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{201) several small islands which were rounded sand grass covered, yellow-green 
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in color and with ao narrow fringe of trees along the water, (202). 18: 
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20: Reached iintebhe at noon. ode about the town which was green and 
guite beautiful compared to Kisumu. liam of the amall white Bereta were 
seen feeding about the cattle and these allowed us to approach and photo- 
graph them at 15 feete At Bertie smith’s curio store I say rigs made of 
the Uganda duiker, several Servaline skins “né some young Sitatungea, also 
the large edible rat Thrynors. (cl: Reached Lusingn at 10 4.4%. but 1 
remained on the boat until 4 P,U. “he vide up the Kampala took an hours 
ost of the way wan through ((204) banana groves and Acanthue hedges over 
a wide road in bright red soil, “ha Dre on the way up found a *#lock of 
black Cevoosebus from which he snot four, “hey were very bold and came 
closer and closer as he shot and rerfined very close while he hunted 
lot of small fruit 
through the brush for the dead ones. Sater he shot & 
bets from inside an old house. During the night we had a thunder storm 
with occasional showers. 22: Wenk out with ".R., eR. and Knowles for 
We drove a swamp with some hundred natives and *lushed two 
Sitatunga. 
Sitatunges. 
with 20 inch horns. 
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One of these was shot by KR. and proved to be a good 3 
Stomach consents of this one wes only the leaves 
Shis buck stalked 
and stems of an herb, no grass whatever in the contents. 
throneh the reeds much like a bushbuck with head held iow and shuffling 
exit. (205) wring the day J-A.1L. caught several brown median-sised 
Grecidura, one Arvicanthus neuminni and one A, maspicua. Altitude of 
fect. 23: Left Karpala at noon in Rick 
Zampala by T.R. barometer 4000 
shaws with the Dre and d.AcLe “eles& KeHe stopped with Ynowles to beat 
out & patch of brush where two leopsirds had been seen. Sav only - few 
birds and & small lisard along the road. “The way ras slightly rolling 
over & wide road of red soil. lost of the way was through benane eroves 
but near camp, which was ten miles out, 4% was mostly elenhent grass 
country. Our camp vas newly conatrousted of elephant grass stenma vhich 
had the appearance of bamboo, A tall “ence enclosed several houxses of 
cane and space enough for 411 the beentaeandaw a fer “rythrina treas in 
biossom, these were all leafless, those in leaf beline flowerless. 
telegraph line skirted the road, the poles of which were srowing like 
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willow posts, ‘Saw mich triumfetta in blonsom. he cultivated vegetation 
was largely sweet potatoes, yams, cotton and a few oassava fields with 
Papagea trees slong the road. 24: Rained very hard during the night. 
JeAslL, OQfught about 16 small mammalea, one fairly large Crocidnra, one 
Satera, 2 species of Lespada and Ens hildepardae. None of these were Like 
those taken at Kampala where only Lophuronva and “hamnomys were takens 
Shot & small squirrel with two Light stripes bordered by bleck ones. 
Saw Only & few wagtails and doves slong the road and the tracks of two 
species of mingoose or Givet. Moat of the oountry pasred throuch vas 
gyre 
covered by the tall (207) elephant grass; saw & few Erythrina and fig 
trees @nd in the hollors meny date-Like pelms with tall slender trunks. 
Our camp was 12 miles away and built precisely like the lest of elephant 
“Yas8e “he houses and fence were decorated with Srvthrina, cockscomb and 
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purple Asters. =ained very hard about 3 P.H, and cleare¢ about 
ee p 
Seine 
and K,R. came in during the rain and reported no. leopard or evidence 
Caught several ius perormysous 
erocidurs. Shot & 
Nothing securec or touched 
of any on yesterdays bent at Karipala. 8: 
in the woods and two Legeadas and 4 3 Cercopithecus 
ascanius schmidti, the only one f seen. the 
meat used on the fire steel traps & few miles out of samp 1 shot 
& grey parrot. Later neas camp I shot a scresch owl. Yeretation some- 
what more varied than yesterday. Saw a fer of the --- trees in 
bloom, also a few small sunflower and Dombeyae bushraa. E.R. went ont 
for defassa, He saw a herd of cavernl and ahot one voung @dult ¢ with 
horns about 25 inches. 26: Caught a ° Genetta and one Mus endorobus. 
Wede camp at 1 PP... at Kabula Helirn.. 7.2. want out for kongoni and 
returned vithout seeing any. Ke shoth & Layge male bushbuck which was 
red and spotted like the females shat in Bast Africa. [4 waa a large 
bodied and apparently allied to [, Gara 
of Mavirondo. “The road toda: was 
largely through swamp without any patches of dense forest. The commonest 
tree was a large thorn tree with yellowisah-green foliage. <Gandelabtra 
euphorbias were Also common on the high rocky hills near camp. 27: Caught 
only a few Kus hildebranti. Loring caught aeverAl Lophuronmsa, Kus pero- 
mysous and Hus heluxus. K.R. went (209) ont early for buck and returmed 
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