The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 



the smaller buck, such as duiker, etc. In these 

 gaps were nooses ingeniously contrived, which, 

 on being trodden upon by any unwary animal, 

 would cause the victim to be suspended in the air 

 by a leg. This form of trap was between that 

 of a mole-trap such as is used in England and 

 the common figure of 4 device. 



On the morning after our arrival at this place 

 the whole country was overwhelmed with a huge 

 flight of locusts. The trees and bushes were 

 just coming into full leaf, everything looked 

 bright and promising. What a difference this 

 horde made to everything green in the short 

 space of one day they had devoured every- 

 thing ! In the evening when the sun goes down 

 they take roost on bushes and trees, literally 

 covering the whole of the branches and twigs. 

 They do not take flight in the morning until the 

 sun has risen for some time and attained to 

 some strength. They appear to be lethargic 

 owing to the cold nights, and only leave their 

 night quarters when evidently warmed up to 

 the occasion. It is a strange experience to walk 

 through a country that is overwhelmed by such 

 a swarm. They rise in front of you in millions ; 

 it is as though you were traversing a field on 

 which were thickly strewn animated red leaves. 

 The noise they make too, as they fly up, 

 is quite distinct from any other sound I have 

 ever heard. I could not help wondering what 



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