. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. MY SECOND VOYAGE ON THE LAKE 57 we found a hard bottom again and a current running in a south-easterly direction at the rate of a mile an hour. This-. BtJDUMA WITH WIFE AND CHH-D surprised us, for we had never observed such a thing before in the Lake. At first we thought it might indicate the influence of a river ; but that was not the case, and it could only have been caused by the return of the water over mud- flats at the fall of the wind. During the night our Buduma friend decamped, so in the morning we organised a man hunt
. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. MY SECOND VOYAGE ON THE LAKE 57 we found a hard bottom again and a current running in a south-easterly direction at the rate of a mile an hour. This-. BtJDUMA WITH WIFE AND CHH-D surprised us, for we had never observed such a thing before in the Lake. At first we thought it might indicate the influence of a river ; but that was not the case, and it could only have been caused by the return of the water over mud- flats at the fall of the wind. During the night our Buduma friend decamped, so in the morning we organised a man hunt. He was eventually found lying on his belly in a reed swamp' at the other end of the island. He owed his discovery to a kite which hovered over his hiding-place so persistently that our attention was attracted to the spot. After that he bore himself with a very bad grace, sitting sullen and silent in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910; Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945. London, E. Arnold
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