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A. female 1 shot on Mount Zoinba ou October Slst, 1895, gave the following 

 measurements to my steel tiipe (No. II.), whilst one shot on banks of Shir^ River 

 (No. I.) was a little larger : — 



The meat is very good, and Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., has described it as 

 comparable to the finest South Down mutton, both in taste and ijuality. 



13. The Inyala. Tragelaphus angasi, 



Claptain Olliver, of H. M.S. Herald, shot three of these antelopes near M'Kandi, 

 about six miles west of Chiromo, which is situated at the junction of the Lower 

 Shire Kiver with the River Ruo, that drains the Melanji Range. The late 

 Dr. Maokiiy, R.N. (who was killed by a lion which he had wounded on the west 

 shores ol Lake Nyassa), also shot one, but no one knew where he had killed it. 



14. The Sitatunga. Tragelaphus selousi Rothsch.* 



The e.xistence of tliis animal I was able to verify by a pair of horns which were 

 liurchased from a native at Chikwawa ; this man said that the antelope was to be 

 found in some swamj)s tliat lie between the JIurcliison ( 'ataracts and the Zambezi 

 above Tete. 



Mr. Ponlett Weatherley wrote me that from information he had received he 

 hoped to meet with it near Lake Baufrwoolo, as the natives particularly described 

 the " long foot " of this animal. 



15. The Koodoo. Strepsiceros strepsiceros (Pall). 



This fine antelope was more sought after by sportsmen tiuui any otlier, but 

 few were shot whilst I was resident in Nyassaland. I have never found them away 

 from hilly ground, as they take to the higher ground by choice if disturbed and 

 are perfect mountaineers. They are very tenacious of life ; and 1 spent two days 

 hard climbing on the blood s])oor of a wounded bull, which eventually eluded me 

 completely. So acute are their senses, that wliat 1 have often experienced is, to 

 obtain in a woodland opening a view of a grand head bearing spiral horns, with 

 steadfast gaze fixed upon you ; and before you have time to align the sights of 

 your rifle, he wlieels round and breaks into a gallop that will carry him miles away 

 before he stops. The cows are more trustful, and seem to be awan^ tliat they are 

 not wanted by the sportsman ! 



I found the stripes on a Koodoo's hide vary greatly, both in number and 



* The specimens referred to by Dr. Kendall would no doubt have been the form desi ribed above 

 (p. 20fi) as Traftrlaph-nji neloHgi. — Walter Rothschild. 



