82 PRESENTATION OF A LIVE LUNG-FISH 
surprising to hear that the hunter was absolutely unable to 
distinguish the sex or immaturity of the animal he shot. In 
order to take this picture it occupied one hour and a half hard 
work, chopping and clearing bamboos and bush. The native 
holding the head is a Dorobo. 
ON THE PRESENTATION OF A LIVE LUNG-FISH TO 
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, LONDON 
By R. J. Cuninghame 
Mr. C. W. Woodhouse (Assistant Game Ranger) deserves 
every congratulation on having successfully transported a 
live Lung-Fish from Lake Victoria Nyanza to London. Many 
years ago (1898) I endeavoured to accomplish the same thing, 
but owing to the more primitive transport facilities that then 
existed, disaster soon befell my captive. 
A letter was received from Mr. Woodhouse early this year 
in connection with the capture of his Lung-Fish, and I now 
quote from it in extenso : — 
‘ Notes on a Lung-Fish . . . dug up in the swamp near 
the Kibos River, Kisumu, Lake Victoria Nyanza . . . 1913. 
‘ Reports having been obtained from natives with regard 
to a species of fish which buried themselves in the mud, it was 
considered that an investigation might prove of interest. 
‘ On the . . . inst. two small boys were observed to be 
digging busily in the above-mentioned swamp, which has been 
drained by the District Commissioner of Kisumu, and where 
there has been no water for at least seven months. The boys 
were digging through hard, dry, peaty mud, and presently 
extracted a fish. . . . The next day, through the kindness 
of the D.C., a large number of boys were sent to hunt for indi- 
cations of these fish, so that the whole procedure might be 
observed and the fish taken alive, if possible. 
‘ The procedure by the natives was as follows : The surface 
indications of these fish are holes in the papyrus roots which 
have the appearance of small craters (i.e. with raised edges). 
‘ When such a place is found, a stick, or a papyrus stalk, 
is thrust down and, on withdrawal, is carefully smelt. If a 
