CHAPTER XLVI 
In the Sotik Wilderness and on Lake Naivasha 
M R. ROOSEVELT’S hunting was done in two methods. One 
of these was that described in the last chapter, in which our 
hunter made his headquarters in some gentleman’s residence 
and took daily excursions into the ample surrounding plains: now for 
the mere pleasure of an outing in the African highlands; now to bring 
down some coveted specimen of the superabundant animal life—ante¬ 
lope, zebra, or giraffe; now in pursuit of such dangerous game as 
the rhinoceros or elephant. The other method was that with which 
we are now concerned, in which the hunter cut loose from civilized 
ways, marched with his train of porters into the wilderness, tenting 
at night, hunting when the sought-for grounds were reached, and 
carrying his prizes with him as he made his way through untrodden 
wilds. 
Shall we describe the train of Mr. Roosevelt on one of these expe¬ 
ditions? Had we been there when he went “on safari,” we should 
have seen a long line of sturdy blacks, heavily laden yet cheerful and 
happy under their loads, for had not each received a new suit of 
clothes and was not each to be well paid at his journey’s end? Strong, 
good-natured fellows these, fond of song and dance, yet little more 
than grown-up children, with hasty tempers and apt to become surly 
with no good cause; yet at most times easily managed and ready to 
stride along under their fifty- or sixty-pound load for as many hours 
or miles as their leaders wished them to go. 
Odd-looking fellows they, wearing the blouse or jersey and the 
drawers which the government demands, but fond of adding some fan¬ 
tastic addition to their attire, perhaps a ragged coat, a skin cap, or a red 
fez, with feathers thrust into it, or some more savage head dress, may¬ 
hap made up of strips of skin decorated with an empty tin can. An 
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