WALK ACROSS AFRICA

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 178, 16 April 1923, Page 6

WALK ACROSS AFRICA

STORY OF THRILLS AND ADVENTURES (Rec. April 14. 5.5 p.m.) London, April 14. A storv of thrills and adventures is related by Captain Murphy, late of the Dorsets, who arrived in London after a two years’ walk of 3000 miles across Africa. He left Beira in March, 1921, with £5, nnd arrived in England with £5O, the remains < f his earnings on the journey. He met many lions face- to face, and concluded they were terrible cowards unless starving or injured. One village was particularly terrorised bv a man-eating lioness which carried off nat’ves. One woman was making porridge, and when the lioness appeared she threw the boiling content of the pot in its face, causing it to flee. Murphy shot the lioness later, as she was blinded by the hot porridge. He slept in native villages, where lie was treated most cordially. He found Englis'n and French sufficient to overcome the language difficulty.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.