CHAPTER X

1896-1907

Selous' restlessness and love of travel--Roosevelt on the charms of travel--Criticism of travel books--Selous as an egg collector--Second visit to Asia Minor--Short excursions at home--Goes with his wife to the Rockies--Wapiti hunting--Roosevelt on past and present hunting in N. America--Hunting chamois in Transylvania--Selous on the second Boer War--An Imperialist, but always fair--His sorrow as to the causes of the war--Personal knowledge of the Boers--An honourable foe--Their ignorance and good qualities--Selous' views on their unjust treatment--Letter to the "Speaker"--Roosevelt on the Boers--Birds'-nesting on the Danube--Hunting moose in Canada--Newfoundland caribou hunting on the railway--A poor sport--Goes into the interior--Too late for the migration--Second visit to Newfoundland--A successful expedition--Third visit to Asia Minor--First expedition to East Africa--A big game paradise--Birds'-nesting at home--First expedition to Alaska--Visit to the Ogilvy Mountains--Up the North Fork of the MacMillan--Kills a bull moose--Osborn's caribou--A great moose--Bad weather--Third trip to Newfoundland--A wet season--King George IVth Lake--A bad year for heads 224