THE BUSHBUCK 



(Tragdaphus scriptus) 



Imbabala of Zulus, Amaxosa, Swazi, Matabele, Barotse, Batonga 

 and Masubias (the Zulus and Amaxosa when desiring to dis- 

 tinguish the male from the female call the former Inkonka) ; 

 Iscolobutuku of Bamangwato ; Ibawara of Lower Zambesi 

 tribes ; Ungurungu of Makuba ; Dol of Somali ; Chiwala- 

 wala of Chilala and Chibisa ; Abu Nabah of Sudani ; Assali 

 of Danakil ; Bata of M'Kua ; Mbawara of Swahili ; Mazo 

 and Biilumgito of Hausa ; Ngabi of Waganda ; Dccula of 

 Abyssinia ; Shichibange of Chila. 



The Bushbuck, or Boschbok of the Dutch colonists, 

 inhabits the forest regions from the coastal districts 

 of the Cape Province up through Africa to Abys- 

 sinia. 



The Bushbuck, as its name implies, is a bush- 

 dwelling antelope. It is one of the most nocturnal 

 of South African antelopes, and is solitary by 

 habit, except during the breeding season, when 

 a pair with their last lamb may be seen. I have 

 sometimes surprised an adult ram with several 

 ewes feeding in a forest glade. On one occasion, 

 requiring the skin of a Bushbuck ram for making 

 lashes for wagon whips, we beat an isolated patch 

 of dense bush on a friend's farm, and eleven 

 ewes, a few half-grown males, and only one big 

 ram emerged. The rams are very pugnacious, and 



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