MY SECOND VOYAGE ON THE LAKE 47 



Jose having returned, we started once more upon our 

 way, taking a northerly course and hugging the shore. 

 When we had proceeded for about five miles, we reached a 



LAKE CHAD FISH MEASUKING 5 FEET 



small island, about half a mile long, lying on our right. It 

 was a Buduma fishing-station, and was covered with frame- 

 works of poles on which gigantic fish were hung to dry. 

 Directly on our left, there was a reedy headland, that receded 

 abruptly to the north-west, forming a large bay. Lying close 

 in shore was a fleet of some twenty canoes, which were de- 

 serted by the Budumas as soon as they sighted us. The whole 

 of this part of the Lake was extremely shallow and gave one 

 the idea of an estuary, for there were many storks and other 

 long-legged birds standing far out in the water which came 

 hardly up to their knee-joints. This is the northern-most 



