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Stray Leaves from a Note Book, 
In the bay were numerous pelicans. These ungainly 
birds were swimming quietly in the water when, suddenly, they 
would all fly to one spot with a good deal of flapping of wings 
and splashing. No doubt each time some unfortunate fish 
found a home in their capacious maw. 
(llic rest of this is missing). 
In Jubaland : Jubaland swarms with gorgeous coloured 
birds, and it is the breeding season now (August), consequently 
most of the trees are clustered with various kinds of weavers' 
Photo F. Dawson-Smith. 
Weavers' Nests. 
nests. These are wonderful ! I often go out on my mule, or 
walk with my orderly into the Bush, just to watch and study 
them. There are so many different kinds of weavers, and the 
nests suspended literally in scores from bushes and trees are a 
marvellous sight. The trees overhanging the banks of the 
Juba River are festooned with them. 
There are swarms of sacred ibises, which are very tame. 
The whole country swarms with game — buck, guinea fowl, and 
grouse, ducks, etc., which come in handy for the pot. 
