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weapon is the 20-bore, charged with No. 4 ; I fire 

 both barrels at a distance of some twenty feet into the 

 flank of the reptile, which disappears amid a great 

 commotion of the water. Two days afterwards I 

 find the carcase on the bank, and can distinctly trace 

 the course of the pellets. It is thus evident that the 

 flanks of a crocodile can be penetrated not only by a 

 bullet but likewise by shot. 



On the 20th of February Puech arrived, having 

 made all his possessions secure. On the 22nd we 

 re-enter the stream of the river, and on the 23rd reach 

 M'sassa Barao. It is a station of the Gorongoza 

 Company, built on a chain of hills dividing the Medigue- 

 digue from another branch of the river, which is called 

 the Pungwe-Mufo. Although it has no custodian, 

 we install ourselves in the open house. We are always 

 more protected than on the boat, and meanwhile I 

 continue my work, remaining at this spot from Feb- 

 ruary 24th till March 4th. While making my charto- 

 graphical survey I kill a good number of animals, as 

 the island abounds in game. It was here that Puech 

 and myself bagged two waterbucks, six reedbucks, 

 three bushbucks, four oribis, a number of geese and 

 ducks, two egrets, and two lesser bustards. I had 

 also the good fortune to take in a trap set for a leopard, 

 of which I had seen the tracks, a big crocodile, which 

 permitted itself to be stupidly put to death without 

 offering the least effectual resistance. 



On the 4th of March two negroes, whom I had 



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