SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



bird provided with an extraordinary beak, and whose 

 cry recalls the sobbings of a weeping child. The 

 kakamira 1 builds a nest ; the female enters in, and 

 when she commences to incubate the male immures 

 her, leaving her just sufficient space to receive food, 

 which the attentive mate goes to seek for her. When 

 the young are hatched, the barricade is removed. 



One day, leaving the forest, I traversed the plain 

 bordering the Pungwe, where I encountered a new 

 kind of antelope — thereedbuck (Cervicapraarundinum). 

 It is an inhabitant of the open marshy plains. Of 

 the height of an ass, the reedbuck has a coat tawny 

 above and white below, and a short tail garnished 

 with fawn and white hairs. The male alone carries 

 horns, ranging from 12 to 17 inches ; the horns are 

 ringed and curve forwards. It is but seldom one 

 encounters more than three reedbuck in company. 

 When surprised, they utter a shrill whistle and take 

 to flight at a rapid pace. The Kafirs call them 

 tzingo. 



I picked up the same day a specimen of the mon- 

 goose, a small animal living in parties and feeding on 

 insects and snakes, which it seeks among the herbage. 

 I have only seen the common species, called by the 

 negroes madembce. 



The great abundance of game met with in this 

 district induces me to make a trip ; and, accompanied 

 by my wife, I start on a fifteen days' excursion. My 



1 This is the Kafir name of the hornbill . 

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