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it was not north. I saw this morning a detachment — perhaps 

 100 strong — evidently going off for food, moving along in a 

 column very orderly, and quite slowly, three or four abreast 

 (very different from the feverish activity of the Dorylus 

 columns !). When disturbed they got excited and stridulated 

 very vigorously. It's an interesting ant, and I should like to 

 see it raiding. From what I've seen so far it only feeds on 

 Termites. 



"July 16, 1916. With Belgian Northern Forces. 



" I am still with the ambulance at the S.W. corner of Lake 

 Victoria, awaiting orders. We are gradually gathering to- 

 gether sick porters from the numerous columns and awaiting 

 a boat to Entebbe for their removal, so that by day I am very 

 busy." 



The following letter, received only a few days ago, showed 

 that Dr. Carpenter was still in the same locality at the S.W. 

 corner of the Victoria Nyanza. An earlier letter describing 

 the ' place of rocks ' was not received. 



" October 5, 1916. With Belgian Northern Forces. 



" I am still in the place of rocks with my hospital, and fear 

 I am stuck here for many a long day ! So I missed the actual 

 capture of Tabora, which was bad luck, as it's the most im- 

 portant thing the Belgians have yet done. I hope the papers 

 have been fair to them, and given them the credit which is 

 theirs. Draw a line from Tabora westwards to Ujiji, and 

 northwards to the S.W. corner of Lake Victoria, and you will 

 see that the Belgians have taken a fair share of G.E.A. ! But 

 the papers at home talk as if Smuts' was the only force 

 operating ! There was some very bloody fighting, I believe, 

 but I am so out of the way here. We get no news, and you 

 probably know better than I what is going on in G.E.A. ! 



" I wish this was a better place for butterflies ; they are 

 very few indeed. The weather just now is perfect — like a nice 

 English June. Light rains at night — all the bushes and trees 

 flowering and in full fresh green ; it's just a lovely springtime — 

 the first I've met in Africa. It's very nice after the eternal 

 sameness of Uganda. 



" I've taken to collecting Coleops — my first love ! I haven't 





