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park, and Ave can walk anywhere on the flat. We can see 

 over an enormous area, miles of grass dotted with trees. A 

 large lake is close to us — an extension of Lake Albert 

 Edward, — and we live on fish caught by the natives in this 

 lake. Behind us are the mountains, which look like downs. 

 We expect to stay here about two months, and then to move 

 our camp right round into the Congo Territory." 



Mr. Neave's Expedition to N.E. Rhodesia. — Mr. S. A. 

 Neave, M.A., B.Sc. Oxon., late Naturalist attached to the 

 Geodetic Survey in North-eastern Rhodesia, reached Fort 

 Jameson {via the Zambezi and Tete) in March 1904, and 

 travelled thence to Feira, near which place the members of 

 the Survey had their headquarters. The next four months 

 were spent in the districts on both sides of the Zambezi and 

 Loangwa Rivers. The rainy season of 1904-5 was passed 

 at Petauke, the Chartered Company's westernmost station 

 in the East Loangwa District. In April 1905 Mr. Neave 

 left Petauke in a south-easterly direction, and proceeded 

 nearly to the Portuguese border. Thence he turned Avest, 

 and, crossing the Loangwa, joined the members of the 

 Survey at work there. Retracing his steps, he spent some 

 time on the Loangwa, where he met with an abundant and 

 varied fauna. Mr. Neave returned to Petauke at the 

 beginning of August 1905 to refit, and, after a short trip 

 northwards, started in December last on a journey west- 

 wards, via Imkushi and Chervalla's, to Ndola and the Kafue 

 River. He left the Kafue at the end of October last, and 

 passing close to the Irumi Mouutains, through some very 

 fine country, finally reached the Loangwa River and Petauke 

 about the beginning of December. After a short stay 

 there he left in the middle of January and returned home 

 by Fort Jameson and Nyasaland. 



The collection made by Mr. Neave contains about 750 

 specimens of Birds, besides Mammals, Fishes, Reptiles, and 

 other objects, which he is now studying for determination. 

 So far as the collections have yet been worked out, the 



