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birds and beasts new to science. The improved 

 facilities for reaching Uganda by railway from the 

 coast, the tranquil state of the country, and (possibly) 

 the rumour of other zoological expeditions being 

 sent by foreign countries to the same region, deter- 

 mined the dispatch of an expedition in 1905, Funds 

 were raised from various generous contributors, 

 and in October the British Museum Ruwenzori 

 Expedition left England, fully equipped with 

 apparatus for obtaining zoological and botanical 

 collections. The expedition was under the leader- 

 ship of Mr. R. B. Woosnam, and with him were 

 Messrs. R. E. Dent, D. Carruthers, and the Hon. 

 G. Legge. A day or two before the expedition 

 started I heard for the first time of its existence, 

 and that they were in need of a doctor who would 

 attend the other members of the party, and, when 

 not so occupied, would assist in making collections 

 of plants and insects. I at once went to see 

 Mr. Ogilvie Grant, and it was arranged that I 

 should start by the next boat, in four weeks' time. 

 It was unfortunate that I had just obtained an 

 appointment elsewhere, but the chance was too 

 good to be thrown away, even if it had been 

 Harley Street and ten thousand a year that I was 

 leaving behind ; so I incurred the wrath of my 

 authorities, left them in a fortnight, and after two 

 weeks of hurried preparations took ship from Genoa 

 for Mombasa early in November. 



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