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about south by west, joins the Zambesi as one of its chief tributaries. From 
Konde to where I struck the Loangwa—which flows through Senga—is a 
tortuous journey of about 8 days for loaded porters ; much of the intervening 
country is hilly and broken; during part of the distance water is a difficulty 
in the dry season. 
“Senga is intensely African: in point of interest for the traveller and 
sportsman naturalist it impressed me more than any other part of Africa 
Ihave seen. It is of vast extent, yet thinly populated; it is hilly and rugged 
and cut up with innumerable perpendicular ravines. Its soil, except in the 
neighbourhood of the river, is mostly hard, yellowish-white sand; it is 
intensely hot, and but for the Loangwa River would be a desert for want of 
water; the whole country, then, is buried in never-ending forest or scrubby 
bush—hence its local name ‘ Masenga.’ 
“It was on September 12th, in about latitude 10° 15’ south, that I secured 
the Cobus; the altitude of the Loangwa River at this point is 2410 feet, 
according to my aneroid. I was on the march between Kampumbu’s town 
and another town, Myereka’s, about 18 miles higher up the Loangwa: my 
caravan had preceded me by an hour or two; I had remained behind with a 
couple of gun-bearers and three Wasenga guides, and was making a detour 
in search of game. 
“The day previous I had shot a Roan Antelope, but on this particular day 
I had not shot anything, and indeed had only seen a few Impala, which did 
not give one a chance. 
“It was a terrifically hot day; the Loangwa valley is like a furnace at this 
time of year, just before the rains. Every bit of cover had been burned off 
and there was not a leaf ora blade of grass anywhere. The ground was 
baked as hard as a brick and had cracked into deep fissures; the heat 
and glare almost sickened me, old traveller as I am and inured to heat. 
Nevertheless, in spite of all this, we came upon the two Antelopes of the 
genus Cobus standing in the open, close to the foot of a very rough conical 
hill, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I shot one without remarking anything 
unusual about them, viewed at about 120 yards; had I wished it, I could 
have shot the other, but I refrained as both were females. The Wasenga 
who were with me could not at once identify the animal; an hour or two 
later, however, the older men of Myereka’s town pronounced it to be 
‘Sewula’ and ‘ Seyula.’ 
