SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



is clever at most things and very industrious, turned 

 himself into a ship's carpenter, and repaired the 

 damage, so that we were soon able to continue our 

 course. 



On arriving at Macuire, we found that the work 

 too hurriedly done at Chicari was insufficient, it was 

 therefore necessary to empty the hold, turn the boat 

 upside down and caulk it again, an operation which 

 lasted three days. To pass the time I went out in a 

 canoe and shot a black goose and another species 

 known as the Zanzibar goose, which has a chestnut 

 spot on the breast ; I also shot seventeen wading-birds. 



Two days later our voyage on the river brought us 

 to an island of considerable size and great fertility, 

 namely, the Island of Manangora. It is intersected, 

 during the rainy season, by a number of canals joining 

 the two arms by which it is enclosed. 



All along this canal, at the mouth of which we are 

 now anchored, stretch green marshes inhabited by 

 water-fowl and waders. At this place I killed two 

 whistling teal, a number of teal like our own summer- 

 teal, some snipe, and a crested crane ; the last a 

 magnificent bird, whose head is ornamented with a 

 tuft of splendid plumes. Very bold, this wader is 

 met with in large flocks on the tendos, where it breaks 

 the silence by its frequently repeated and piercing cry 

 of " garroll," from which it derives its native name. 

 After two days there was much rain, and the river rose. 

 At the same time appeared an enormous quantity of 



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