-* Hostile Forces 



natives. Some of these hitter take to flight ; guide not 

 available. 



" I nnc 27. Start at 4 a.m. March to Ouabi^o ; way 



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lost. Camp, 4 p.m. Everything \vet through, road 

 through uncleared forest and very tall sedge ; the 

 whole day, a fine mist-like rain ; some \Yasegna planta- 

 tions in which Indian millet was ripening. Many huts 



DURING THE RAINY SEASON THE CARRIERS OFTEN SANK UP TO THEIR 

 ARMHTS IN THE SODDEN GRASS 



deserted. Locusts have laid waste all the vegetation 



some time ago. 



"June 28-30. March to a rocky hill through very 

 tall sedge. Wet through ; fine mist-like rain. Tracks of 

 buffalo and elephant about fourteen days old. Grass 

 already far too high. The game has sought other 

 quarters ; till to-day seen only a guereza and a reedbuck 

 nothing else. Almost incessant rain. 



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