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In the Heart of Africa 
when on excursions, and also when on the march with the caravan, 
of obtaining material from the loftier trees, and that, too, of 
excellent quality and in rich profusion. Of course, it was neces¬ 
sary to select a bough that in its fall would actually reach the 
ground, and not be left hung up at the top or caught by the smaller 
trees. A sharp look-out for blooms and fruits lying on the 
ground was also kept in the same manner as tracks are examined. 
The shots certainly caused a fair amount of splintering, and the 
specimens suffered in consequence of the small calibre and the 
excessive perforating power of the weapon used. Excellent 
results would doubtless be achieved with large calibre explosive 
projectiles fired from an elephant rifle with a relatively weaker 
charge of powder. 
“ The zoologist is even less advantageously situated than the 
botanist when a stay is cut too short. We did, indeed, see bush- 
buck, elephants, leopards, long-tailed monkeys, and colobus 
apes—saw them and partly tracked them, but never got within 
range. Our prizes in the way of birds and invertebrates were 
more satisfactory. At dusk, high above the valley, flocks of grey 
parrots would whistle melodiously in their flight to their roosting 
places, and a splendid touraco (Ruwenzorornis ckalcopktalmicus)^ 
a new species, closely allied to the Ruwenzorornis Johnstoni^ occa¬ 
sionally filled the forest with a manifold variety of cries. On 
the march, too, by a lucky shot Schubotz brought down a pair of 
giant touracos (Coryihaeola major')^ similar to the grey parrot 
variety belonging to the West African fauna. 
“After saying farewell to our Rukarara camp we soon crossed 
over the watercourse which lay between it and the brooks flowing 
to the Kiwu, between the Nile and the Congo. Our way led into 
the valley of the Schampf, in which for the first time in the 
Rugege Forest we saw the PodocarpuSy those splendid trees with 
their branches stretching up perpendicularly and uniting into a 
pyramid-shaped crown. It was a hitherto unknown species, but 
as I brought away neither blossoms nor fruits, their determination 
is uncertain. We ought to have camped in this beautiful valley, 
then I should have been enabled to collect abundant Podocarpus 
