A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



where absorb the pick of the labour market ; for the 

 Broken Hill copper mines and for the railway. 



When all these calls are considered, it is not 

 surprising that travellers, arriving suddenly at 

 Mpika towards the close of the labour year, should 

 fare badly in the matter of labour. We should 

 consequently advise those who intend visiting 

 the district to do so earlier than the month of 

 November. 



Sport. 



Sport in this part of the country proved 

 indifferent, solely because we passed through it at 

 the close of the dry season, the driest and hottest 

 time of the year. 



There are countries in which this period is the 

 best for sport, as in them the effect of the heat and 

 drought is to collect the game in well-defined limits. 

 In North- East Rhodesia, however, these factors 

 combine to produce exactly the opposite effect, and 

 this is not surprising when we consider the nature 

 of the country in conjunction with the usual habits 

 of game. 



North- East Rhodesia is practically one huge 

 forest intersected by rivers and natural glades; 

 dambos, to give them their local names. These 

 dambos usually indicate the water-courses along 

 which the rain finds its way into streams and rivers; 

 they have during the greater part of the year a 

 marshy channel with either w^aterholes or a small 

 stream of running water passing through it. It is 

 to these places that game comes to drink, feeding 



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