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them, which arises from the fact that one cannot take 

 care of them as they ought to be taken care of. They 

 must be spared marches, fatigue, and transporta- 

 tion, precautions which cannot be taken on an 

 expedition. 



The Luiya camp was abandoned as soon as the 

 biltong was dry. Until the period of fires it was 

 necessary to look for a country less thickly covered 

 with vegetation. I decided to proceed to the north 

 of Makanga, into the mitsagnas (mopanes) woods, 

 where the grass the ruba to which I have re- 

 ferred is short, and game remains morning and 

 night. This was to help us to await the dry 

 season, and to allow me to collect for the Museum 

 certain rodents which are found in this kind of 

 forest only. 



