VII 



THE QUEST OF THE PELICAN : ALBANIA continued 



All this while time was flying, it was getting on 

 towards the end of April, and in spite of all our efforts 

 no nesting colony of Pelicans had been discovered, 

 and no photographs done. Matters were looking 

 serious, as I had no intention of going home without 

 something to show. 



So one evening we got out a large-scale map of 

 the country, in the hope of finding therein some 

 other locality where we might hope to discover 

 them, and held a council of war. As they were not 

 nesting round Durazzo it would be necessary, I 

 declared, to make an expedition into the surrounding 

 country and search there until they were found. 



The result was that we decided to take Marco, 

 with a pack-saddle loaded with a few necessaries, 

 including a camera and photographic equipment, 

 and ride southwards for two or three days, searching 

 thoroughly two localities which looked likely. 



Accordingly, on the 29th of April, we started off, 



after a good square meal, in the middle of the day, 



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