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an evening on the small islands of these lakes. Lying 

 flat on the ground I watched and listened to the birds of 

 all kinds that flitted and fluttered all round me. There 

 was an added spice of suspense in the possibility always 

 of a hippopotamus coming upon one suddenly a very 

 ugly customer to meet in such surroundings. During the 

 day they kept always in the deeper waters of the marsh, 



VULTURES 



but at sunset they would sometimes come to these shallower 

 lakes. 



If the twilight far too brief, alas! in the tropics- 

 provided rich enjoyment, dawn, hastening up, offered the 

 most enchanting pictures of the magnificent plovers. 

 Their wonderfully picturesque flight and their lively call 

 are things no traveller can forget. The days passed 

 away thus in studying the birds and taking photo- 

 graphs. Hunting for a time was put aside. I had no 

 mind for it, so fascinated was I by these scenes which 

 I have tried to describe. 



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