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  ANNUAL 
  UEPOKT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  Leaving 
  New 
  York 
  March 
  20, 
  1926, 
  the 
  party 
  arrived 
  in 
  Dar-es- 
  

   Salaam, 
  Tanganyika 
  Territor}^, 
  East 
  Africa, 
  on 
  May 
  5. 
  A 
  license 
  

   to 
  collect 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  the 
  Territory 
  and 
  

   headquarters 
  were 
  established 
  at 
  Dodoma, 
  250 
  miles 
  inland. 
  

  

  Collecting 
  was 
  successfully 
  carried 
  on 
  for 
  some 
  months 
  at 
  various 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  Territory, 
  the 
  animals 
  %jng 
  sent 
  back 
  to 
  Dodoma 
  

   to 
  be 
  held 
  there 
  until 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  de- 
  

   siderata 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  rhinoceros, 
  and 
  although 
  adult 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   numerous, 
  no 
  young 
  were 
  seen. 
  In 
  the 
  Ja-aida 
  swamp 
  country, 
  

   where 
  Doctor 
  Mann 
  went 
  on 
  the 
  search 
  for 
  these 
  animals, 
  the 
  hunt 
  

   proved 
  rather 
  exciting. 
  Doctor 
  Mann 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  Altogether 
  we 
  saw 
  22 
  rhinos. 
  Our 
  safari 
  was 
  cliarged 
  once 
  wliile 
  on 
  the 
  

   march, 
  and 
  four 
  times 
  at 
  night 
  rhinos 
  charged 
  through 
  our 
  camp. 
  But 
  in 
  

   all 
  of 
  these 
  we 
  failed 
  to 
  locate 
  a 
  single 
  young 
  specimen. 
  Five 
  different 
  

   times 
  we 
  crawled 
  into 
  the 
  scrub 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  feet 
  from 
  a 
  rhino 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  

   young 
  and 
  were 
  disapiiointed 
  each 
  time. 
  One 
  locates 
  these 
  rhinos, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  

   through 
  the 
  tick 
  birds, 
  which 
  make 
  a 
  loud 
  twittering 
  at 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  any 
  

   su:-picious 
  object 
  to 
  the 
  rhino 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  clustered 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  eating 
  the 
  ticks 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  abundant 
  on 
  its 
  body. 
  Theoretically 
  they 
  

   serve 
  a 
  useful 
  purpose 
  to 
  the 
  rhino 
  by 
  warning 
  him 
  of 
  his 
  enemies. 
  Actually 
  

   we 
  found 
  tfciey 
  were 
  useful 
  in 
  leading 
  us 
  to 
  where 
  the 
  rhino 
  were 
  lying, 
  for 
  

   we 
  were 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  birds 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  rhinos 
  that 
  we 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  night 
  charges 
  are 
  simply 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  stupidity 
  of 
  the 
  rhino. 
  We 
  

   c.imped 
  usually 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  water 
  holes, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  nearsighted 
  

   beast 
  came 
  to 
  water 
  late 
  at 
  night 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  he 
  would 
  suddenly 
  

   notice 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  fires 
  and 
  natives 
  about. 
  Whereupon 
  he 
  would 
  put 
  his 
  

   head 
  down 
  and 
  charge 
  through 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  line. 
  On 
  these 
  occasions 
  the 
  

   natives 
  have 
  a 
  frantic 
  desire 
  to 
  get 
  into 
  the 
  tents 
  to 
  be 
  near 
  the 
  white 
  men 
  

   and 
  the 
  guns 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  men, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  have 
  a 
  frantic 
  desire 
  to 
  get 
  

   out 
  of 
  their 
  tents, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  is 
  a 
  collision 
  at 
  the 
  entrance. 
  Two 
  rhinos 
  

   came 
  into 
  our 
  camp 
  the 
  same 
  night. 
  

  

  At 
  Tula, 
  Avhere 
  the 
  expedition 
  next 
  camped 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  of 
  sec'uring 
  giraffes, 
  animals 
  were 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Two 
  native 
  sultans, 
  Chanzi 
  and 
  Chiulunia, 
  joined 
  forces 
  with 
  us 
  for 
  a 
  week, 
  

   bringing 
  with 
  them 
  about 
  500 
  natives. 
  With 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  these 
  we 
  had 
  the 
  most 
  

   successful 
  trip 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  boys 
  from 
  a 
  mountain 
  near 
  by 
  

   had 
  had 
  some 
  experience 
  in 
  netting 
  game. 
  They 
  make 
  a 
  coarse 
  seine 
  of 
  native 
  

   I'ope 
  in 
  sections 
  about 
  5 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  15 
  feet 
  long. 
  These 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  

   a 
  row, 
  until 
  they 
  made 
  about 
  1,000 
  feet 
  of 
  native 
  fence, 
  one 
  boy 
  hiding 
  behind 
  

   each 
  section. 
  The 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  natives 
  would 
  double 
  over 
  their 
  ends 
  and 
  join 
  

   in 
  a 
  circle 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  circumference, 
  then 
  closing 
  in 
  toward 
  the 
  net. 
  

   The 
  object 
  was 
  to 
  drive 
  animals 
  into 
  the 
  net, 
  but 
  nine 
  times 
  out 
  of 
  ten 
  

   they 
  would 
  break 
  through 
  the 
  line. 
  Occasionally, 
  however, 
  they 
  came 
  straight 
  

   on. 
  One 
  day 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  over 
  50 
  impalla 
  was 
  surrounded. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   graceful 
  antelope 
  in 
  Africa 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  leaper. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  sailed 
  right 
  

   over 
  the 
  net, 
  but 
  five 
  fell 
  short 
  and 
  we 
  got 
  them 
  all. 
  Fortune 
  was 
  with 
  us 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  impalla 
  were 
  concerned, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  animals 
  

   to 
  handle, 
  and 
  yet 
  all 
  of 
  ours 
  reached 
  Boston 
  alive 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  

  

  Wart 
  hogs 
  were 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  and 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  four 
  were 
  added 
  

   to 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  