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thatched huts surrounded by a fence; there were small 

 fields of mealies and beans, cultivated by the women, 

 and a few cattle and goats; while big wicker-work fish- 

 traps showed that the river also offered a means of liveli- 

 hood. Both men and women were practically naked; 

 some of the women entirely so except for a few beads. 

 Here we were joined by an elephant hunter, Quentin Gro- 

 gan, who was to show us the haunts of the great square- 



Sail-boat at Wadelai Landing 

 From a photograph by J. Alden Loring 



mouthed rhinoceros, the so-called white rhinoceros, of the 

 Lado, the only kind of African heavy game which we 

 had not yet obtained. We were allowed to hunt in the 

 Lado, owing to the considerate courtesy of the Belgian 

 Government, for which I was sincerely grateful. 



After leaving Wadelai we again went downstream. The 

 river flowed through immense beds of papyrus. Beyond 

 these on either side were rolling plains gradually rising 

 in the distance into hills or low mountains. The plains 

 were covered with high grass, dry and withered; and the 



