CHAPTER XXIL 
FrKderic Courtenay Se^tous —A Hunte^r Without a Pke:r— 
Friend, Companion and Guide to Coeonee Rooseveet— 
CoEONEE Rooseveet's Estimate oe the Man—The Fatae 
Seeeping Sickness oe the Dark Continent —A '' Saeari '' 
AND WHAT IT MEANS. 
A MAN of pronounced and positive conviction upon public 
affairs, as well as the strong bodily vigor of healthy life, 
such as Colonel Roosevelt's characteristics have been so well under¬ 
stood, is bound to attract to himself as affinities companions of a 
similar type. 
When the fact became known that Colonel Roosevelt proposed 
to spend upward of a year in the hunt for big game in East Africa, 
it was but natural that sportsmen everywhere should become inter¬ 
ested, and more especially those who had enjoyed the distinction of 
having preceded him in that bountiful sportsman's paradise. 
Many have distinguished themselves by the remarkable records 
they have made and the attention which has been attracted from 
the world at large to their notable achievements and startling 
adventures. A close study of the experiences of these mighty hunt¬ 
ers occupied the chief portion of Colonel Roosevelt's leisure hours 
toward the close of his term as President. To none did he give 
closer attention than to those of the gray-bearded, grizzled, slen¬ 
der man who walked at his side as he disembarked from the steamer 
Admiral at Mombasa, in British East Africa, to enjoy the dinner 
tendered him and his party by the Mombasa Club before he made 
his way inland for the hunting grounds. 
All the way from Naples Colonel Roosevelt and the gray, slen¬ 
der man who joined him there had sought every opportunity to be 
in each other's company, while for hours at a time the new member 
of the party told stories of such elephant hunting in Africa as no 
other man ever had the chance to hear. 
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