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 CHAPTER XI 1906-1907 A visit to Bosnia--Second expedition to Alaska--Down the Yukon--Up the South Fork of the MacMillan--Caribou, wolf and moose hunting--His sympathetic nature--Account of the MacMillan trip--Again visits Asia Minor--Financial depression--Arthur Neumann--Some details of his life--Reindeer hunting in Norway--African nature notes and reminiscences--Letters from President Roosevelt 257 CHAPTER XII 1908-1913 Roosevelt's expedition to Africa--Selous' arrangements--Selous joins Roosevelt at Naples--Goes to the Northern Gwas N'yiro with MacMillan--Fails to obtain lions--Accident to Mr. Williams--Selous at Vienna--Warburton Pike--Expedition to the Bahr-el-Ghazal--Goes to Tembera--Phil Oberlander--Killed by a buffalo--Some stories of Oberlander--Selous' hunt for the Giant Elands--A hard trip--Illness and rapid recovery--Third expedition to East Africa--Judd's adventure with a lioness--Roosevelt on African hunting--Physical limitations--Selous' last buffalo--A gallant foe--Elani his Somali nearly killed--Dislike of crowds--Visit to the Channel Islands--Roosevelt on the early Normans--Heatley Noble on Selous--Their expedition to Iceland--Selous' imperturbability--His powers as a climber--Selous' idea of a good dinner--Selous on his Icelandic trip--Yearnings for Africa--Young Fred Selous--A true son of his father--His athletic prowess--An excellent airman--His untimely death 267 CHAPTER XIII 1914-1915