Notes on South African Hunting. 
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South African Game. 
hong through the Tati goldfields to Gubulu- 
wayo, the Matebele capital. From there it is 
about a three weeks’ trip to the Mashunaland 
hunting-grounds. Leave has to be obtained 
from Lobengula, the Matebele chief, to hunt; 
and this request for leave is invariably 
accompanied by the gift of a substantial 
present. In the case of Khama, the chief at 
Shoshong, one always asks leave to pass; but 
he, being a very superior man, declines any 
present unless he knows the donor well. 
Probably the pleasantest trip on the whole 
is to Mashunaland; as not only is that the 
best hunting ground, but the country is also 
very pretty and water is usually abundant. 
Bechuanaland is very sandy and water is very 
scarce. 
There will, I believe, soon be facilities offered 
for hunting north of the Victoria Falls of the 
Zambesi, as far north as the country of the 
Mashukolumpi. Game there is extraordinarily 
abundant. 
South African game is as follows : Elephant, 
rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, lion, leopard, 
ostrich, giraffe, wild pig, hyaena, and many 
