-^. lo I\ilim;iii];ii-() with Prince Lowcnstein 



because ihe lesser kudu iSlrcpsiceros iniberbis), in their 

 languac^e, o'ssiram, us<j(l to tr('f|uent them. 



I had he(-n the first luinjpc-an to (h-scribe these 

 marshes and their surrounchn^s in i<S99, th(; year of the 

 rising-. In spite ot the unhealthiness of the reL(i(jn I 

 pitched my camp here lor a lcn,L(thy stay, so that I mic^ht 

 be abl(' t(j take plenty ot photographs ol' animals, 

 and make a careful study of th(:: vvh(;le nei^^hbourhocjd. 

 ()nl\' the \\<'stern Xjiri marshes have as yet been described 

 thoroughly in the works of the Austrian Count W'icken- 

 burg- ; they are, ho\ve\-er, by no means of the extent 

 and importanc(; indicated upon the maps hitherto executed, 

 though naturall\- dieir extent is much greater in the wet 

 season than in tlie dry. 'I'hey seem to me U) ha\e been 

 formerly more extensi\(' than they are now, as is the 

 case with m(.st ol the otlier marshes and inkmd seas 

 throu'j'hout I'.ast Africa. 



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