R. P. HORNBY'S DIARY. 108 



The ponies were of great assistance as we 

 could hang on to them and trust them to find 

 the shallowest part. We got to Heligscoran, 

 at last, on the afternoon of the 3rd of July, 

 quite tired out. I went to sleep as usual, 

 but Dan was kept up marking and packing 

 more eggs which were waiting for him in the 

 hut. He was repaid for his work, as he got 

 several of his best butterflies outside the hut. 

 He had determined to wait till he got to the 

 sea before he went to sleep, so whilst I slept, 

 he looked for moths and butterflies, getting 

 five which I think we had not got before. 

 We started again for the sea that same evening 

 on the last 25 miles of our journey. It was 

 still raining heavily but we did not mind that, 

 and loaded as we were, we almost ran down 

 hill, so eager were we to see the sea. We did 

 the first 15 miles without a stop, had a cup of 

 coffee, and then finished the last 10. We 

 reached the sea at about 2 a.m., on July 4th, 

 three hours before the steamer started, and if 

 it had not been for our curious mistake at 

 Keniovuopio, we must have missed the boat. 



We had been travelling for eight days and 

 nine nights with never more than two or three 

 hours sleep out of twenty-four, with the 

 exception of our long sleep at Kaaresuandro. 



