44 SOUTH AFRICA. 



In the Chartered Company's territories all 

 species of African game animals are represented 

 here and there, and sometimes good sport is to 

 be had, under certain restrictions as to seasons 

 and amount of slaughter. Those parts of the 

 country consisting for the most part of highland 

 plateaux are mostly healthy enough for men, but 

 horses are decimated by the African distemper. 

 Near the Zambesi the country is always feverish, 

 and game not very abundant now. 



A trip in the Great Thirst Land of the Kalliharri 

 I have found pleasurable enough, given a good crop 

 of the indigenous watermelon, which is uncertain, 

 or an unusually good rainfall. This desert is 

 exceptionally healthy for man and beast at all 

 seasons, and the pasturage is the very best to be 

 found in Africa. Here, in various parts, giraffe 

 and eland are to be got, the stately gembuck is 

 often plentiful, and brindled gnus, hartebeestes, 

 and springbuck are denizens of these dry lands. 

 Of running water there is none, and in other forms 

 that element is rare, but by good management, and 

 under experienced guidance, a very pleasant time 

 may be spent in the Kalliharri and good sport 

 obtained. The smaller game to be always found 



