SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



inconveniences in the same way as all the others 

 which occur during a journey. Our second stage 

 brings us to the territory of King Ganda. The poor 

 man, alas ! has only the name of king, for his authority 

 is nil; and when he commands his subjects to do 

 anything, they walk away with a swaggering air. 

 But for a Kafir he is a brave man, and one of the best 

 trackers I have met with in my life. I was desirous 

 of engaging him myself ; but, although he has a 

 certain friendship for me, entirely due to his love of 

 sport, he still prefers idleness ; and his eight wives 

 and his legion of daughters produce for him such 

 abundant harvests, that he has materials for making 

 Kafir beer from January to December. When he 

 is satiated with this beverage, he can fuddle himself 

 with palm-wine (utchema), which they make from the 

 borassus, hyphena, and phenix palms, so common 

 in the district. Physically he is a small man, of a 

 slender figure, thin and dried up, but active, despite 

 his age. A great hunter, he has killed numbers of 

 buffaloes, several elephants, and a Hon. 



I had been some days at Ganda when a strange 

 adventure befel me. My tent is pitched at a distance 

 of two hundred and fifty yards from the village, on 

 the bank of the Pungwe. We have only three negroes, 

 for those I brought from Guengere having got drunk 

 at Chicol£, picked a quarrel with the inhabitants, 

 and after having received a thorough thrashing, fled 

 during the night. I was accordingly compelled to 



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