CHAPTER IX. 



SPORT IN NYASALAND. 

 BY COLONEL COLVILLE, C.B. 



As elsewhere, shooting in Nyasaland has good and 

 bad points. Our impressions are the result of only 

 six weeks* experience of the country, so that we do 

 not wish to dogmatize; but such as they are, we give 

 them in the hope they may be of use to others. 

 Among the advantages I would place the cheap and 

 liberal licence and the easy conditions drawn up by 

 a sportsman for the benefit of sportsmen ; the 

 comparative facility with which kudu and sable can 

 be obtained by those who desire these handsome 

 beasts; and lastly, freedom of movement during the 

 dry season, porters and food being everywhere 

 easily obtainable. 



Under the disadvantages I would place the 

 disagreeables of the journey to or from the coast, 

 according to the season of the year; the short time 

 available for sport; its ** chuck and chance it" 

 nature, to use a fishing term ; the somewhat oppres- 

 sive and relaxing heat of the lowlands, where the 

 best sport is to be obtained; and the dryness and 

 monotony of the forests. 



The licence costs ;^4, and this enables one to 

 shoot everything with the exception of elephant. If 



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