SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



Kafirs whom I had requisitioned performed the 

 steep climb on to the plateau where I wished to 

 encamp. 



In the evening the coolies reached the spot, the 

 heavy baggage being far behind owing to the slowness 

 of the team. We passed the night as well as we could, 

 and next day the wagon rejoined us. My boxes 

 being very heavy, I decided, in order to lighten them, 

 to divide some of their contents to be carried by the 

 coolies. This proved an unfortunate precaution, 

 costing me part of my medical stores, which was 

 stolen by the natives. I believe the thief imagined 

 he had found an assortment of sweets, and I would 

 give a great deal to see his grimaces the day he tastes 

 a packet of ipecacuanha. Be this as it may, I shall 

 have to replace the stolen medicines, which is expen- 

 sive in a country where a pound of medicated wad- 

 ding, to be bought for a shilling at home, costs nearly 

 ten times that amount. Doctors and chemists 

 must certainly make their fortunes very quickly in 

 Mozambique. 



I decided to install myself on a terrace on the side 

 of the mountain ; a few yards beneath which a lovely 

 stream flows through the midst of a magnificent 

 forest. As I intend to spend several months among 

 these surroundings, I am erecting a durable camp, 

 and for this purpose am making use of my thirty 

 natives. I have traced a spacious circle on the 

 ground, the circumference of a large hut, our future 



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