JOURNEYING TO THE KILIMANJARO 



dotted and which had l)ccn formed in the depressions 

 of the ground when, after the rainy season, the river 

 had receded into its bed. In this pond my men caught 

 six hundred pounds of palatable shad in one day, to 

 the great delight of the whole camp. We caught a few 

 young Nile geese and also two small crocodiles, in one 

 of which we found a young goose, entire. 



I almost suffered the fate of the bird. Crossing the 

 river the next day in company with two natives, we 

 lost an oar and the control of our boat. We drifted 

 irresistibly down - stream towards some rapids. Be- 

 low these a number of crocodiles were ready to receive 

 us with open jaws. Our little boat fortunately drifted 



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