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) ajax, white headed fish eaples, cattite egrets and black and white king- 
(221) fishers. A troup of (221) a dozen baboons were seen on a hill, some on 
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the ground and others in trees to get a better view. At four we stopped 
at & large Bari village to get wood and allow the porters to cook thelr 
food. Here the Dr. shot an eagle owl. "he Baril here lived in villages 
with a light stockade about and about a dosen houses and many graineries 
inside. ‘The wonen wore only an apron and a tong tail behind like the 
Kaivorondo. “hey do mch fishing with a Large Wicker trap. any of these 
were seen set about the nile, the spot being marked by & Line of stakes 
projecting into the river. ‘These traps ware about 4 feet high by 3 in 
diameter and in shape Ne section “heir fond aonsiste also of 
chiefly, but no bananas or sweet potatoes are 
used. “hey are anid to feed on game also. Goats were the only domestic 
stock as in Uganda sheep and cattle apparently not able to live near the 
file. ‘Several "dorobo-like dogs were seen in the village. Steamed into 
the night and anchored in Hippo Bay ah 9 P.M. 9: ent ashore and made 
camp at 9 A.M,; the earlyrmorning being very fopey. The countzy about the 
baoy was rolling slightly and covered with the brown barked acacia and 
Kigelia trees with erass a few feek high everywhere, Ho pRime seen along 
the Nile. Altitude of Hippo Bay 2200 feet; temperature 96° in the shade at 
3 P.M. 10: Went out early with .d.0. a fer minutes atter "RR, and party 
had started for the white rhino country. We found the grass everyehere 
10 feet high and dry se we lost both the party and theix trail. We found 
quite a number of rhino tracks and trails and finally (223) found a large 
toto and its mother but they holted at once and we only saw her back in the 
grasse Oribi sign wan everywhere in the bared spots about anthilis, 
the droppings being as usual in a little heap. Saw four Oribi, also two. 
bushbuck and two dark red duikxers and five fiefassa, tvo solitary males 
and & herd of three females. Saw hippo tracks and dung everywhere near 
the nile and during the night we heard them bellowing throughout the whole 
‘night. .R. and KR. found a herd of 4 rhino weet of the camp and kilied 
a female and a small calf, the male escaped wounded and the other one got 
away without any damages. “he female was not any larger than the black 
species with a front horn of 24 inches and a very short rear horn. ‘The 
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(223) stomach contents was solely grass. “he mele that was wounded was found 
a week later, under the auidance of enitnres, and the skull and horns 
preserved. “‘rees were chiefly the soacta, the Combretum and a bean- 
bearing tree with long elirpitical Leaves. Se another species of Kigelia 
with lone slender fruit and flower in pendulous vine like clusters, Saw 
a few of the candelabra euphorbias bolow camp. Loring caught several 
Arvicanthus barbarus, @ “atera, A large Lophuromys, three species of 
Srocidurea and two ius. 11: Remained at the rhino akine and finished 
paring them. Heard no carnivores during the night. “yees about camp 
festooned with brown vultures, Kites and Marabou storks. ™.R. said today 
there were five rhino together when he shot but none were undoubted males, 
although i+ is very probable there was one. Hair on the tip of the tails 
is quite soft and not stiff like in the black species. “The old female 
fs no larger than a large ¥ blank rhino but she has a distinct high hump. 
te: At 2 AM. 2 lions came into camp and beaen feeding on the viscera of 
the rhino within 15 feet of the skinners tent, Ye were soon avakened by 
their growling and the skinners left theiz tent and came over to build 
® fire near the cook tent. “e lit two lanterns and mide much noise and 
talked loudly getting guns and the acetylene Light loaded but it had no 
effect on the lions who kept on feeding. When the acetylene light got 
under way they left the cramp and moved into the grass. “he skinners 
attempted to go back to their tent but several growls warned them away 
again. At 4.30 they returned agin and remained at some short distance 
eorvling until deylight. he akinnersa in the morning thoueht by the 
tracks on the burnt grass that there were three lione. (226) Heard no 
Fyaenas or leopard during the night. Covered the nev burn on the way back 
to camp. Here we saw several herds of 10-15 cob, 1 common duiker, 1 Oribi 
two defassa hesides severnl large ground hornbills, 1 greater and one black 
bellied bustard. Sav several fresh tracks of rhino on the burn. 13: Went 
out early with “.R. for rhino. fu fonnd three about 9 A.H. not far from 
where the first two were shot. 2. shot the largest, & male with very 
short horns, @ 2 escaped and a large young one came back to the JF but wh en 
we shouted it bolted. “he one shot was 12 feet lone shout the size of & 
large black rhino. On its neck wan a prominent hump which was fleshy 

