From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . d core. After one or twodays the sap begins to run and is collected in rmali clay jars; at first it isquite sweet, but quickly ferments and becomes sour; when fresh it makesa splendid substitute for yeast, and bread raised by it is most the j)rocess kills the trees, and the industry has been conse-quently taxed by the Portuguese, who are, however, incapable of enforcingthe imposition. There was a large lagoon further down the Pungwe,where Sharp and Mahony shot a hippo. We beat about up and down theri
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . d core. After one or twodays the sap begins to run and is collected in rmali clay jars; at first it isquite sweet, but quickly ferments and becomes sour; when fresh it makesa splendid substitute for yeast, and bread raised by it is most the j)rocess kills the trees, and the industry has been conse-quently taxed by the Portuguese, who are, however, incapable of enforcingthe imposition. There was a large lagoon further down the Pungwe,where Sharp and Mahony shot a hippo. We beat about up and down theriver, but could find no satisfactory camp, owing to the grass being not yetburnt, and eventually marched into Fontesvilla to make preparations foranother trip up the Urema. CHAPTER III THE PUNGWE AND GORONGOZA S PLAIN—SECOND EXPEDITION The bulky, good-natured lion, whose only means of defence are the natural ones of toothand claw, has no chance against the jumping little rascal, who pops behind a bush and pokesa gim straight at the bigger brutes heart.—Marie T^NSTEAD of following the Urcma as on our first trip, wemarched up the Pungwe almost as far as Sarmento, anold Portuguese settlement, and then struck offnorth to a long lagoon that lies on the westernextremity of Gorongozas plain. Here we foundenormous quantities of game, thousands ofwildebeeste and zebra, and many impala, water-buck and hartebeeste; at night a h^^sena cameand woke us up by drinking the soapy waterin our indiarubber bath, which was lying justoutside our tent. We turned out and drovehim away, but had no sooner climbed intoour beds again than he returned and bolted with the bath, and beforewe could make him drop it had mauled it to such an extent that itwas of no further use. As after the first night we heard no lions, we decided to move across tothe Urema. On the way we sighted three eland, but though Sharp and Ichased them for about eight miles we were unsuccessful. Towards the Urema the plain
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