26 A NATURALIST IN CANNIBAL LAND 



have stayed on as a cattle man but that I had no 

 hope of becoming my own boss in that capacity. 



At Keilambete Station I had saved some money, 

 and when quite a big amount came from home for 

 the collections I had sent forward, I made up my 

 mind to start a regular life as a naturalist collector. 

 Life on the cattle station was very good fun, but it 

 did not promise any very good fortune. I was now 

 twenty- one, and beginning to look to the future. It 

 was necessary to make an end of " cattle collecting." 



