BY DEAD RECKONING

Journeys on a Road Less Travelled

By William H. Ellis

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Chapter 1

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Zambia

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The Lady Head beset by ice in Hudson Straight, 1891. Photo by Rev. J.A. Newnham

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Bishop Newnham and family setting out for Moosonee from Chapleau, Ontairo, ca 1897

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Grandfather Newnham with Bengie

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Hep Ellis on geological servey, 1926

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The Wedding Party at Government House, 1928 Front: Gov. Sir James Maxwell, Kay Hep, Lady Maxwell Back: Bernice and Wilson Webb

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“On safari with my outfit.” D.H.E. (a.k.a. Hep Ellis)

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“Knobby Carlisle with the lioness.” D.H.E.

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“For Kay. The young hopeful after six months in the bush.” D.H.E.

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Dr. Bancroft taking notes at a find of Hep’s in the bush.

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C.R. Kingston and Hel Ellis, Nkana Mine

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“The pontoon ferry on the Kafue River.” D.H.E.

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Beryl Markham with her DeHavilland Moth at Ndola

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The Edinburgh Castle in Cape Town harbour, 1932

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Kay and Joey with a friend. Bwana Mkubwa mine.

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Bath time for Bushtick Bill

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Bengie on Shebani

Chapter 3

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Zambia

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Bengie on the farm

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Bush flying in Northern Saskatchewan at -30°C

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Winter flying on the Prairies

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Winter flying on the Prairies

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The “Three Old Men” on the Soccer Team John Barden, fullback; Mike Haskins, centre half and captain; Bill Ellis, fullback

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Chapter 4

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Pakistan

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In a Punjab Town

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On the way to Waziristan

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N.W. Frontier Rangers on patrol

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Me, at work

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In the souk at Landikotal

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At Landikotal

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The Vale of Swat

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My Hazara shepherd friend

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A survey crew on the Kashmir border

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A resident of Kalam

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In convoy …

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… to the Gomal River damsite

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Near the head of the Swat Valley

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Evening in the Tribal Territories

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The Vale of Swat

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Pashtuns

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Approaching the village of Tank

Chapter 5

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Pakistan North Portion

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Over Kashmir, upper Jhelum River.

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Approaching Nanga Parbay

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Confluence of Gilgit and Indus River

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In the upper Indus Valley

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A good gauging place

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A tight spot on the Indus Canyon trail

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The bridge to Chilas

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A school in Hunza

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Part of west face of Nanga Parbat

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A polo match in Gilgit

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The bridge to Hunza

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On Hunza’s single road

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Chapter 7

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Ready to go at Lahore

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… and at Athens

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My Pakistani pilots’ license

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The Infamous Telegram

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Charlie Zulu’s “basic” panel

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The tower at RAF Base Sharjah

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“The Fort” at RAF Base Sharjah

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On the way to saftey, Muharraq

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The “airport” at Badanah

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Pumping Station “Hotel Seven”

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Among the big boys at RAF Base Muharraq

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With the L.A.T. crew at Beirut Airport

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Bangladesh

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Our house in Dhaka during monsoon season

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In the Old City

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A delta ferry

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On the River Megna near Dhaka

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Cultivating to the river bank

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A Dhaka street scene

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The Ganges Delta in the dry season

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A country scene

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Evening in the rice paddies

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Wendy, a local resident, and Knobby on a snowy morning in Kalam

Chapter 10

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Islands in the Mouths of the Ganges

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A survivor

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Bengalis beginning repairs to the dikes

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Some of our refugee guests

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Remains of a 200-ton sluice structure

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Over the Jheel, morning has broken

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Airport Road at start of the pogrom

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Remains of a house six miles inland

Chapter 13

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Saudi Arabia

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Nigeria

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The Sahara from 30,000 feet

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The Gari River and project lands

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Lining the raceway below the dam

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Making rip-rap for dam facing

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Hausa village elders

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Local visitors at our bush camp

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Hausa village women

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A Fulani shepherd with his cattle

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Ahmadou, our Bouzou camp guard

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Market Day in Danbatta

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The Al Hasa oasis, near Hofuf The farm site is the middle of the photo

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Setting a well casing

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Drillers drilling

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Local Saudis we hired from a village near the farm.

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Water flowing

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Bedouin visitors to the farm site

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A Bedouin shepherd passing the Project. A land plane is at work in the background.

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With my favourite toy on the farm

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The approach to landing at Norm’s ranch. The “landing strip” is a farm track in the middle distance just beyond the small pond.

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Me “roughing out” an irrigation ditch

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Bengie and I at my home in California

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Mother at age seventy

Chapter 15

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Setting our for Kili (Kilimanjaro)

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Our porters resting on the Kibo Saddle

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Laurie and Jackie at Kibo Hut

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Norm, Dave and porters nearing…

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The Horombo huts. Kiki in the background.

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A last look back at Kilimanjaro