CHAPTEK VI 



FOEEST AND DALE IN LOUEENZO MAEQUES 



It is a little unfortunate that the railway over 

 which passengers travel to and from the Trans- 

 vaal should pass through such an uninviting 

 strip of territory after crossing the frontier as 

 that between Eessano Garcia and Lourenzo 

 Marques. The view obtained is apt to give one 

 the impression that all the country is of that 

 character. But this idea is erroneous. There 

 are uninhabited plains and forests but also 

 populous valleys. 



The Incomati, seen from the train, is typical 

 of several other rivers that give to the district 

 of Lourenzo Marques its characteristic features of 

 forest and dale. 



For a distance of some 135 miles, following 

 the windings of the river from its mouth at 

 Delagoa Bay, the Incomati flows through a low 

 alluvial plain. At Manhica, 80 miles from 

 Lourenzo Marques, a good view of part of this 



