268 THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 



style of proceeding proved that it was greed of gain, 

 not scarcity of the element, which was uppermost in 

 their minds ; they would agree to supply us with an 

 unlimited quantity, and then would suddenly gather 

 round the well and push away the Wanyamwezi, bid- 

 ding them go and fetch more beads. All the caravan 

 took the opportuity of loading itself with salt. Whilst 

 the halt lasted, my companion brought in a fine-flavoured 

 pallah and other antelopes, with fioriken, guinea-fowl, and 

 partridge. Neither he nor I, however, had strength 

 enough, nor had we time, to attack the herds of ele- 

 phants that roam over the valley whose deep purple 

 line separates the table-land of Ugogo from the blue 

 hills of the Wahumba to the north. And here, perhaps, 

 a few words concerning the prospects of sportsmen 

 in this part of Africa, may save future travellers from 

 the mistake into which I fell. I expected great things, 

 and returned without realising a single hope. This 

 portion of the peninsula is a remarkable contrast to 

 the line traversed by Dr. Livingstone, where the animals 

 standing within bow-shot were so numerous and fear- 

 less, that the burden of provisions was often unnecessary. 

 In the more populous parts game has melted away 

 before the woodman's axe and the hunters' arrows : 

 even where large tracks of jungle abound with water 

 and forage, the note of a bird rarely strikes the ear, and 

 during a long day's march not a single large animal will 

 be seen from the beaten track. It is true that in 

 some places, there is 



" enough 



Of beastes that be chaseable." 



The park lands of Dut'humi, the jungles and forests 

 of Ugogi and Mgunda Mk'hali, the barrens of Usu- 

 kuma, and the tangled thickets of Ujiji, are full of noble 



