Op de jacht in Mozambique / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1909
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The narrator recounts travel from the Mozambican coast into the interior, reaching a mining district and setting up mountain camps where huts, gardens and paths are established. Expeditions combine collecting natural-history specimens with hunting and field observation: terrain and vegetation are sketched and insects, birds and mammals such as antelopes, zebras, baboons and small carnivores are described with notes on behavior, measurements and hunting methods. The account also records interactions with local people and laborers, logistical hardships like heat and mosquitoes, sanitary efforts at settlements, and routines of camp life during geographic and ethnographic work.
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