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dugout left on the river as every native canoe has been 

 seized and taken to Musoma or destroyed. This on 

 sleeping sickness grounds. There is nothing left me 

 but to march to Musoma which is reported seven hours* 

 distant. Such is Africa and plans made therein. Ap- 

 parently there are no cob in this locality. All the in- 

 formation re the "Suma" animal refers to impalla, I 

 am quite certain now over this. Sitatunga certainly 

 do inhabit the Masirori Swamp, as they have occasion- 

 ally been seen by natives when fishing from their dug- 

 outs, but to get one seems absolutely impossible in so 

 large and dense a swamp. Mosquitoes real bad again 

 here at 6 :oo p. m. Large scale map ends near this camp 

 and small map not much use to work by. Sun very 

 powerful again to-day. 



September 17. — Left ferry camp at 6:00 a. m. and 

 marched to Musoma. Pedometer registered seven- 

 teen miles but considered distance to be fifteen as cal- 

 culated by pace and time occupied. This is a poor 

 little place but some day may boast more than a name. 

 Plenty of dukkas* here, but nothing in them except 

 nigger stuff. 



I do not intend to call on the officer in charge, as 

 there seems no occasion to do so. I can see no signs of 

 a port being made but there is some gold-mining 

 machinery lying about the place, I forgot to mention 

 that the askari told me yesterday that there is no way 



* Indian shops. 



