From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . ump of 34 ft., andreached a large patch of loag grass where we lost her, as the wind dropped,and consequently the grass would not burn, while we failed to pick upher spoor. Sharp, crossing the plain to the Umkulumadzi, met a lionand a lioness, and dropped the lion with a shot in the neck; on his wayhome he met another lion, and with a shot at ten yards from the 10-boreremoved a bunch of his mane. The lion jumped into a small patch ofimpassable reed from which he could not be induced to move, so was wiselyallowed to stay
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . ump of 34 ft., andreached a large patch of loag grass where we lost her, as the wind dropped,and consequently the grass would not burn, while we failed to pick upher spoor. Sharp, crossing the plain to the Umkulumadzi, met a lionand a lioness, and dropped the lion with a shot in the neck; on his wayhome he met another lion, and with a shot at ten yards from the 10-boreremoved a bunch of his mane. The lion jumped into a small patch ofimpassable reed from which he could not be induced to move, so was wiselyallowed to stay, as handling a gun inside would have been was our grand finale at lion camp, and we again moved to our oldspot by the water-hole in the jungle, but without success. The variation in the Lichteustein hartebeeste was very remarkable, thetype in this jungle being a heavy beast without face markings, the frontalbone very prominent and the white rump indistinct, while near Gorongozashills they were smaller, had a white blaze on the forehead, and were without. THE PUNGWE AND GORONGOZAS PLAIN 35 the peculiar frontal bump, the rump too being very white. The nocturnalribaldry of the hyoenas was most annoying, diabolical peals of laughter inrapid succession making sleep almost impossible. Failing to find buffalo,we again marched up the Pungwe, and to the lagoon where we hadstarted proceedings. The first morning after losing a splendid eland, in company with Mahony,I met a fretful porcupine taking his morning constitutional. We waited
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