CHAPTER XVIII. 



SPORT AND IMPRESSIONS OF NORTH-EAST RHODESIA. 

 BY COLONEL COLVILLE, C.B. 



THE journey from Mpika to Broken Hill was, I 

 think, in many ways the most interesting portion of 

 our expedition. The country we passed through 

 was less travelled by Europeans than any other part 

 of Africa we had yet visited. The natives were 

 less accustomed to the white man and his ways, 

 and consequently quite unsophisticated; their feeble 

 minds caused us some irritation, but the fact that 

 their intellects had remained at a low plane made 

 them interesting studies. 



The endless forests, the big rivers, the Lukulu 

 with its primitive crossing, the large flats stretching 

 away towards Lake Bangwelo, the Wulangulu Hills, 

 all left definite impressions on our minds. The 

 mere fact of being in the centre of the great Dark 

 Continent lent a sense of distance and isolation to 

 our position ; and the slight flavour of exploration, 

 with its concomitant uncertainties, supplied a zest 

 which greatly enhanced its interest. 



Want of time, the almost total absence of animal 

 or bird life, and worry with our porters detracted 

 somewhat from the pleasure of the journey. The 

 first cause prevented us from visiting Lake Bang- 

 welo, and from making a closer investigation of the 



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