THE DAKA RIVER. 
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but the time now allowed of no delays for hunting. 
The "poison-plant," growing low, and bearing a 
yellow plum-like fruit, was gathered on one occasion 
near the waggon-track. 
The Daka River was reached upon the 21st, and 
the day after, some miles further on, two other small 
streams were reached and crossed, and then a third 
AFRICAN DWARF GOOSE. — Nettapiis aitriiiis. 
(Length about n inches.) 
into which apparently the first two flowed. This last 
was a small river called the Pantamatenka, just beyond 
which is the place where waggons stand for travellers 
going to the Zambesi. These streams, it was evident, 
must all be very small, except during the rains. 
They were small indeed even now, though overflow- 
ing their banks and running quickly. Almost imme- 
diately after crossing the last-named, Frank Oates's 
