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XXIV 



The Antelopes of East Africa 



LUDWIG HECK lays it down in his book Das 

 Ticrrcich, that the word "antelope" embraces all 

 horned animals except goats, sheep, and cattle. We may 

 safely apply it, therefore, to most of the different kinds of 

 ruminants met with on the East African plains. Amongst 

 the various speci('s there are two that are notable tor 

 their size and strength ; these are the greater kudu 

 {Strcpsiceros sfrcpsiceros) which the Masai call " ormalu " ; 

 and the eland ( Taui-otragus liviugstouei) called by the 

 Masai " o'ssirwa," and by the natives of the coast 

 " mpotu." The kudu, the males of which carry larger and 

 stronger horns than any other African antelope, dwells in 

 mountainous districts, and seldom makes its way into 

 the Masai country. In Unyamwesi it is frequently 

 to be met with, and I possess a pair of huge horns — 

 "record" horns — which were stated to have come from the 

 Useguha hinterland. 



According to Oscar Neumann the kudu was to 

 be found among the Pare Mountains in 1893, though 



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