BASTARD HARTEBEEST 



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does not jump like the Springbuck. Only one young one 

 is born at a time, usually in early spring. The flesh of 

 the Blesbuck is delicious eating. The method of shooting 

 them is much like that for the Springbuck. 



Damaliscus lunatus. Sessaby or Tsessebl. Bastard 



Hartebeest. 

 Native names : Mcolomo (Matabele) ; Kaboli (Barotse) ; Mzanzi 



(Swazi and Zulu). 



One other member of the genus remains to be men- 

 tioned, the Sessaby or Tsessebi. In colour it is of a 



Fig. 88. — Sassaby or Tsessebi. 



chocolate brown, changing to slatey brown in certain 

 lights, and appearing parti-coloured as a rule, the lustre in 

 the skin resembling that of shot silk or satin. The face, 

 upper portions of the legs and the tail are black. The 

 horns are short, almost U-shaped as seen from the front, 



