-^ Stalking' Expeditions in the Nyika 



fore, doubly desirable and full of promise, does an 

 exploration ot this mountain-world, and its secrets, 

 appear to nie. 



On our rii^'ht there stretch out long, grass-grown 

 chains of hills, broken by steepl\- cut, dried-up stream- 

 courses. Again we come upon a species of antelope 

 which is not found in the desert. First one, then two, 



MEERKATS 



and now a tourth specimen, are put to thght b\" us. All 

 four antelopes were feeding openly in the valley when 

 our appearance there surprised them. These were the 

 handsome, curiouslv coloured mountain-reedbuck [Ccrvi- 

 capra chaulcri). a species distinguished by unusually long 

 tails, and in full sunlight looking almost white — a type 

 of antelope whose discovery in East Africa by myself 

 was anticipated only by the American traveller Chanler. 



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