18G IlKI'OnT OF TRAVELLING I'ATHOLOGIST 



His work was liiinl ;imi1 «itli less food liis cuinlition got Iuwit, su that on arrival at 

 Kliartuiiiii at tiic i-ml of Ajnil 1 was (lisa|)])oiiitfii wlu-n two trypanosoincs (of an altiTed 

 uppi'arancc, possililv iluc to ilcvolutimi) were (IciiionstratiMl in tlic glaml juiic I at once 

 begun to iii)i'i-t iiini as Ix'forc, ami lie again bt-canu' fat ami will. I licanl of him as being in 

 good lualtli till .Inly, bnt that a monkey injected from his blood siiortly after his arrival had 

 got trvpanosomiasis. l)r. iJaifonr will, no doniit, report on his snbseijnent career. 

 Kffcct of It appears to me that chrysoidine in this case controlleil the disease, at any rate, for a 



time, more easily than arsenic, trypaiirotii, etc. 



Camps on BahkMi.-.Iehel 



After leaving (Jundokoro I made five caiiiiis in ;ill im the liahr-El-.Iebel, which, 



inclusive of !l davs moving from camp to camp alisorlied lit days from lltli January to 



4th March, when I received urgent orders to visit tlie l'.alii-Kl-(tliazal district. During tiiis 



Examination time I was chieHv engaged on the personal examiiialion uf bloods and the securing of iilood 



of Motxl lilnis .", , , . 



films together witii some work among the natives. 



In all I made some 800 blood slides and it has been a matter of great labour e.xaniining 

 them. While at work in camp the thermometer was often up to 1W° F. and over in the 

 tent. This, together with numberless flies attacking one's face and M//ztrmi/ifi attacking 

 one's legs, etc., made life unpleasant, especially when it is remembered that two hands are 

 required when examining a blood slide under the microscope. 



T also made a point of catching, examining and mounting nio.s(iuitoes ami occasionally 

 other insects. I had also to select and store the specimens, such as they were, brought in by 

 tile men. These, though not so nuiuerims as cihiM be dcsiriil. rciiuii-ed nnicli icjoking after. 

 .\ few dissections were also made as well as a few birds skinned, but I soon found I had no 

 tiiiii' for the latter j)ursuits. As a means of collecting bloods of interest, photographs and 

 other matters of value, I used to attend at 12 o'clock every day to see any patients from the 

 neighbourhood. I regret to say that photographs were not successful as I had no time to 

 work with plates, and my lilms were unfortunate. 



It was asserted that I shouhl be able to move up and down the river in the gyassas, but 

 I found the first quite impossible as sails were of little use and it was only possible to drift 

 with the stream, perhaps not making more than two miles or even less than that an hour. 

 Conseiiuently, I made use of the steamers to tow the gya.ssas as much as possible. Time was 

 also occupied in going to see and in interviewing the various sheiks in respect of native 

 drugs, customs, etc., and a little information and material was collected, i)Ut the Haris, 



among whmn 1 was for the greater jiart of the ti , ar<' the most ignorant, negative race 



possible, living in idleness, taking no thought for the morrow, and enduring rather than 

 taking trouble to tight against any ditiieulty that may arise. As a siieiiinen of their most 

 Native u-liffs advanced ideas, I may mention a conversation I had with a sin il< on tlu' subject of the 

 drought. He gave me the following information. There an' bad spirits culled " Geioch " 

 and a god called " Deiidi." The bad spirits are umler the earth. Asked if (bid was one or 

 many, he said he dirl not know, but his wise men knew. Men stop the coming of rain, being 

 possessed of the bad spirits. Asked what would hapixn if these men were killed, he said the 

 one that had done all the damage was at Coulin's ; he had been in good health but after his 

 imprecations could only go on all-fours and now could hardly move. At present he eoulii do 

 no harm. They were awaiting his death when all woiihl be well. It was no use killing iiim. 



