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only antelope of truly aquatic habits), the sable antelope, and the 

 new quagga, first described by Mr Layard, and called Equus 

 Chapmanni, after our author, are perhaps the most interesting : 

 all, however, better known to naturalists in this country than he 

 seems to be aware of. He speaks, however, of a variety of 

 buffalo, which, from his description, seems not unlikely to l)e 

 really a new species — although he has not included it in the 

 appendix among those which he so reckons. Near the Banabea 

 village of Borogo, near the Chobe, he shot two of them, which 

 although aged, he found differing materially in the size of both 

 body and horns from those he had seen in other parts. Their 

 bodies were short, their horns very much so, and twisting very 

 abruptly (vol. i., p. 184). It may be worth the while of future 

 travellers to examine them more closelv. 



Chapman's new Quagga (Equus Chapmanni. Layard,. 



More than one antelope and a number of birds are probal)ly 



The spider referred to in the following passage is also apparently 

 undescribed : 



"The road is so crossed with the silken web of large spiders, that it is 

 difficult work getting through them. I generally have April before me with a 

 branch beating it down. Sam, who took his place on one occasion, is so short 

 that he only half did the work, and I had constantly to hold my hands before 

 my face. In spite of this precaution, my hat was coloured yellow, and my face 

 frequently covered over as with a veil. The silk when taken from the branch 



