SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



lions are abundant. Two Englishmen who have come 

 to hunt there have killed thirteen of the latter in a 

 month ; plenty, however, are still to be found, and 

 during the rainy season three men from the surrounding 

 villages and three of the Commandant's couriers have 

 been eaten by them. 



Much attracted by this story, I determined to 

 soon visit these man-eaters myself. Towards three 

 o'clock I arrive at Macuire, the station of the Goron- 

 goza Company. The Portuguese clerk in charge of the 

 plantations offered me a good room, which I discreetly 

 refused, knowing that a number of Portuguese ought 

 to arrive soon, and I took up my quarters in the worst 

 apartment, which was quite good enough for one night. 



There was a board missing in the floor, and as the 

 houses are built on piles I might have a dangerous 

 fall at any time, I remedied this by covering the 

 aperture with a plank. Then I went out to examine 

 the concession. I returned at sunset, just as the arrival 

 of the commandant of Chiringoma was announced, 

 and rushed to my room to change my coat. An idiot 

 of a negro had removed the plank I had put there, I 

 caught my leg in the hole, and had a nasty fall on the 

 shoulder. I got up badly bruised, and the next day, 

 when I wanted to set out again, found it impossible to 

 move my right arm. Under these conditions I was unable 

 to continue my journey, and had to return to Guengere, 

 where I was laid up for three weeks by this accident. 



As soon as I was well again I once more resumed 



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