-^ Camping out on the Velt 



fruits and vegetables with ^igrarian tribes. With the rest, 

 I spent my days out in the open, hunting, collecting, 

 and observing. My zoological collection increased daily, 

 time flew by with all the many jobs there were to be 

 done — drying, preserving, preparing, sorting, labelling, and 

 sending off specimens. The primitive camp life was full 

 of interest in spite of Its seeming monotony. It was like 



MY TAXIDERMIST, ORGEICH, AT WORK. 



ruling and ordering a little State. I thoroughly enjoyed 

 this simple existence, in which I seemed to forget the 

 artificial worries of civilisation and to be able to give 

 myself up to my love for nature. 



Then I learned to appreciate the natives. Of course 

 they are not to be judged from a European standpoint as 

 regards habits and customs, but I shall always remember 



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