Desc: Sport and Travel in Central Africa: Captain Machin, in charge of the Pathe expedition to the African jungle, with his staff of cameramen, guides and sharpshooters, set sail from Marseilles and arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, five days later. From there they journey by easy stages to the Nile, then met the first tribe of African natives, the Sudanese. The first catastrophe of the trip occurred with the death of the expedition's goat, which wandered to a river and suddenly disappeared down the throat of an alligator. The disaster served to inform the explorers that there was hunting at hand, and in a very short while they had bagged a choice collection of the monster alligators. Traveling inland, the explorers passed the spot, marked by monuments, where Lord Kitchener met the Marchand expedition 1898. They came to a village south of Kodok, inhabited by the Shilluks, a warlike race, who live in huts of earth and straw. Here they captured a junior monkey. They christened him Coco, and he proved an amusing companion during the rest of the expedition. Leaving the Shilluks, the explorers came to Tongo, and from there plunged into the wild jungle, which was to afford them many fine pictures, many thrills and innumerable narrow escapes from death. Leopards, monkeys, lions and other wild creatures peculiar to the region unknowingly posed before the camera. At Lake No, hippopotami were discovered and a hunt was immediately organized. Killing the hippos was an easy task compared to bringing home the prizes, some of which measured thirteen feet and weighed nearly four tons. Next a vulture hunt was organized, and at a great risk a native was lowered into the nest near the top of a mountain. After an exciting battle in mid-air, he gave a signal and the hunters helped him up with some fine specimens of these gluttonous creatures. It is from a bird that dwells in the heart of the African desert that the marabou feathers, commonly used in decorating women's apparel, are obtained. The capture of the marabou is shown. Farther on a colony of aigrettes was discovered, and a demonstration given of the method of securing their valuable feathers for millinery purposes. Two and three-quarter pounds of the feathers secured by the expedition had a value of $1,200. The party soon arrived on the Abyssinian frontier and that night a loud trumpeting revealed the presence of elephants near at hand. Early the next morning a hunt was organized, and in a short time several monster elephants had fallen before the rifles of the hunters. Having scoured the jungle from end to end, the hunters faced about for home, proud of the thrilling pictures they had secured and congratulating each other on the hairbreadth escapes from charging elephants and leaping leopards which marked the trip throughout.