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between the hoofs. This does not prevent the men 
from wishing to eat it before it should become worse. 
30th. — Halt. Eain during the night. We are 
haunted by three different coloured vultures. The 
first is the ragged-looking, wedge-headed vulture of 
Uganda notoriety, the "m'ssega," easily caught in a 
trap by a bent bough and two nooses. His plumage 
is a dull sepia colour. The whole neck is red and 
bare, with a ruff of white feathers circling the root 
of the neck. The second, probably the female, is a 
much bolder bird, larger, and of a dun colour, with 
a bare, dark grey, or black neck, called " m'foongoo " 
by the Seedees. The third was a very shy bird, 
quite as large as, and plumper than the last, and 
much handsomer than either. His plumage was jet- 
black, with the rump, thigh feathers, and rear half of 
the wings snowy white. 
The hut I am in is full of small lizards about six 
inches long. In fighting, two chased each other round 
and round, with intervals, in a small circle, keeping 
their tails everted, for fear of being bitten off. The 
largest got hold of the other's foot, held it most 
viciously, while the other, struggling, made its escape. 
They live by stalking up to flies, and suddenly 
pouncing on them.. At night they have the power, 
like flies, of sleeping while on the ceiling of the hut. 
After rain, when small red centipedes were on the 
ground, I have seen these little animals make a rush 
at the insect, shake it as a dog would a rat, leave it 
there, and run back to the hut. On examining the 
insect, which remained motionless, its head was found 
to have been eaten off. 
31st. — Halt. I was roused out of a fast sleep by 
