CHAPTER XIII. 



MPIKA TO KOPAS OUR NEW MACHILLA TEAMS 



TROUBLE WITH PORTERS HOW LUGGAGE TRAVELS 



THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA. 



THE regular post road from Mpika to Broken Hill 

 runs via Serenje and Mkushi, a twenty-one days' 

 journey, and along it no shooting is to be ex- 

 pected. In order to enable us to see more of the 

 country, and at the same time to procure some 

 sport, Mr. Melland advised us to march westward 

 along the Luatikila river as far as Kopas, and 

 thence southwards, skirting Bangwelo and passing 

 over the Wulangulu Hills to Mkushi and Broken 

 Hill ; and this plan we decided to adopt, as it would 

 take us well out of the beaten track and along a 

 road little travelled, which would doubtless offer 

 many points of interest en route. 



Eland were the beasts we were most anxious to 

 secure. They had been recently reported in the 

 neighbourhood of Kulukenia's village, some twenty 

 miles or so to the westward of Mpika, so Mr. 

 Melland suggested that, in order to avoid waste of 

 time, we should march at once to Kulukenias and 

 there await the arrival of our porters; and he most 

 kindly supplied us with sufficient men from local 

 sources to enable us to do this. 



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