MOVING CAMP IN A STORM 123 



On March 7th I moved camp to Bulago ; the dawn 

 was very stormy looking and there were spots of rain 

 until 9 a.m. It then seemed as if danger of a storm was 

 over, and I set off in the small canoe, heavily laden and 

 low in the water, but hardly had we got well away from 

 Damba when we were caught in a formal thunderstorm, 

 coming, fortunately, more or less from astern. The small 

 canoe plunged heavily and took a good deal of water over 

 the bows, and it was necessary to shift some of the load 

 further aft, rather a difficult procedure, as the canoe was 

 full and far from steady. However, after this she 

 rode better, and we proceeded on our way to Bulago, 

 getting, of course, thoroughly soaked with the heavy 

 rain. 



In the evening there was great dissatisfaction among 

 the men on account of the small amount of food available, 

 each man's portion being only about half a dozen bananas. 

 While ruefully trjdng to make two and two into five, 

 to my great relief I saw Fiske's canoe in the distance 

 returning from Entebbe, and aU was well, for he brought 

 abundant supplies and a huge mail. 



March 8th and 9th were occupied with work on Bulago, 

 on March 10th we went to Tavu, and on the 1 1th to Kizima, 

 where I heard the " Nightingale flycatcher," not previously 

 noted there. 



The 12th- 15th were spent on Bulago, and on the 16th 

 we moved to our former camp on Nsadzi, visiting Kimmi 

 en route and working there again on the 17th. Ngamba 

 was re-visited on the 18th, and Nsadzi itself was worked 

 on the 19th. 



The results of these second visits to the above islands 

 were most interesting, as the numbers of Glossiria were 

 found to have greatly increased. 



On March 21st I visited Rumfua Island, which lies 

 off the south coast of Kome. A rocky, bush covered 

 isle, about half a mile long, but very narrow, the shore 



