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another course of monntaineermg and semi- 

 starvation. 



The remaining week or two of our stay 

 we hoped to spend at Golovinsky, and then, 

 one of us at least looked longingly forward to 

 a speedy return to the cheery hunting fields 

 of the O.B.H. As soon as, we could, we o-ot 

 down to Poti, where much against our will 

 bad weather kept us prisoners for a day or two. 



But at Poti there is some very fair snipe - 

 shootmg, so Frank and I spent our time 

 pretty merrily on the swamps round the old 

 lake which joins the Kion. The worst part 

 of these expeditions was the difficulty of 

 getting to our ground, the only way being 

 by water, and the only conveyance a long 

 narrow canoe, made of a single log, scooped 

 out like a trough and propelled by a paddle. 



The natives all swim like fish at Poti, 

 and as they wear very little clothing, they 

 care nothing for an upset, but for us, with 



