OUR FIRST VOYAGE ON LAKE CHAD 333 



sitting in little parties upon the water were flocks of white 

 gulls waiting for the refuse to be thrown away. This was 



HEADMAN OF THE BUDUMA CUMING TO WELCOME US 



the time of the great fish-harvest, for the river was fast 

 emptying itself and thousands of fish were coming down 

 daily into the Lake. Here and there in the water were 

 naked fishermen, their skins shining like wet bronze in 

 the sun, wading up and down with spears poised aloft for 



