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of the two streams, near which on the left- 

 hand bank we found the most wonderful ffuit 

 forest I ever saw. The whole of the under- 

 growth for over a couple of miles was almost 

 entirely composed of currant bushes and rasp- 

 berry canes, principally the latter, and every 

 bouo^h weio;hed down with fruit. It was 

 hopeless to try to hurry our men through 

 this tract ; and, much as I enjoyed the deli- 

 cious fruit myself, long before I got to my 

 journey's end I would have given a great deal 

 that every fruit tree between Gebi and Djuaria 

 had been barren in the year 1882. We lost 

 half our time whilst the men were o-atherino- 

 fruit by the way. 



In the angle formed by the junction of the 

 two streams was the best camping ground we 

 had seen as yet. A large open space, covered 

 with abundance of fine tussocky grass, water 

 on two sides of it, and a semi-circle of beauti- 

 ful low hills running round it and down into 



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