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the line of the Uganda Rly. During our stay on lake Jipe we 

 succeeded in collecting some water insects, different large 

 Carabidae and a good many scorpions which provided us 

 with embryological material. To any zoologist wishing to work 

 on the shores of lake Jipe advice may be given to encamp 

 at a considerable distance from the water, the best near the 

 foot and even on the top of the Wilima-wawili hills. Although 

 this may offer some discomfort it will to a certain degree 

 guarantee him against malaria. We stayed only one night 

 near the shore of the lake in a locality full of mosquitos, and 

 that was sufficient for one of our party to catch the severest 

 malaria. 



The journey back from Taveta is of no scientific interest, 

 as we travelled fast, without stopping on the way and hardly 

 making any collections. We had to return to the road by a 

 long, circuitous way, as we had not the extra 10 carriers 

 necessary for carrying water across the arid Serengetti Plains. 

 Not wishing to leave behind any of our collections we took 

 a much longer route where water was abundant and, in this 

 way all our carriers could be utilized in carrying the luggage. 

 Our way lay first up the river Lumi to the West, then along 

 the tributaries of river Tsavo and along this river itself to 

 the North, and up to the rly station Tsavo. On the eighth day 

 of our march we reached this point, on the same day we 

 left for Mombasa, and a week later w^e took an Italian steamer 

 which w^as destined via Suez to Europe. 



At the conclusion of this brief description of our travel 

 I must mark with the warmest gratitude the attention and 

 kindness with which we met everywhere during our voyage 

 from the part of local Englishmen. Both government officers 

 and private persons were always most obliging to us and 

 showed an unalterable readiness to help us in our task. 



We shall always retain in our memories a number of 

 persons who will for ever stand in our minds not as passing 

 acqaintances, but as our good friends. 



