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Sap NEWS FOR MY FRIEND— Mr. FRED GILLETT LEAVES FOR BERBERA 
—I senD our A Parr or My Naturat—Hisrory CoLtecrion — THE 
WHOLE CAMP DOWN WITH FEVER — OFF AGAIN TOWARD LAKE RUDOLF 
— A CAaAsE OF BLackmMalL — Mucu SICKNESS — AFRICAN WELLS — 
GAME AND THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN RIFLES — TRYING FOR LIONS BY 
NicHt — AMONG THE Dacopt. 
[* the evening of the ninth day after our arrival at Bari 
we were greatly startled by the appearance of one of 
my boys, named Hoori, whom I had sent to the coast with 
Salan. He reported that Salan was at Biaho, a village 
two marches from here, where he had been attacked by a 
party of Aulihans and Adones. Salan had shot one of 
these dead and wounded another, and dared not move 
until I sent him assistance. But now Fred received a 
shock that would have been hard enough to bear at any 
time, but which was all the more severe as it came when 
he was so far away in the wilderness. He had heard 
from one of the villagers along the river that messengers 
had been sent from Berbera three months previously to 
inform him of his father’s death, and now he found that 
this was only too true. 
Coupled with the sad news were announcements that 
made it imperative that my friend, who had kindly assisted 
me so often in my geographical and natural-history work, 
should return home at once. Hoori had made a very 
plucky run to the camp from where Salan was ambushed, 
having to hide about in the corn and sneak all the way in 
