CHAPTER IX. 



SPORT IN NYASALAND. 

 BY COLONEL COLVILLE, C.B. 



As elsewhere, shooting in Nyasaland has good and 

 bad points. Our impressions are the result of only 

 six weeks' experience of the country, so that we do 

 not wish to dogmatize ; but such as they are, we give 

 them in the hope they may be of use to others. 

 Among the advantages I would place the cheap and 

 liberal licence and the easy conditions drawn up by 

 a sportsman for the benefit of sportsmen ; the 

 comparative facility with which kudu and sable can 

 be obtained by those who desire these handsome 

 beasts; and lastly, freedom of movement during the 

 dry season, porters and food being everywhere 

 easily obtainable. 



Under the disadvantages I would place the 

 disagreeables of the journey to or from the coast, 

 according to the season of the year; the short time 

 available for sport; its "chuck and chance it" 

 nature, to use a fishing term ; the somewhat oppres- 

 sive and relaxing heat of the lowlands, where the 

 best sport is to be obtained; and the dryness and 

 monotony of the forests. 



The licence costs ^4, and this enables one to 

 shoot everything with the exception of elephant. If 



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