CHAPTER XIII 



A JOURNEY TO AMATONGALAND (concluded) 



Receive information concerning the haunts of the inyala — Heavy 

 thunderstorm — Start for Gugawi's kraal — Cross the Usutu river 

 — Reach Gugawi's — Go out hunting — Crested guinea-fowl 

 seen — Two inyalas shot — Angas's description of the inyala 

 antelope — Inyala skins prepared for mounting — Now safe in 

 Natural History Museum — A third inyala shot — One missed — 

 Move farther up the Usutu river — Country denuded of game — 

 Bushbucks scarce — Hippopotamuses in river — Heavy thunder- 

 storm — Two more male inyalas shot — Start on return journey to 

 Delagoa Bay — Tedious journey — Intense heat — End of trip — 

 Slight attacks of fever. 



There were now abundant signs that I was 

 approaching the haunts of the beautiful antelope 

 I had come so far to seek, as inyala skins and horns 

 were very much in evidence round Mr. Wissels's 

 store, and several of the latter had manifestly been 

 but recently killed. All these animals, Longman 

 assured me, had been shot by the Amatonga 

 within a short distance of the store, in the dense 

 jungles lying in the angle between the Usutu and 

 Pongolo rivers, which I could now see covering 

 some low ridges at a distance of not more than 

 six or seven miles from where we stood. Had it 

 not been for the rain, I should have gone on the 

 same afternoon ; however, I gathered a good deal 

 of information and arranged for a start with fresh 

 carriers as early as possible the following day — my 

 objective point being the kraal of an Amatonga 



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