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made agriculture, as at present developed, unsatis- 

 factory. 



Colonel Roosevelt has become a popular idol in 

 East Africa. Everywhere one meets Englishmen 

 who express the greatest admiration for him. He 

 has shrewdly analyzed conditions as they now exist 

 and has picked out the weak spots in the govern- 

 ment. For many years prior to the arrival of 

 Sir Percy Girouard the country has been admin- 

 istered by weak executives, and its progress has 

 been greatly retarded thereby. The last governor 

 was kind, but inefficient, and some months ago was 

 sent to the West Indies, where he is officially 

 buried. Roosevelt came, sized up the situation, and 

 made a speech at a big banquet in Nairobi. Nearly 

 two hundred white men in evening clothes were 

 there. They came from all parts of East Africa, 

 and listened with admiration to the plain truths 

 that Theodore Roosevelt told them in the manner 

 of a Dutch uncle. Since then he has owned the 

 country and could be elected to any office within 

 the gift of the people. He talked for over an hour, 

 and it must have been a great speech, if one may 

 judge by the enthusiastic comments I have heard 

 about it. When an Englishman gets enthusiastic 

 about a speech by an American it must be a pretty 

 good speech. 



Newland and Tarlton is the firm that outfits most 

 shooting parties that start out from Nairobi. They 

 do all the preliminary work and relieve you of most 

 of the worry. If you wish them to do so, they will 



