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TWO THIEVES . 
[chap. IX. 
mountains, about sixteen miles distant due south of 
my camp. I could only account for this occurrence* 
by the supposition that an immense mass of the granite 
rock might have detached itself from a high mountain, 
and, in falling to the valley, it might have bounded 
from a projection on the mountains side, and thus 
have caused a double report. 
June 13.—I shot ten ducks and geese before break¬ 
fast, including one of the large black and white geese 
with the crimson head and neck. On my return to 
camp I weighed this—exactly eleven pounds; this 
goose has on either pinion-joint a sharp, horny spur, an 
inch in length. 
During my morning stroll I met hundreds of natives 
running excitedly with shields and spears towards 
Adda's village : they were going to steal the cattle 
from a village about four miles distant; thus there will 
be a fight in the course of the day. The Latooka 
stream is now full, and has the appearance of a per¬ 
manent river carrying a considerable body of water to 
the Sobat. 
I met with two thieves while duck-shooting this 
morning—the one an eagle, and the other a native. 
The beautiful white-throated fish-eagle may generally 
be seen perched upon a bough overhanging the stream, 
ready for any prey that may offer. This morning I 
shot two ducks right and left as they flew down the 
course of the river—-one fell dead in the water, but the 
other, badly hit, fluttered along the surface for some 
distance, and was immediately chased and seized by a 
fish-eagle which, quite reckless of the gun, had been 
watching the sport from a high tree, and evinced a 
desire to share the results. My men, not to be done 
out of their breakfast, gave chase, shouting and yelling 
to frighten the eagle, and one of them having a gun 
loaded with buckshot, fired, and the whirr-r of the 
charge induced the eagle to drop the duck, which was 
triumphantly seized by the man. 
The other thief was a native. I fired a long shot 
