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coming their repugnance to a sea voyage. From Lorenzo 

 Marquis, a fortnight's journey inland through the low 

 swampy districts inhabited by the Amatonga tribes in 

 dependence uponUmzila, will bring you to Manjobo's, his 

 commander-in-chief, who rules over a vast tract of table- 

 land abounding in every kind of game except elephant ; 

 indeed, during the whole journey there is splendid shoot- 

 ing. After leaving here it will take about three weeks 

 more to reach the king's, though the absolute distance is 

 not very great ; a fortnight of which is spent in passing 

 through an uninhabited country, where delays are inevit- 

 able from having to provide game for the large party of 

 at least a hundred men, which it is necessary to take. 



Once on the ground you find yourself in a healthy 

 country, too elevated for much fever, heavily wooded, and 

 much broken; and here, after leave has been obtained 

 from the king by a valuable present valuable at least to 

 him, and from the distance it has to be carried, you will 

 have as fine elephant-shooting as can probably be found in 

 any part of the world. With a good staff of hunters two 

 hundred are sometimes killed in two or three months. 

 Uzmila, however, is fully aware of the value of his pro- 

 perty, and will only grant permission for a limited time 

 to shoot in, or for a certain number to be killed. Men 

 on foot elephants, in my opinion, should always be 

 shot on foot ; there can be no excitement if one can 

 gallop away whenever they get angry and begin to charge, 

 and here, as horses would not live, there is no alternative 

 have been known to kill ten and twelve, and rumour 

 says even more, in a single day, and to my personal 

 knowledge eight have been brought to bag ; and those 



