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buck, red and blue duiker, and two kinds of pig, 

 harbouring near the bank of the river, for I found 

 the spoor of all these animals ; but they are so 

 disturbed by tree cutting and indiscriminate 

 shooting that before long this country will be 

 gameless. 



A week's hunting in the country round the 

 Coporollo failed to give me a single photograph, 

 and a few buffalo, kudu, bush buck, and duiker 

 were the only game seen. The kudu appeared to 

 be of the normal type, though it is said that they 

 differ from those of the coast and other parts of 

 Africa, in having a darker colour and no mane. 



While waiting on the Coporollo for the Gov- 

 ernor's carriers, several European prospectors 

 passed near us along the Catengue and Quillenges 

 road. 



One party included Mr. Johnston, an experi- 

 enced hunter, who had just seen a herd of some 

 200 elephants cross a river a few miles to the 

 south ; accompanying him were a Mr. Bull and 

 Mr. Drummond, who had come for their first 

 shoot, but had seen only a few zebra, kudu, and 

 roan. 



Another party consisted of two Portuguese 

 gentlemen, Senhors Cunhia and Tuscano, who 

 had hoped for a little hunting with their pegging 

 of timber land, but had seen no game at all. 



I was very anxious to get young Tuscano a 

 buffalo, and with the help of a native hunter, 

 called Muganja, we spoored a herd of about a 

 dozen of these animals for several hours, coming 

 up close to them at midday, when they were 



