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fight and makes a snarling noise ; its native name is dagga- 

 dagga. Of the common fowl and the half-breed, I obtained a 

 yellow-billed, yellow-footed francolin and a delicate, pretty 

 Turnix leburana, called by the natives amvuddu, and by the 

 Kinyoro andula. The harlequin quail (Cotumix Delegorguei) 

 is very common, and I believe this to be its native place. 

 From Dufile southward this bird is to be found throughout the 

 whole country ; it appears, however, to wander periodically 

 from south to north. Its habits are just those of the ordinary 

 quail, but its cry is very different, although it does remind one 

 of the quail. The native name is alum, the Kinyoro name 

 heru. Later on, in Elema, I found the hitherto (I believe) 

 unknown eggs of this bird. 



In addition, I may say that here, as southward towards the 

 equator, the doleb palm is rarely seen. A yellow flowering 

 Cassia, having a strong aperient action, is very common. 



After a very short stay, we left our station of Mahagi early, 

 under a clouded sky, in order to visit Mahagi proper, lying 

 farther to the south. A strong south wind and a light load 

 caused the steamer to roll horribly. After making a great 

 curve to avoid the shallows which lie to the south of our 

 station, we steamed on, having the shore at a short distance 

 to our right. The mountains were enveloped by a thick fog, 

 which also completely veiled the eastern border of the lake. 

 Small white waves were raised by the wind upon the deep 

 green water, in which numbers of darters were fishing. The 

 sparsely wooded mountains, which at this time were on fire for 

 days, rise to a considerable height, and culminate in Jebel 

 Eriiku, a very massive mountain with deeply furrowed flanks. 

 A ravine separates it from the next chain, which runs behind 

 the other one, and from this point the mountains come down 

 sheer into the lake without the intervention of a level tract of 

 land. The lake is low now, and a narrow foreshore, mostly 

 covered with rubble, lies exposed. 



Between the station and Jebel Eriiku the level tract along 

 the lake narrows to six hundred yards, but it is well wooded. 

 The whole of the thinly wooded mountains are furrowed by 

 deep water-channels, which are filled with luxuriant vegetation 

 and bamboo thickets, small waterfalls being very numerous. 



