64 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
necessary precaution. I also offered a rupee to any of my 
boys who would bring me in any new natural-history 
specimens; consequently dozens of snakes, lizards, mam- 
mals, and curious kinds of bugs were being continually 
brought to my tent. My boy Karsha captured for me, in 
a dense bush where we had had the kudu drive, an animal 
fourteen inches long, and covered with long, silvery white 
fur, resembling the Lophzomys tmhaust. This was the only 
one of these animals seen on the trip. 
LOPHIOMYS SMITHII, 
Rhoades, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
On the 5th of October, when I awoke at daybreak, I 
could see nothing beyond a few feet from me, on account of 
the fog. It was very cold, and one of my tent boys, Abdi 
Kereen, looked like a lost soul going to the infernal 
regions as he brought me my tub. My other servant, 
Abdi Farrah, who was the most cheerful and pleasant boy 
in the camp, however, came to me as usual with a hearty 
“Salem sahib,” and started at his work cheerfully. And 
so it was with my men all around, — some dreadfully 
