With Mashli-ht and Rifle *^ 



l)ein^- tabooed tor private individuals — in a country where 

 the climate is so unfavourable to the European — there are 

 many hindrances and difficulties to overcome. A naturalist 

 travelling- on his own account encounters almost insu|)erable 

 obstacles. 



A passport which would have ensured th(^ holder 

 thereof respectful treatm(;nt in any other part of the world 

 was of no avail here on German territory U) save us trom 

 Ioul;- hours of Customs vexations in the hot rays ot a 

 l)urning sun. I exj)erienced later in the year i H99 a 

 still greater annoyance. 



With infinite trouble I had secreth' made my plans 

 to explore on English territory the distant and \'irgin 

 land Korromoeyo, lying round about RudoU Lake. I had 

 obtained the permission from the P^n^lish Government 

 by means of the kind intercession of inlluential friends ; 

 and I had provided the necessary credentials. Then 

 suddenly, just as I was aboLit to start from Kilimanjaro, 

 the permission, aftt-r all my long })reparations, was 

 withheld. 



.According to rumour, some influential iMiglish 

 gentlemen had been refused permission to travel in 

 German East Africa. What wonder, then, that like to 

 like should be repaid ! All my pkms were nipped in the 

 bud. 



I)Ut, in spite of all, [ would not have missed all th('se 

 hardships and difficulties! — not e\en the hours, the days, 

 and th(; weeks which Dr. Kiinster — who had accompanied 

 me on m\' third expedition as friend and physician — 

 and 1 passed during my illness on the borders ol the 



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