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as to the ability of his pet to live on air, denied 

 its fly- eating habits. Both at Lobito and Mossa- 

 medes, Jim found so many flies that he grew tired 

 of the diet and refused to eat any more, and had 

 to be taken out for walks, where he could find 

 other sorts of game, including spiders and various 

 kinds of small flies, amongst them a little black- 

 and-yellow striped one, which Jimmy used actually 

 to catch while it was hovering in the air. For a 

 long time Jimmy's need for water had not been 

 realized, but my attention was drawn to it by his 

 habit of nibbling at any shiny substance he saw ; 

 he took water readily when offered it, especially 

 in the hotter weather, and preferably in the form 

 of dewdrops. 



Later on, when Mossamedes, the end of my 

 journey, was reached, Jim was left in the kind 

 hands of Mrs. Allen, the only English lady there, 

 and when saying good-bye to the little beast, I 

 felt an old friend had been lost, and a happy 

 chapter of comradeship in life's voyage was over. 



When we left Bimbas, it was to resume the 

 journey to Catengue, which had been interrupted 

 by the search for lions. Collecting half a dozen 

 Mondombe carriers with difficulty, we marched 

 from Bimbas to the nearest railway station (San 

 Pedro), 5 or 6 miles away, and caught the daily 

 passenger train which ran from Lobito Bay to 

 Chinguar. 



I found on arrival at Catengue that the carriers 

 which the Governor of Benguella had promised 

 to send me from Quillenges had not arrived so 

 staved to collect others. 



