CHAPTER III 



IN THE FOREST 



My First Walks along the Guengere — The Wart-hog Boar — Lichten- 

 stein's Hartebeest — A Day of Adventure — The Waterbuck — 

 Wahlberg's Zebra — Kites, Vultures, and Marabouts — Otters — The 

 Palm-rat — The Hornbill — The Reedbuck — The Mongoose— The 

 Oribi — Sojourn at Ganda — A Nocturnal Visit from Lions — The Red 

 Duiker — The Eland — Palm-wine — Kafir Superstition — The Wild 

 Pig— The Lions of the Tendo of Chikari— The Brindled Gnu— Fight 

 with a Buffalo— The Buffalo of Kafraria— The Blue Duiker 



Guengere*, where I have established my head-quar- 

 ters, is situated on the Pungwe, at an elevation of 125 

 feet, at the foot of the last terrace but one descending 

 to the sea. To the north-east are seen the high moun- 

 tains of Gorongoza ; to the west the low hills of the 

 plateau of Bute ; to the south the outskirts of 

 Moutouchirra and the hills of Chilowo. The whole 

 country is covered with forest, beneath which grass 

 grows. It is watered by a multitude of streams and 

 rivers. 



We are on the concession of a Frenchman, Mr. 

 Puech, who has been settled here for five years. He 

 has built a pretty house, brought under cultivation 

 a score of acres, and planted numbers of fruit-trees. 

 As soon as I was settled I resumed my daily excursions ; 

 and my first walk was crowned with a special success. 

 I killed first of all a wart-hog boar (Phacocharus 



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