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fish which I caught was a very beautiful mullet, covered 
with large silvery white scales, changing to yellow near the 
tail (Autropius depressirostris). Vhey weighed from two 
to fifteen pounds apiece, and afforded excellent sport. 
There was also another variety of fish, called Chromzs 
niloticus, Which is the best fish, from the standpoint of an 
epicurean, to be found in the Nile. I caught these in the 
three lakes, Abaya, Stephanie, and Rudolf, but found them in 
none of the rivers that I crossed. They weighed usually 
from half a pound to four pounds apiece, and closely 
resembled black bass. 
Flitting continually over the high reeds which grew on 
the shore of the lake were thousands of beautiful tiny birds, 
with black breasts and yellow heads, backs, and wings. 
They looked like large bees as they hovered about in the 
air, and made themselves very agreeable companions by 
keeping up a constant gentle warbling. Egrets, ibises, a 
bird that resembled very much the American rail-bird, 
herons, ducks, and geese abounded. 
IT also saw many bush buck, but failed to get a shot at 
any. On May 11 we marched around to the eastern shore 
of the lake, and camped on a bit of high ground overlook- 
ing the water. 
We seemed to be in an artificial park, from the way in 
which the trees and bushes were scattered over a lovely 
grassy plain sloping toward the water. Far off in the 
distance, as our eyes passed across the lake, we could make 
out the great rugged mountains, forming countless dark 
little bays as they cut almost vertically into the water. A 
tramp of a couple of hours brought us to the foot of the 
great mountain of the Jan Jams, on the top of which we 
could see many fields planted with maize and durrha; and 
just here I made the interesting discovery that a part of 
the Galana Amara arises from Lake Abaya. The stream 
