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tail, but also with similar markings in the taii region of seve- 

 ral antelopes. 



The negroes do not make any difference between the 

 Bushbuck of the mountain, and that of the lowland, but call 

 both »Kave». 



The hunting negro tribes of the Cameroon Mountain have 

 a pecuhar habit (probabJy from the beginning caused by 

 some kind of superstition) of cutting the Kave into pieces 

 without skinning it, so that each person receives his share 

 with the piece of skin adhering to it; It is not »good» to 

 do othervvise! It is, therefore, not possible to obtain a skin 

 of Kave from the negroes of the mountain tribes, even if a 

 hig prize is offered for such a one. 



Tryckt den 13 april 1905. 

 Uppsala m)ö. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri- A. -B, 



