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marrow-bones are esteemed a very great dainty by 

 hunters and natives in the interior. 



The koodoo is widely distributed. Its range 

 extends beyond the Zambesi into Central Africa, 

 and it is found as far north as Somaliland and even 

 Abyssinia. It has a variety of native names even in 

 South Africa. The Bechuanas call it tolo; the 

 Matabele, e-balabala ; the Makalakas, e-zilarwa ; the 

 Makobas, unzwa ; the Masarwa Bushmen, dwar ; the 

 Mashunas, noro. In North-East Africa the Somali 

 name is godir ; while upon the Lower Zambesi it is 

 goma. 



The koodoo is by no means so water-loving as 

 many antelopes. Indeed, it may be classed among 

 that group of antelopes — comprising the eland, 

 gemsbok, hartebeest, springbok, steinbok, and duyker 

 — which are enabled to exist for long periods without 

 drinking. In the waterless giraffe country south of 

 the Botletli, I found, in the months of July and 

 August — the dry season of African winter — several 

 troops of koodoo at a distance of some thirty miles 

 from the river banks. These koodoos certainly never 

 drank at the river at that time ; there was no other 

 water accessible ; and the natives assured me that 

 the animals ranged this waterless forest region for 

 long periods without drinking. I am confirmed in 

 this opinion by Livingstone in his Missionary Travels. 

 Speaking of desert animals, he says : " One may see 



