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not inspire them with a desire to proceed further upon 

 the journey. 



The means of transport being so much reduced by 

 these causes, I broke some of the cattle captured from 

 the Wamsara, and soon found them trained to bear 

 two hght loads each. We reduced our stores as much 

 as possible, as we were unable to carry all we had. 

 We distributed as gifts among our men such of the 

 goods as they could carry without reducing their ca- 

 pacity for burden-bearing. We destroyed our canvas 

 boat, and gave to the Pokomo and the Galla in the 

 neighbourhood many loads of wire and beads. But even 

 then, in order not to weaken the effectiveness of our 

 caravan by throwing away too much, we were forced 

 to increase the weight of the loads to be carried by 

 the porters. From Hameye we sent back to the coast 

 our entomological collections to be forwarded home. 



Before we left Hameye all but two of the camels 

 died, and these two were very weak, bidding fair soon 

 to follow their fellows. When the Pokomo had left 

 for the coast, Sadi, w^ho had been in charge of them, 

 left behind a pariah bitch, which, during our absence 

 at Lorian, gave birth to five puppies. We kept three 

 of them — two bitches and a dog. Felix, the fox- 

 terrier bought at Aden, was their sire. As will appear 

 later, these puppies proved most useful to us. I think 

 I am safe in saying that a cross between a fox-terrier 

 and a native dog is best suited for almost all purposes 

 in Africa. The touch of native blood enables them 

 to withstand the heat without much difficulty, and 

 they seem to inherit the qualities of determination 

 and pluck from the fox-terrier cross. 



