WE MARCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS 
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Mount Elgon, but the likelihood of getting the big 
bulls was far from encouraging. Lieutenant-Gov¬ 
ernor Jackson thought we might be successful if 
we directed our efforts to the southeastern slopes of 
the mountain and avoided the northeastern slopes 
along the River Turkwel, which had been hunted a 
good deal by sportsmen and poachers. If we were 
unable to get the big bulls on Elgon it might be 
necessary to make a special trip into Uganda for 
them. However, we determined to try, and try we 
did, through eight weeks of hard work and wonder¬ 
ful experiences in that remote district. 
At Sergoi, the very outpost of crude civilization, 
we were warned not to go up the southern side of 
the mountain on account of the natives that live 
there. We were told that they were inclined to be 
troublesome. We met Captain Ashton and Captain 
Black coming out after six weeks on the northern 
slopes. They reported seeing big herds, but mostly 
cows and calves. At Sergoi we also received word 
from Colonel Roosevelt and at once marched to the 
Nzoia River, where we met him. 
During our march we saw no elephants, but as 
we neared the river there were fresh signs of ele¬ 
phant along the trail. It is strikingly indicative of 
the “Roosevelt luck” that he saw, on the morning we 
met him, the only elephants that he had seen in the 
district, and that within twenty-four hours from 
that time he had killed three elephants and Kermit 
one. Of this number two cows killed by Colonel 
Roosevelt were satisfactory for the group, and also 
