the Swahilis as "Bwana Medivu," the master 



with the beard 9 



Mr. Roosevelt saying good-by in the Mombasa station n 



Train on the Uganda Railway 13 



Mr. Roosevelt, Governor Jackson, Mr. Selous, and Dr. Mearns, riding in front 



of the engine on the way to Kapiti 15 



Mr. Roosevelt and some members of his caravan 17 



A large American flag was floating over my own tent 21 



The askaris and porters drawn up in line to greet us 22 



Our first camp, Kapiti Plains station, on a bare, dry plain covered with brown 



and withered grass 24 



Porters and their tents 27 



My first "tommy" (Thomson's gazelle) . . 31 



A herd of zebra and hartebeest . . . . . 33 



Head of the wildebeest bull shot by Mr. Roosevelt .... ... 34 



Mr. Roosevelt in Africa in his hunting costume 35 



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