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inches. A fine mounted male in the Transvaal Museum 

 possesses horns 82 inches long. Weight 400 to 5r)0 lb. 

 The skin is thick, especially that of the neck. It is 

 much prized for whips. 



The Waterbuck ranges from the northern portion of 

 South West Africa, and Lake Ngami to Ehodesia, and 

 on the east from Zululand to Kyasaland and Somaiiland. 

 The example referred to in the Transvaal Museum 

 was procured by Major Hamilton in the Eastern Trans- 

 vaal, where this species is still fairly common, especially 

 in the Game Reserves. Waterbucks do not stray far 

 from water, consorting in herds of from five to fifteen 

 individuals, and inhabiting broken country in the vicinity 

 of rivers, where they hide in the reedbeds and thickets 

 when wounded or hard pressed, or during the heat of the 

 day. According to all hunters the flesh is unpalatable, 

 being coarse and strongly flavoured. It feeds almost 

 exclusively upon grass, young reeds and rushes. It is not 

 an easy animal to kill, so the hunter should make pretty 

 sure of his aim before pulling trigger. It is a good 

 swimmer and is a fairly fast animal on flat country, and 

 an active climber in the rocky localities, to which latter 

 region old bulls are very partial. 



Cobus leche. Lechive Antelope. Lechtue-bok and Geel 



Water bok. 



Lechwie (Bechuana) ; Liegivhi (Makololo) ; Narja 



(Mashukulumbwi). 



This animal is smaller than the Waterbuck and is 

 of a tawmy rufous or yellow-brown colour ; below white. 

 Front portion of legs black. Tail long, tufted, and 

 reaching to the hocks. A feature which will easily 

 distinguish this Buck from its allies of the Cobus genus, 

 is the naked pastern, i.e., the space between the false 



