. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DfAiir. 173 iiijidc IIK 'iiNC w ;inl, [l(l lli;s )i;iii{|v "I :iii(| 1-1 to liii k ;i III akc li.' 11 ;i t\\( •lv(. .-III ceil ;iM we (r ivo !'(•(' of >^' iicck, breast, and somo way down tlic hack and sides ar(» 1)1 ii^lit, dark, crimson; all tlic rest of the hird is a hcau- titiil vclvcty-l)lack. I have seen several of tlieni here, and shot two, hnt lost theni in tlie lonj^ <j;rass. It has suddenly dawned upon nn« since that it is ii cardinal
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DfAiir. 173 iiijidc IIK 'iiNC w ;inl, [l(l lli;s )i;iii{|v "I :iii(| 1-1 to liii k ;i III akc li.' 11 ;i t\\( •lv(. .-III ceil ;iM we (r ivo !'(•(' of >^' iicck, breast, and somo way down tlic hack and sides ar(» 1)1 ii^lit, dark, crimson; all tlic rest of the hird is a hcau- titiil vclvcty-l)lack. I have seen several of tlieni here, and shot two, hnt lost theni in tlie lonj^ <j;rass. It has suddenly dawned upon nn« since that it is ii cardinal .rnisheak, oidy ii youn«,' hird. Hard at work all day uritiii;^ ont my hird-notes. Ihrnnhrr 2^f/i.—'I'his morninfjj, aliont two or three o'clock, 1 was wakened ont of a sonnd sleej) hy a fj;reat vclliii;^ amongst tho Arahs outside the camp. On J^oin;^ (lilt 1 heard h)ud sin«<inroceedin}jj from a lar<^e canoe wliicli was jjfoinfij down the river, on the opposite side, and it was at this canoe that the yells of the Arahs were evidently directed. After a time a <j;nn was tired helow our camp, and then all was still. This morning we hciud the followinjj; story :—Yesterday the Arahs cap- tured a lar<^e canoe from a villa|^e down river, and took it u]) to a small camp they have formed just ahove us. Tliis mornin<? at ahout three o'clock, when the mo<m was shining hri«j;htly, some natives came up from the village in a canoe and surprised the Arahs who were asleep in the captured canoe, and who were supposed to he guarding it. According to one version of the tale, there were five men in the canoe, of whom three escaped without wounds, one escaped badly stabbed, and the fifth was killed or taken captive by the natives. The other account said there were three men in the canoe, of whom one was taken prisoner, the second stabbed, and the third killed. Both stories agree on one point, that the natives captured four guns. The Arab chief came and asked if we co
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