. Hunting and hunted in the Belgian Congo . require. In the daytime weleft the headman, Mpala, together with the cook or pishi, to watch the tents during our absence from porters had gone ahead to Hoima withthe heavier loads under the charge of Salem Bega, adeputy headman. In my opinion a great many people lose half thepleasure of a hunting trip in Central Africa by havingthe game brought to their tent doors, as one may say,in return for a fixed fee. There is also a considerableamount of pleasure to be derived from getting togetheryou own equipment, which is missed if you put
. Hunting and hunted in the Belgian Congo . require. In the daytime weleft the headman, Mpala, together with the cook or pishi, to watch the tents during our absence from porters had gone ahead to Hoima withthe heavier loads under the charge of Salem Bega, adeputy headman. In my opinion a great many people lose half thepleasure of a hunting trip in Central Africa by havingthe game brought to their tent doors, as one may say,in return for a fixed fee. There is also a considerableamount of pleasure to be derived from getting togetheryou own equipment, which is missed if you put yourselfentirely in the hands of a company who deal with youin a commercial spirit. One aristocratic safari evencarried its own electric light plant! I certainly advocateobtaining ones carriers and personal boys through theagency of a trading company, who always have on handa list of boys suitable for and experienced in work con-nected with a safari. The uninitiated sportsman shouldpay great attention to this. Elsewhere I have given an 16. OUR SAFARI instance showing how important it is to have reliablegunbearers. Sulky malingering carriers spoil a trip. By midday on Thursday everything was ready. That afternoon P and I walked up to the Cathedral at Nairembe. This building was burnt down some threemonths after our departure from Kampala. NairembeHill is the headquarters of the Church Missionary Societyunder Bishop Tucker. The hospital is also situatedhere. St. Pauls Cathedral was a very fine building ofbricks made on the spot and constructed by nativelabour. The roof was thatched with grass, with bleachedreeds artistically arranged inside the building, the wholeupheld by massive brick columns. Kampala being builton scattered kopjes, is called the city of seven hills. On Friday morning we struck camp at an early hour,and made everything ready for an early ten we had the safari lined up ready for thefirst stage of what, for me at least, was to prove aneventf
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