SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



reader, is one of the greatest sportsmen in the country, 

 having shot a large number of elephants, hippopota- 

 muses, and all kinds of game. He is both clever and 

 modest, and I was glad of this opportunity of offering 

 him my sympathetic admiration and gratitude for his 

 kind reception of me. I spent a delightful evening, 

 entertained by his stories, which are well worth hearing, 

 thanks to his twenty years' sojourn in the Zambezi 

 country. The next morning I concluded my visit to 

 the concession by inspecting the cattle. There are 

 no tsetse near the Zambezi, and advantage of this 

 circumstance is taken by raising a breed of cattle, 

 which, however, are unfortunately very small. This 

 very feeble and unproductive breed ought really to 

 be changed. In the cattle-shed I noticed a buffalo 

 about two years old, which was captured when young 

 by Mr. Jaime, and is perfectly tame. After having 

 breakfasted with Mr. de Souza, I went out with Mr. 

 Jaime in his boat, as he wanted to take me up the 

 Zambezi again. This craft is known as an escalZre, 

 and is propelled with six paddles; it has no deck. In 

 the stern is a small movable cabin where we took our 

 seats. We were in the middle of the Zambezi, when 

 a dreadful storm broke. The river, over two and a half 

 miles wide, became white with foam ; and we shipped 

 so much water that we had to get one of the crew to bail 

 it out. The cabin, being open to the wind, threatened 

 to capsize us, so we had to take it down. We even- 

 tually landed, and spent the night in a half-caste's 



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