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moonlight ; but it was noticed in 

 time and driven off. There were 

 numerous birds and crocodiles 

 in our creek, and we often heard 

 the snorting of hippopotami. The 

 only representative of the insect 

 world were flies, of which there 

 were such immense numbers 

 that we had to sit in darkness^ 

 for they put out our lights as 

 fast as they were lit. 



Satitrday, March 17. — Ac- 

 cording to Lembasso, we should 

 now have to march at some little 

 distance from the lake. Appa- 

 rently, however, he did not know 

 very much about the way or the 

 water conditions ; and as we ex- 

 pected to have to cross a wide 

 stretch of country without water, 

 we started earlier than usual. 

 Mount Longendoti, which consists 

 of several peaks of a relative 

 height of from 1,000 to 1,300 feet, 

 and the long ridge sloping away 

 to the north abutting on it, re- 

 mained close to us on our left. 

 We now went due north by fairly 

 straight paths, the ground being 

 at first covered with soil, but 

 barren, whilst later it was strewn 

 with white sand, in which, how- 

 ever, grew both trees and bush. 



