WE MARCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS 



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The Roosevelt party went its way back to 

 civilization; the Spaniards, De la Huerta and the 

 Duke of Penaranda, came and made a flying trip 

 up the mountain for elephant, then returned and 

 went their way. The young Baron Rothschild 

 came on to the plateau for a couple of weeks and 

 then disappeared. And still we lingered on, happy, 



With Sharp Stakes in Them 



healthy, generally hungry, and intoxicated with 

 the languorous murmur of Africa. 



Then we marched for the mountain on our big 

 elephant hunt. The details of those twelve days of 

 adventuring in districts, some of which were prob- 

 ably never traversed before by white men, our ex- 

 periences with the natives, our climb up the side of 

 the mountain and our camp in the crater; our icy 

 mornings, our ascent of the highest peak, and our 

 explorations of the ancient homes of the cave- 



