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this day an open and level plain with bushes and Cibi 
trees, making the prospect rich, though not grand. Saw 
plenty of lions' excrement in the wood : they deposit it 
only in certain places, and like the cats, claw up the 
ground in order to cover it. 
May 18th. — People employed all the morning in trans- 
porting the baggage and asses across the river ; and as 
both men and asses were very much fatigued, I thought 
it best to halt on the east side of the river till the afternoon, 
as it would afford the soldiers an opportunity of washing 
their clothes. o i „ 
Observed Mer. Alt. Sun - - 168 35 0 
Diameter - - - - 0 32 0 
^ 169 7 0 
84 33 30 
Correct for refraction and parallax - 4 
84 33 26 
Zenith Distance - - - 5 26 34 
Declination - - ^ 19 31 25 
Latitude 14 4 51 
The breadth of the stream of the river Nerico is about 
sixty feet, the depth of water four feet, its velocity is two 
miles an hour. The heat of the stream at two o'clock 94® 
Fahrenheit. 
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