. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIARY. 87 to take him prisoner. IJarttolot is sufFering from a kind of low fever. At present our situation with the natives is this :âwe have two fowls and some fish, two women and a baby; the natives have got Omari. I hope thinijs be straightened out a little to-morrow. Visitod sentries last night as usual. July 12th.âGave orders this morning that no man is to leave camp without an order from Barttelot or myself, nor without a rifle. One of the Som
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIARY. 87 to take him prisoner. IJarttolot is sufFering from a kind of low fever. At present our situation with the natives is this :âwe have two fowls and some fish, two women and a baby; the natives have got Omari. I hope thinijs be straightened out a little to-morrow. Visitod sentries last night as usual. July 12th.âGave orders this morning that no man is to leave camp without an order from Barttelot or myself, nor without a rifle. One of the Somalis died to-day; he has been ill for a long time, and had almost entirely lost the use of his legs. Barttelot still seedy; he eats simply nothing. Certainly plain boiled rice and musty beans do not encourage a weak appetite. Juhj 13f/i.âAfter parade sent the men to continue clearing the river-bank, and to deepen the ditch at both ends where it joins the boma. At the end next the spring the bottom of the ditch is stone, and the men have regularly to quarry it. They have built a wall across the end, which would be quite a respectable one, even in Ireland. The natives have made no signs of coming to terms. I shot a small bird, black, with white spots on the wings, which is quite new to me. After lunch had a tremendous time amongst my collections, drying them in the sun. Killed one of the chickens, and ate it stewed in rice for dinner. A little bit of meat like this is a great godsend, but I man?ge to thrive wonderfully on rice and beans. I proposed to-day that one of us ought to take Matajabu and some of the Soudanese to-morrow to the place where the natives land for manioc, and, hiding the men, see if Matajabu cannot get them to have a palaver. July \^th.âHad to begin the day by flogging a sentry, whom I caught so sound asleep that I had to strike him three times with a stick before he awoke. To this class of men we have to trust ourselves at night! Major Barttelot took Mata
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