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(215) few mosquitos. 4: Left Hoima at 10 A.M, and made camp on the Butiaba 
road some 14 miles out at Yajwrae Country chiefly heavy elephant grass 
like the region neab Kampale with trees and streams in the ravines. Man y 
date palms, erythrina and Spathodea troen seen. The telegraph poles were 
in leaf as usual and are said to be the bark-cloth tree. Much of the 
undergrowth was the Acanthus and “riumfetta. A fine leaved Acacia with 
immense very flat thin pods was common along the route. 6: Caught noth- 
ing in the traps. Left very early and arrived at Butiaba at noon. Country 
to the edge of the csoarpnent was shinfly the trianewlar fruited trees, 
Aoacia, ete., but no live telegraph poles, and only a few date pelne. 
Grass chiefly low with little elephant grass except near Majwra. Below 
the escarpment was a five mile flat well covered with brush and (216) trees 
and very level with black soil hosanantls at one time the lake bed. Trees 
here chiefly candelabra euphorbias, thorn trees with many aloes and san- 
severia bensath the bushes, also sone climbing euphorbias. Near the lake 
shore was much grass and @ papyrus awamp. A cool breese blew from the 
south in the late P.M. a thunder shower blew up from the escarpment. 
Lake beach grassy and steep with wares tro feet high breaking close in 
shoree A few borassas palms near the beach, the first seen since leaving 
the Mafu River. Along the Yalki River near the escarpment I photographed 
some clumps of screw pines, the first [ have seen. Sav considerable 
rabbit dung Along the rosd, the firet noted in Uganda. ‘racks of defassa 
geen near Yaki River. All along the road (217) I noted the yellow fruited 
shrubby Solanum so common through B.U.A. 6: Caught only one Crocidura 
during the night. J.Asl. trapped Mus helukus, two Ovocidura, one large 
Mus and a Gerbil. “Yent out shooting with %.R. in the lake on a large 
boat for crocodiles. Sav only the back of one. ‘The shove of Butials 
Bay is very sandy and low with a fringe of Ambatch treea along the shore 
backed up in the wetter parts by tules and @ flat-bladed reed like cat- 
tails but standing 7 feet or so abouwe the water. Saw a large monitor 
lizard about 6 feet long at which ".R. shot but it got away. I shot 
several sorts of birds, the rusty crovned egret which associates with 
catile, a white heron, a snake bird, several spur-winged plovers, a stilt, 
@ lily-trotter. ‘%e saw many cormorants and several of the white-headed 
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(218) fish eagles, Perch were seen Jumping everswhere, About the edge of the 
lake in the dry sand a very stiff pointed leaved, many jointed Brass 
Brows abundantly which ulin through your olithing aa you walk through 
it. . Day very windy with a heavy south wind and conaiderable sea on the 
lake. ‘Sky overcast obscuring the Congo mountains and west shore of the lake. 
Thunder shower in the distance. At midnight we hed a heavy shower for 
ebout one hours duration. K.R. went out toward the escarpment and shot a 
Grime's Dulker. He also saw a herd of # Sobus coh. Set some traps in a 
patch of wire grass where { caught a Dendzorya which had a dorsal black 
stripe and prowhinent white marks about the ears; caught also two mediam 
Sized Grogidura and a legeata. In places there were runways in which bits 
of the cut grass was seen like the rose of an Oborms. (2819). 7: Lett 
Butiaba at 10 A.M. Yeather overcdast with a strong head wind from the 
north, “ook passage with Dr. M. and JsA.Le On She sail boat James Martin, 
The launch Kenia towed us for the fizsh three hours while the headwind 
lasted. Winally the wind shifted to # fair breese and we hoisted sail, 
on the James Martin and towed the two smaller boats. About four we ploked 
up the Kisinginu and finally made Kobr at 10 P.M. in the dark. he west 
shore of Lake Albert was very steep and rather thiniy covered with small 
bushes or trees, A few patches of heavy forest wan seen near the KhOveC > 
“he kongo hilla rose in several tiers apparentiy to a heieht of some 8000 
feet. A few gulls and terns were seen on the Jake, also a few fish, 86: 
Steamed a11 nisht on the Mile and made “adelai at noon. Mile very mich the 
same throughout its course. Banks low on the east side and papyrus swanips. 
West bank hilly with seattered thorn frees and grase- No native villages 
seen but & few canoe men were scen, Guite a number of the candelabra 
euphorbins. Saw several hippos but moat of them very shy. Only a few 
huts were to be seen at Wadelai inhpbited by a few naked natives. Country 
rolling and grassy with a few Acacian. Below Fadelai both banks were 
covered heavily by large areas of panrrna through which the river mede 
many chennela. Saw only two hippos and a single crocodile. The crock 
was shout 10 feet long and lay high up on ® bank in one of the back channels. 
when it saw the flotille it turned very rapidly and dashee into the water. 
™he birds seen along the "Nile were okiefly the snake birds, blue herons, 

