SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



stint, and I cannot find one who is not dead-drunk. 

 Their state is due to Kafir beer, made from sorghum 

 meal, boiled and fermented. I know some Europeans 

 who declare this beverage delicious ; personally, I 

 find it absolutely nauseous, for it contains both food 

 and drink, and, above all, a certain slight tart taste 

 mingled with a smell of mouldiness, of which I retain 

 a far from pleasant recollection. On the other hand, 

 the Kafirs are fond of it to such a degree that one- 

 half of the crop goes to the manufacture of the beer, 

 and towards the end of the agricultural year a period 

 of famine always precedes the ripening of the maize. 

 This drink, which is widely spread over all South 

 Africa, is known, in the different districts, as pombe y 

 tchouala, aroua, etc. 



Passing the night in the village, I did not take the 

 trouble to have the tent pitched, and hired a hut, 

 in which we slept very badly in the midst of a legion 

 of rats. I decide to spend the following day in 

 searching for roan antelope. After nine hours' tramp- 

 ing I return grumbling. I go out again and return 

 with a brace of mitred guinea-fowl for our sole roast. 

 This species is common. Its feathers are black and 

 white, and its bare head is adorned with a reddish 

 and violet casque, which gives it its name. When 

 the fields of millet are standing, one encounters these 

 birds in considerable flocks. 



If the guinea-fowl furnishes a delicate salmi or roast, 

 it also affords a pleasant pastime to the dilettante 



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