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river. We have a post there, as there are enemy trenches on 

 the other side of the river 1100-2000 yards away. I went 

 there in my capacity as medical officer, as the post has recently 

 been allotted to my section of the line. The first day was 

 from here to Minziro (4360 feet), about ten miles to the N.N.E. 

 I got some nice things in the forest en route— quite a number 

 of specimens of a Pierine [Phrisswa phoebe, Butl., especially 

 $ 9] which is decidedly rare here— but I seemed to have come 

 a brood just emerged and got a Jot of beauties. Just 

 the other side of the forest I came across Elephant spoor for 

 the first time in my life. Next day I went to Bulembe (4251 

 feet) and hack and had a strip of forest of two miles or so 

 to traverse. This took one and a half hours each way, as the 

 track was simply a sea of pea-soup mud well over the tops of 

 one's boots, and in places one was in wafer up to one's knees. 

 This bit of forest, although continuous with that at Kakindu, 

 was slightly different. There were some quite big trees, and 

 the plant which formed the main undergrowth on Bugaila 

 was the mam feature there, whereas here it is hardly seen. 

 Consequently I was not surprised that the butterfly fauna 

 should show differences. There were not, many butterflies, 

 and it wasn't easy to look out for them when stumbling about 

 on slippery roots at the hot-torn of a foot of mud ! — but I saw 

 several of that fine black and yellow PapiKo which I reared 

 on Kome [P. Iicspcrtis, Westw.] and have never seen here at 

 Kakindu. Also I got four specimens of a fine Nymphaline 

 which was quite new to me— a sort of African " Rallima' 1 

 [Kallinui rumia, Westw.]— dead leaf below, orange and purplish 

 above. I also caught a Euphaedra [E. ugcmda, Auriv.] which 

 I have never done before. One feels that this very extensive 

 forest here would repay several years' study as probably the 



different areas have different faunae. From Bulembe hill 

 one looked right on to the German trenches, down below, 

 across the rushing river, and 1 actually saw a man move in 

 one — so I have seen an enemy at last ! Shots are occasionally- 

 exchanged there. From Bulembe I also got a blue glimpse of 

 my beloved lake, which was very refreshing. We just can t 

 see it here — though they can at Minziro. I wonder when I 

 shall get back to it? All quiet here.'' 



