* TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
THE ROOSEVELT HUNT. 
Why He Went to Africa. Hunting big game as a young man—His first book, “ Hunt¬ 
ing Trips'of a Ranchman’'—Universally known as hunter among sportsmen of 
the world—White House interviews with hunters of big game—Decision for 
African trip made two years before close of presidential term. 
Voyage to Mombasa. Members of hunting party—Incidents of the voyage—Stops at 
Naples and Messina—Meets King Victor Emmanuel—Arrival and enthusiastic 
reception at Mombasa. 
Hunting Preparations and Outfit. Hunter’s license—Refuses special privileges—Em¬ 
ploying native helpers—Wages paid, supplies furnished, fresh meat required daily 
Bravest Native Hunters of Africa. Command highest pay—No fear of death—Great 
fidelity to employers when peril threatens—Terrible fight with wounded lion.... 
The True African Sportsman. Hazard of limb and life—Violent charges of lion, buf¬ 
falo, elephant and rhinoceros—Hunter’s intense scorn for cowardice. 
Scope of the Roosevelt Hunting Grounds. Embraces every variety of country—plain, 
jungle, swamp, forest, and hill—Swarms with game—Over fifty varieties, not 
excelled anywhere in the world—The hunter’s paradise—Magnificent ranches 
and private hunting grounds. 
Awful Cost of the Uganda Railroad. Great cost in money, and greater cost in human 
lives—Awful toll collected by disease, poisonous insects, reptiles, carnivorous 
beasts, warlike natives, the tsetse fly that causes the fatal sleeping sickness, and 
the man-eating lion .. 
Special Object of the Expedition. Aim to collect natural history specimens for 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Roosevelt’s Guns and Ammunition. Preparations for bagging big and small game. 
Off on the Roosevelt Safari. The busy two days spent at Mombasa prior to de¬ 
parture for the hunting grounds. 
MOMBASA TO NAIROBI. 
Old Mombasa, or the Battle City. Picturesque jungle of old and new Africa—Its his¬ 
tory—Captured and recaptured alternately by Portuguese and Arabs until pro¬ 
tected by Great Britain.. 
New Mombasa, the British Capital. Net-work of tramways—Coolies and aristocratic 
Europeans—Hearty welcome for visitors—Harbor at Kilindini, two miles southeast 
Climbing the Desert of Taru to Voi. The Uganda railroad—Nairobi—Large depots and 
docks at Kilindini—Great Iron Bridge—Cocoanut palms and mangroves, well kept 
plantations, and native huts. 
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