Impressions of North-East Rhodesia 



both before and after on the rich grass by which the 

 watercourses are bordered. In the evening small 

 game, such as reedbuck, puku, oribi will begin to 

 emerge from the forests between 4 and 5 P.M. ; but 

 the larger antelope, more especially bulls, do not 

 come out to the open much before sunset. If dis- 

 turbed they will return into the forest before sunrise, 

 but otherwise they remain feeding till the increasing 

 heat of the sun drives them to shelter. 



As long as the dambos contain water, game 

 continues to frequent them, but perforce migrate so 

 soon as they are dry. This movement of the game 

 from the dambos does not, however, result in a closer 

 assembly, as it would do in a less well-watered 

 country ; it merely means further dispersion to the 

 forests for food and shelter from the scorching sun, 

 and to the numberless rivers for water, where there 

 is always a plentiful supply to be found, watering- 

 places being innumerable. The forests are vast, 

 and at the end of the dry season a light rain starts 

 the young grass shooting up amongst the trees, 

 producing feeding grounds everywhere. Game 

 would have indeed to be plentiful to make any show 

 under these conditions. 



We took fifteen days to get from Mpika to 

 Luambwa river ; we saw eland once, roan twice, and 

 hartebeest not at all. 



To show the way sport varies with the season, 

 Mr. Melland during late September and early 

 October followed the road we travelled as far as the 

 Lumbatwa river. His trip lasted nineteen days, 

 of which five were spent in a boat on the lake itself; 



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