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Show 1869.] REPORT OF MR. W. JESSE. 117 drawing to a close, we left Maraguay on the 31st of July on our return journey. When I arrived at Waliko, to which place Capt. Mokeler had preceded us, I found that he had been charged by a herd of some twenty Elephants, and had been forced to make good his escape into a tree, after hard running, and having left a bullet in the head of a large bull. At a later date I found myself in the same disagreeable predicament, and under a like disagreeable necessity. At Waliko I found two species of crested Cuckoo and the English Cuckoo. I also obtained a Bateleur Eagle, two species of Tortoise, and a small Squirrel. I must here state that Waliko is not, as represented in the map, on the right side of the river, but on the left, running down stream. From here we crossed over to Gabena Weld Gonfallon, or the River-plain, where Mr. Blanford and Capt. Mokeler killed a Rhinoceros. W e returned by the old route to Kokai and Gelamet, and then branched off to Rairo; here we stopped two days collecting. On the 15th of August we moved on again to Mombarharattby, where we killed a Lioness, one out of four, the others running away,-from this place to Ain (where we reentered our former route), which we quitted on the 17th of August for A m b a and Mai Wallet. Mr. Blanford and I stayed in A m ba from the 19th to the 21st, trying to obtain specimens of the " Oryx beisa." I unfortunately did not even see one; Mr. Blanford procured four specimens. W e went from A m b a to Massowah, which I left on the 27th for England. I append a list of m y collections, full information relative to which will appear at a later date:- Skins of mammals, about 24 Skull of an aboriginal 1 Skull of African Elephant 1 Skeleton of Rhinoceros 1 Heads of Antelope 3 Skeletons of other mammals, about .. 8 Skins of birds, about 750 Birds and Mammals in spirit, about.. 20 Reptiles in spirit, about 6 Tortoises and Lizards, about 6 Fish, about 30 Crustacea, about 50 Lepidoptera, about 150 Coleoptera, about 200 Total number of specimens, about.. 1250 The following living specimens were also forwarded to the Zoological Society from Zoulla:- Young Wild Cats * 2 Jerboa-like Land-Rats 2 Guinea-fowls 2 * These were the only specimens forwarded by Mr. Jesse that reached the Society alive. They were the young of Felis maniculata, Eiippell.-P. L. S. |
