. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIART. 91 liavc d imaged several skins, " bad luck to them," and are the same kind that used to cat our antelope skins in South Africa. I shall now only use the arsenical soap I bouj'ht at Zanzibar. One soldier managed to buy a little fish to-day. /«/// l^fli.—It is hopeless to send the men out with auv oi' the muniaparas (chiefs), as they sit down and let tlic men do just as they like; the consequence is [hat hom 6 until after 11 in the fo
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIART. 91 liavc d imaged several skins, " bad luck to them," and are the same kind that used to cat our antelope skins in South Africa. I shall now only use the arsenical soap I bouj'ht at Zanzibar. One soldier managed to buy a little fish to-day. /«/// l^fli.—It is hopeless to send the men out with auv oi' the muniaparas (chiefs), as they sit down and let tlic men do just as they like; the consequence is [hat hom 6 until after 11 in the forenoon, and tiom until after 5 , I have to do nothing but staiul over them and make them work. It is a wretched wav to spend one's time. It is only by sitting up at niijlit, and on the Sunday half-holiday, that I get any time to do anything. I have now 25 birds' skins, and this morning added some lovely specimens to my buttcrtiy collection. Spread two tarpaulins over tlie roof of my house, hoping to prevent tlie rain from tiooding it as the last did. The Majors house is now in an advanced state, as nearly all the framework is up. Fared sumptuously to-day, lunching off a stewed pigeon and dining off a stewed chicken. There has been no trading with the natives. The rats are getting very numerous in my house, and I must begin to shoot them, or, if I get the time, make a trap. They fight and scamper about across the floor and over the boxes without taking the slightest notice of anyone. Juhj 2^th.—Spent the whole day with the men cutting and carrying wood. I took my painting things out with me in the hopes that I might be able to get a few sketches of some of the principal trees; but what with looking after the men, and my drawing being visited (whilst wet) by every known species of insect, I found it a veiy hopeless task. The moment that you move a few yards from the men they stop cutting, and when you shout at them to show that you are quite close, they cut a few st
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