Scribner’s Magazine 
VOL. XLVII JUNE, 1910 NO. 6 
AFRICAN GAME TRAILS* 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AFRICAN WANDERINGS OF AN AMERICAN 
HUNTER-NATURALIST 
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT 
Illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members 
of the expedition 
IX—ELEPHANT HUNTING ON MOUNT KENIA. 
O N July 24 th, in order to ship our 
fresh accumulations of specimens 
and trophies, we again, went into 
Nairobi. It was a pleasure again to see its 
tree-bordered streets, and charming houses 
bowered in vines and bushes; and to meet 
once more the men and women who dwelt 
in the houses. I wish it were in my power 
to thank individually the members of the 
many East African households of which I 
shall always cherish warm memories of 
friendship and regard. 
At Nairobi I saw Selous, who had just re¬ 
turned from a two months’ safari with Mc¬ 
Millan, Williams, and Judd. Their experi¬ 
ence shows how large the element of luck 
is in lion hunting. Selous was particularly 
anxious to kill a good lion; there is nowhere 
Copyright, 1910, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. .All rij 
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