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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
heavily directly it started, and before it had gone fifty yards 
capsized. Unluckily for Hunter, most of his things were in 
this boat, including his rifles. Everything was, needless to say, 
in a fearful state when recovered, but nothing of value, except 
one snider carbine and some boots, were lost, all the other things 
being brought up by our men, who dived for them. 
On the 27th we arrived safely at Golbanti, having come a 
great pace down-stream. The only loss to the expedition this 
trip was that of three dogs, who died from bites of the tse-tse 
fly. As we had now rather more time on our hands than we 
knew what to do with, and as we had unpleasant accounts of 
the fighting between the Germans and the natives farther 
south, we resolved to wait at Golbanti nine days instead of 
waiting so long at Lamu for the steamer. This was not parti¬ 
cularly pleasant at this time of year, as the country was flooded 
all round the mission-house, and it was impossible to get on to 
any shooting-ground without wading for over twenty minutes 
through a black muddy swamp, with water up to the chest. 
This, however, we had to do, and amused ourselves shooting 
quail, partridges, &c., of which we made some fair bags. The 
mosquitos were also fearful, and I had to retire under my 
mosquito-curtains immediately after dinner every evening. 
During the last month up the river the weather had been 
very hot, in the middle of the day the thermometer varying 
from 93 0 to 98° in the shade. From Golbanti we found our 
way by Charra into the Ozi river, and from the mouth of that 
overland from Kapini to Lamu. 
Yours ever, 
ROBERT G. HARVEY. 
