12 THROUGH ANGOLA 



of N'dala N'tando to nearly 2500 feet above the 

 sea. This town, which is now the ca. i.al of a 

 district, is also the centre of a fine game country, 

 where bush cow, roan, eland, water buck, and 

 other game animals are said to be numerous. 



We were now on a plateau, and from here for 

 the next 120 miles up to Melanje were able to 

 travel much faster, as the country was more level, 

 and sometimes sloped down for a space, as where 

 the train ran down to meet again the valley of the 

 Lucala River. Just before we crossed this river 

 the train reached Ambaca, where we dined at 

 6 p.m., the hour when due at Melanje, still 90 miles 

 away. For the next six hours the train passed 

 through open forest and grass plain, not unlike 

 the plateau of Northern Rhodesia, to the terminus 

 at Melanje, 3000 feet above the sea. 



