CHAPTER XVII. 



BROKEN HILL TO BEIRA TRAVELLING BY TRAIN 



VICTORIA FALLS ON THE SEA ONCE MORE. 



THE station of Broken Hill, situated as it is in mid 

 forest, with trees growing right to the edge of the 

 compounds, looked pretty and well kept. 



The then terminus of the Rhodesian Railway was 

 in more open country, about a mile and a half from 

 the residential part of the town, and opposite a 

 copper mine and the hill which gives its name to 

 the place. In this hill is a very ancient cave with 

 curious fossil remains, but we had not time to 

 visit it. 



The manager of the African Lakes Company 

 placed an empty bungalow at our disposal, and here 

 we established ourselves. Our tents and machillas, 

 and such camp equipment as we could spare, were 

 carried direct to the company's stores and delivered 

 to the manager, as also all heads and skins intended 

 for despatch to England. As regards these, a num- 

 ber of formalities have to be complied with, including 

 a thorough disinfection, which takes some time. 



Travellers should be careful how they send their 

 property home through the Mozambique Company's 

 territory. Our trophies were nearly seized by the 

 Portuguese at Beira for want of a proper certificate 



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