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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 
