SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



visiting the tendo of Mutiacoma, then I crossed the 

 Uruma, and explored the tendo of the Gungwe. 

 The grass is gigantic everywhere, and as the Company 

 have forbidden its being burnt, it entirely prevents 

 hunting in places where it is very tall. Besides this, 

 the water is hardly drinkable, and mosquitoes abound 

 in our camp. At three o'clock in the afternoon they 

 make their appearance, and during dinner we can only 

 escape them by the use of nets j in the morning they 

 hover about until ten o'clock. 



Accordingly on October 10\h I left this inhospitable 

 place, where I only shot one waterbuck and two palas. 

 In the evening we camped at the village of Tambarna, 

 stopped by a heavy rain. The following day we came 

 in sight of the immense plains of the Sungwe again, 

 the innumerable herds having returned there since 

 our departure. We pitched our camp on the banks 

 of the M'sicatzi in the middle of a small mimosa 

 wood. On the following day flights of locusts made 

 their appearance ; immense clouds of them passed 

 for several hours, obscuring the sky. They were 

 going to lay their eggs in the tendos. The young are 

 hatched in the months of December, and are able to 

 fly at the end of February. The harm done by these 

 insects is tremendous ; I have seen plantations where, 

 a few hours after their arrival, there is not a leaf 

 remaining. In the evening they assemble in such 

 clusters that I have seen large trees break down 

 under their weight. Fortunately, they have many 



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