■^ Hostile Forces 



natives. Some of these latter take to tiight ; guide not 

 available. 



''June 27. — Start at 4 a.m. March to Ouabigo ; way 

 lost. Camp, 4 p.m. Everything wet through, road 

 throuQ^h uncleared forest and very tall sedofe ; the 

 whole day, a fine mist-like rain ; some Wasegna planta- 

 tions in which Indian millet was ripening. Many huts 



DURING THE RAINY SEASON THE CARRIERS OFTEN SANK UP TO THEIR 

 ARMITTS IN THE SODDEN GRASS 



deserted. Locusts have laid waste all the vegetation 

 some time ago. 



''June 28-30. — March to a rocky hill through very 

 tall sedge. Wet through ; fine mist-like rain. Tracks of 

 buffalo and elephant about fourteen days old. Grass 

 already far too high. The game has sought other 

 quarters ; till to-day seen only a guereza and a reedbuck — 

 nothing else. Almost incessant rain. 



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