. Wild game in Zambezia . is fact I have been led to estimate the weight ofa well-developed male of medium age at between350 and 400 lbs. 1 should think that in all probability thedistrict of Zambezia in which at the present timemore lions are found than in any other may bethat of Boror. Tlience, westward, they are foundin considerable numbers round the eastern side ofMorumbala Mountain and on through the Pindarange. Near Quelimane itself they also occur,seven having been shot in one week by my lateConsular Agent there, Mr. Rene Wuilleumier,about a year ago. But in Boror they are such adanger,
. Wild game in Zambezia . is fact I have been led to estimate the weight ofa well-developed male of medium age at between350 and 400 lbs. 1 should think that in all probability thedistrict of Zambezia in which at the present timemore lions are found than in any other may bethat of Boror. Tlience, westward, they are foundin considerable numbers round the eastern side ofMorumbala Mountain and on through the Pindarange. Near Quelimane itself they also occur,seven having been shot in one week by my lateConsular Agent there, Mr. Rene Wuilleumier,about a year ago. But in Boror they are such adanger, and so many native lives have been lostduring the past few years as a result of theirattacks, that the Concessionary Company ad-ministering this immense region advertised notvery long ago a standing offer to pay £25 for everyone destroyed within their borders. This resultedin the country being visited by several Europeanhunters, but so far as I have ascertained, not manysuccesses attended their efforts. I passed through. ^^:X.
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