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number of white men in the party. Each white 

 man, requires, roughly, thirty natives to take care 

 of him. In our party of four white people we had 

 one hundred and eighteen. One would presume that 

 the game would speedily be exterminated, yet it is 

 said that the game is constantly increasing. After 

 one day's ride on the railway it would be hard to 

 conceive of game being more plentiful than it was 

 while we were there. Mr. Roosevelt carried nearly 

 three hundred men with him, collected a great 

 quantity of game, and necessarily spent a great 

 deal of money. It is said that the expenses of his 

 expedition approached ten thousand dollars a 

 month, but the chances are that this figure is much 

 more than the actual figure. 



At the time of our arrival there was a shortage 

 in the porter supply, and we were obliged to take 

 out men from a number of different tribes. Swahili 

 porters are considered the best, but there are not 

 enough to go round, so we had to take Swahilis, 

 Bagandas, Kikuyus, Kavirondos, Lumbwas, Min- 

 yamwezis, and a lot more of assorted races. Each 

 porter carries sixty pounds on his head, and when 

 the whole outfit is on the trail it looks like a pro- 

 cession of much importance. 



The Norfolk Hotel is the chief rendezvous of 

 Nairobi. In the course of the afternoon nearly all 

 the white men on hunting bent show up at the hotel 

 and patronize the bar. They come in wonderful 

 hunting regalia and in all the wonderful splendor 

 of the Britisher when he is afield. There is nearly 



