They went off to where an elephant had formerly been killed, and brought the tusks rotted and eaten or gnawed by "Dere" ( ?)--a Rodent, probably the _Aulocaudatus Swindermanus_.

Three large rivers were crossed, breast and chin deep; in one they were five hours, and a man in a small canoe went ahead sounding for water capable of being waded.

Much water and mud in the forest.

This report makes me thankful I did not go, for I should have seen nothing, and been worn out by fatigue and mud.

They tell me that the River Metunda had black water, and took two hours to cross it, breast deep.