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jumble of country. However, we agreed to tackle it. 

 In former years I had done a good deal of pioneer 

 mountain travel with animals, and believed I could get 

 through by observation of formations. Cuninghame 

 was willing to try. 



Heard Rons to-night. 



Five hours; 11 miles; elevation, 7,000; morning, 40; 

 noon, 70; night, 58. 



refused to pay the stipulated wages. Hence Sendeu's hostility to ourselves. 

 If this is as reported it is a remarkably good example of how not to handle 

 natives. The sportsmen had been guided, had procured what they went 

 after, and had returned in a short time. Therefore they owed the wages. 

 If they had any cause for complaint they should have taken the matter up 

 with Sendeu, after payment. The wages go to Sendeu, not to the guides; 

 and Sendeu had done his part of the bargain. As it was they made it very 

 difficult for the next white men — ourselves. As will be seen, we not only, 

 had to nose a way through very difficult country at great expense of time 

 and energy, but we early got into tsetse fly that could have been avoided. 



