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from foreign memoirs. We do not intend to imply that there is any 
wilful distortion of the quotations, for the errors are just as numerous 
in those in favour of Sir Henry Howorth’s own views as in those 
from opponents. It is merely another instance of the carelessness so 
conspicuous throughout the book. 
GUN AND CAMERA IN SOUTHERN AFRIcA: A Year of Wanderings in Bechuanaland, 
the Kalahari Desert, and the Lake River Country, Ngamiland. With notes on 
Colonisation, Natives, Natural History, and Sport. By H. A. Bryden. 8vo. 
Pp. xiv. and 544. Illustrated. London: Stanford, 1893. Price 15s. 
SouTH and East Africa being at the present time on the “‘ boom,” the 
reading public is almost overwhelmed with the number of works 
appearing in rapid succession on that country, its peoples, and its 
products. Most of these, unfortunately, have little interest for the 

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Head of Lechée Antelope (Cobus lechée) . 
naturalist, who too often cannot but regret that the lack of suitable 
training has rendered so many of the pioneers of civilisation unfitted 
for giving any account of the animals with which they meet. This, 
however, is not the case with Mr. H. A. Bryden, who has already made 
himself known as an observer of wild animals in their haunts, in his 
work ‘Kloof and Karroo in Cape Colony,” as well as in various 
articles contributed to the Field and Land and Water. The present 
volume naturally contains a large amount of matter which is chiefly 
interesting to those desirous of obtaining information as to the nature of 
the country and its development; but there are several chapters which 
cannot fail to be profitable reading to the zoologist. Among these we 
may especially mention those bearing the titles ‘‘ Natural History 
Notes,” ‘The Giraffe at Home,” ‘“‘ The Waterway and Water-fowl of 
the Botletli,” «‘ The Game Birds of Bechuanaland,” and the ‘“‘ Present 
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