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CHAPTER IV. 

 CAMPING AND COLLECTING. 



WHILST travelling up the river we had noted 

 different places where the country seemed 

 most suitable for birds, and for making 

 collections. Arriving at such a spot on our 

 return journey, if satisfied with our former choice^, we 

 selected the shadiest tree available under which to pitch 

 the tents, and setting our " trusty " followers to work, 

 we soon had a camp neatly arranged and in working 

 order. While one of us remained in camp, the other 

 two sallied forth to the hunt. 



Most of our work was done between five and eleven 

 in the morning. From eleven to three we rested in the 

 shade, and from three until sunset we were collecting 

 again. But the morning hours were generally the most 

 profitable, the afternoon being hotter and often spoilt 



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