WALK ACROSS AFRICA.
THRILLS AND ADVENTURES.
AN INTERESTING STORY. Received April 15, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, April 14. A story 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, and arrived in England with £5O, the remains of his earnings on the journey. He met many lions face to face, and concluded they are terrible cowards unless starving or injured. One village was particularly terrorised by a man-eating lioness, which carried off natives. One woman was making porridge, and when the lioness appeared she threw the boiling contents in its face, causing It to flee. Captain Murphy shot the lioness later as she was blinded by the hot porridge. He slept in native villages, where he was treated most cordially. He found English and French sufficient to overcome the language difficulty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18758, 16 April 1923, Page 5
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156WALK ACROSS AFRICA. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18758, 16 April 1923, Page 5
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