EXPLORATION OF THE RIVER YEI 347 



was believed to fall into the Bahr-el-G-hazel at Mesh-el- 

 Rek. 



The result of my day's reconnoitring proved that I had 



GALADIMA 



set myself a difficult task, and the only hopeful incident in 

 the day's quest was finding a navigable reach of two miles. 

 But my thoughts skipped the immediate difiiculties and 

 went forward to picture the ultimate broad river flowing 

 through the flat fertile lands of the Bahr-el-Ghazel. 



Not wishing to risk on this journey the maps I had done 

 and the precious boxes of collections which were the result 



