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[13 th October 1948] tea I set out to see what there was 
in what light remained. 
On the swamp were one 
BLACK CORMORANT, many L PIED CORMORANTS, 
COOT, EASTERN SWAMPHEN, BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL, 
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER, STRAW-NECKED IBIS, 
YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL (two nests), WHITE-NECKED 
and WHITE-FRONTED HERON, SWAN, MOUNTAIN DUCK, 
(95) WOOD DUCK (new) GREY TEAL, BLACK DUCK. After 
stalking a flock of WOOD-DUCK, feeding on the 
edge of the swamp I returned to the 
house after a very good first day 
convalescing! 
14th October 1948 Langkoop. I had "Lassie" saddled 
44 up for me. She was a docile creature 
with a great fondness for grass and 
home so that she had continually to be 
corrected. I had always imagined 
a horse to be an ideal animal for use 
in ornithology. But it is not. The horse 
has to be halted (which takes time) and 
then unless trained to be perfectly still. It 
will eat and shuffle and move on, which 
