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Camping out on the Velt 



fruits and vegetables with agrarian tribes. With the rest, 

 I spent my days out in the open, hunting, collecting, 

 and observing. My zoological collection increased daily, 

 time flew by with all the many jobs there were to be 

 done— drying, preserving, preparing, sorting, labelling, and 

 sending off specimens. The primitive camp life was full 

 of interest in spite of its seeming monotony. It was like 



MY TAXIDERMIST, ORGEICH, AT WORK, 



ruling and ordering a little State. I thoroughly enjoyed 

 this simple existence, in which I seemed to forget the 

 artificial worries of civilisation and to be able to give 

 myself up to my love for nature. 



Then I learned to appreciate the natives. Of course 

 they are not to be judged from a European standpoint as 

 regards habits and customs, but I shall always remember 



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