324 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
Some of the donkeys which we got from the Arbore 
gave my boys much trouble in trying to train them to 
carry loads. The camp was very lively with about a 
dozen of these donkeys at a time plunging and kicking 
about, trying to rid themselves of the old empty boxes 
that were fastened on their backs. As there was not 
time on the journey up the Nianam to work out the 
numerous observations I took on the way, I was kept 
very busy at Rusia for three days at this work; but 
on the 8th of August we at last started on our long 
homeward journey, every one in the best humor. There 
was much stopping for refractory donkeys, so that we 
could only make about seven miles. 
The water of the lake came far up among the bushes; 
it must have been three hundred yards farther inland 
than when Count Teleki visited it... There were large 
herds of zebras, hartebeests, and Thompson's gazelles graz- 
ing about on all sides of the caravan, apparently little 
disturbed by our presence. The zebras merely walked 
slowly from the way of the caravan, and then, stopping 
about thirty yards off, stood staring curiously at us till 
we had passed them. Of course there was no sport shoot- 
ing these tame animals, and I would only bring down 
about one beast a day for food. The mosquitoes were 
very bad, so that my boys even could hardly sleep at 
night. Many boils broke out on my body as soon as 
I returned to Rusia, and these gave me much pain on 
the march. I tried riding a donkey, but found that 
worse than walking. When we started out on the 
second day’s march I could scarcely get along at all, 
and had to be helped by two of my boys. It was 
necessary for me to rest often, and during one of these 
halts the snort of a rhino was heard close at hand. 
The next moment the animal walked out from behind 
