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A JOURNEY UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 
ing moistened their parched throats with the grateful water which 
had been brought to them, no time was lost in breaking camp, and 
loading their equipment upon the backs of the porters and the ani¬ 
mals, preparatory to making a fresh start for the estate of the 
Attenborough brothers. 
True to the prediction made on starting in the morning, Guide 
Cuninghame led the party exultantly up the broad walk which led 
to the imposing manor house of the two brothers. Commander 
Frederic and his brother, H. W. Attenborough, and some others 
were soon out on the broad piazza which surrounded the house to 
accord to Colonel Roosevelt and his son a warm welcome. 
After a short conversation upon the experiences of the Colonel 
thus far during his stay in Africa, and an interchange of tales of 
adventure. Commander Attenborough gave Colonel Roosevelt every 
assurance of his delight in having him as a guest, and promised 
excellent hunting during the full term of his stay on Lake Nai- 
vasha, where he assured him game of all kinds in rich abundance 
was waiting to serve as a target for his far-famed rifle. 
COLONEL ROOSEVELT NOT DISAPPOINTED. 
The estate of the Attenborough brothers, where Colonel Roose¬ 
velt, true to the assurance of his hosts, did succeed in securing a 
number of rare specimens of large game, includes the mysterious 
and far-famed crater Lake Saigosoi, which has an underground 
connection with Lake Naivasha. It was this mysterious lake and 
wonderful connection that suggested to H. Rider Haggard the 
thrilling narrative of the boat ride so graphically depicted in his 
wierd novel, Allan Quartermain.’’ 
An incident of the trip into the Sotik district reflects consider¬ 
able credit upon a very modest member of Colonel Roosevelt’s party, 
and demonstrated as well the consideration and kindly sympathy 
with which the natives are treated by Colonel Roosevelt and his 
associates. Major E. A. Mearns, learning of an accident which 
had happened to three natives belonging to an expedition under O. 
C. Chapman, rode a distance of forty miles to give them medical 
attention. They had been severely mauled by a lion, and he showed 
