With riashli-iit and Ritic -^ 



returned to the vicinity of the swamps, or actually to th(" 

 swamps themselves. It was fascinating tor a sportsman 

 — fascinatinpf even for a mere observer — to be able aoain 

 to see and study these animals and their ways. But 

 like conscientious warders of the wilds, myriads of te\'er- 

 Ijrin^in^' mosquitoes lurked among the reeds and thickets 

 ot papyrus. 



However, fever need not frighten the sportsman and 



n.A.MINGOKS (IN 1 1 1 K WING I'KKSKNI A SI TKKli sl'Ki TACLK, 1 1 1 Kl K UO>K- 

 III KD 1 EATHKKs (ON IK ASTING liKAU 1 U TLLV WITH IIIK HI.I'K OK 

 THE SKV 



observer in th()S(t regions. Me is aware; that h(;re, far 

 awa\' \rum human habitations, the moscjuitoes are less 

 dangerous, less harmful than in inhabitcxl districts or near 

 caravan routers, where th(' slightest uncleanliness gives the 

 tever-germs their chance. So I moved m\ camp into 

 th(; midst of th(; treeless and bushless |)],iin, salt- 



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