SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



Rotunda. At three o'clock we pass the village of 

 Pangelia, and an hour later reach the river Mohogo. 

 After according half-an-hour's rest to the men, we 

 arrive at Machomba, where we camp. There they 

 told me of ancient mining excavations, of the mines 

 ahead of us at Chivumba. We arrive there at eight 

 o'clock the following day. The negroes have not 

 lied ; there are important works extending over a 

 distance of two kilometres. Millions of tons of quartz 

 have been washed in a water-course which runs at the 

 foot of a little fort. 



After an interval of a few kilometres, we find some 

 wells which appear to be more ancient. They seem 

 to me to be remains of works carried out in turn by 

 the Arabs and the Portuguese. 



After breakfast we leave the mines. I determined 

 to traverse the bush to search for a roan antelope ; 

 and, for two hours, we pass through a wooded country 

 which is very tiring. At four o'clock we leave the 

 river Imhoff ; and at five o'clock make a halt on the 

 bank of the river Inyadgouzi, whose bed is rich in 

 fine gold. As I saw on the banks fresh tracks of 

 eland, I made an excursion, from which I returned 

 with three vulturine guinea-fowl. This is a fine bird, 

 smaller than the mitred guinea-fowl ; it is marked 

 with black and blue ; its wings are black with red 

 reflections, and the crown of its head is ornamented with 

 a crest of curling plumes resembling astrachan. This 

 guinea-fowl never leaves the thickets, where it subsists 



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