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good reports of the shoot in a" between tlie Umfuli 

 and Hiinyani Rivers, and having fortunately 

 secured Sir John Willoughby as a companion, I 

 determined on proceeding on another expedition 

 after buck, and after any other wihl animal that 

 chance might put in mv wav. On the mornino' of 

 tlie 18th I had a feM' hours' ride in the comjDany 

 of Hans Lee in the neighbourhood of Fort Salis- 

 bury, towards IMount Hampden. We saAvnothing 

 1)ut a reitbuck, a steinbuck, and a jackal, but 

 observed spoor of sable antelope. We got no shot, 

 however. The land round Fort Salisbury in this 

 direction appears to be of fairly good quality, well 

 sheltered, well watered, and well wooded. If Fort 

 Salisbury should ever become an important town- 

 ship, farms here might be very prohtal^le. I came 

 across two enterprising pei'sons who had each in 

 attractive spots marked out the regulation area of 

 three thousand acres, and were busily eno-ao-ed in 

 erecting huts. They seemed confident of success, 

 and were in excellent spirits. One hour before 

 daybreak on the 19tli I left Fort Salisbury in the 

 mule waggon for the Hunyani River, expecting 

 Sir John Willoughby to join me later in the day. 



