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was sluggish, rather suggests it must have some such means 

 of defence — otherwise what a meal it would make ! Its slime 

 was beautifully iridescent. 



" After passing the Lake one had to dip down into a narrow, 

 sheltered ravine, with steep sides, and a little stream running 

 through. There I have found quite a nice lot of butterflies 

 which were new to me, including a Papilio [P. mackinnoni, 

 E. M. Sh.], an Amauris [A. ellioti, Butl.], and an Acraea 

 [A. amicitiae, Heron], a Lycaenid or two, and a Hesperid. 

 I was rather surprised to find in this little stream, which is 

 marked on the map as not running anywhere in particular, 

 apparently losing itself again * (though I think it very probably 

 starts from a certain marsh that I know of high up among the 

 hills), a small Crab. I have, of course, found these often in the 

 Lake Victoria, but the conditions here were so different that 

 I should expect the crabling to be different, and am drying 

 him for a specimen. I think I mentioned, from Kabale, 

 the fact that Mole heaps made one think of England — there 

 are many other things also that remind one. Meloe, for 

 instance, of which I have found two species crawling about 

 on grass just as one does at home. Also much in the vegeta- 

 tion that brings up English things to one's mind : thus in 

 wet places one finds a kind of Crowfoot, Mint, Persicaria, and 

 a Plantain. On the hills between here and L. Bunyonyi is 

 a large Heath ; together with this, curiously enough, are Red- 

 hot- Poker Plants ! At the very bottom of the valleys, in 

 the apex of the inverted triangle, grow wild banana plants 

 differing from the cultivated form in that the crown of leaves 

 comes straight out of the ground. One often sees the mid-line 

 of narrow deep valleys marked out by a single row of these 

 plants — apparently they are very particular. I have also 

 seen on these hills a few plants of the very interesting giant 

 Lobelias, of which I need say nothing, for there are full descrip- 

 tions and pictures in Johnston's ' Uganda.' But to see them 

 at their best, I believe, you must go up the. big volcanoes. 

 There are, on the hills, also small ' Everlastings,' which I 

 haven't seen growing wild before. A very fine Composite, 

 which I am sure must be a kind of Senecio, makes a great show, 



* Later. It has a very roundabout connection with L. Bunyonyi. 



