SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



the tendos. The first October rains had made the 

 young grass grow, and of this food the herds are 

 very fond. The antelopes and lions are in the forest. 

 However, on the day we broke camp, two lions were 

 to be heard roaring in the distance, to bid us farewell, 

 I should think. 



Some miles farther on, during a halt, some vultures 

 indicated to me a spot where three lions had eaten 

 a gnu on the previous night, and I much regretted 

 having to leave them alone. 



The following day having crossed the streams, 

 Inyamissinguele, Boto, and Inhatemba, we reached 

 the river M'eodza, in the splendid forest of which I 

 have already spoken. 



It was chiefly in order to collect insects and plants 

 that we came to this place. I managed, however, to 

 shoot a fair amount of small game, such as bushbuck, 

 red and blue duikers, guinea-fowl, and vultures. Before 

 this I had scarcely caught anything but hyaenas with 

 the trap I carried with me. I was now, however, 

 more fortunate in capturing a fine female leopard 

 measuring 6 feet 7 inches, which afforded me the 

 following amusement. The trap was laid on a path 

 and the brushwood was so thick that the animal was 

 unable to penetrate it with the trap. It therefore 

 remained in the pathway, and on seeing us tried to 

 climb a neighbouring tree. After having ascended 

 some way, the trap caught in the lower branches, thus 

 arresting its further progress. It therefore came down 



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