With Flashlight and Rifle * 



returned to the vicinity of the swamps, or actually to the 

 swamps themselves. It was fascinating for a sportsman 

 fascinating even for a mere observer to be able again 

 to see and study these animals and their ways. But 

 like conscientious warders of the wilds, myriads of fever- 

 bringing mosquitoes lurked among the reeds and thickets 

 of papyrus. 



However, fever need not frighten the sportsman and 



FLAMINGOES ON THE WING PRESENT A SUPERB SPECTACLE, THEIR ROSE- 

 HUED FEATHERS CONTRASTING BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE BLUE OF 

 THE SKY 



observer in those regions. He is aware that here, far 

 away from human habitations, the mosquitoes are less 

 dangerous, less harmful than in inhabited districts or near 

 caravan routes, where the slightest uncleanliness gives the 

 fever-germs their chance. So I moved my camp into 

 the midst of the treeless and bushless plain, salt- 



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