;^S'2 GAME AND GAME PRESERVATION- IX ZULULAND. 



as is known, natural deaths during 19 u. The unusually mas- 

 sive head of one is, I believe, now in the Natal Museum. 



There is a troop of about forty Imnala in this Reserve : 

 these, at one time, were in the habit of crossing the Mkuzi 

 freely, and could be as often seen on the north bank as on the 

 south, but the great amoiuit of shooting that is done on the 

 former side has taught these wary animals that safety lies to 

 the south in the Game Reserve. 



Kudu are more or less resident therein, though after the 

 maimer of their kind, are given to fre(|uent wandering. 



Wildebeesten (Brindled Gnu, C. taurinus) are fairly plentiful, 

 as are all species of the smaller antelopes which are represented 

 in Zululand, with the exception of the Blue bush-duiker. 



Mountain Reedbuck are found on the foot-hills, and in the 

 dense bush along the Mkuzi the beautiful Inyala (T. angasi) is 

 plentiful. In certain places in this bush, principally about the 

 Delakufa. a form of Bush-buck is found having straw-coloured 

 tips to its horns, similar to its congener the Inyala. They are 

 decidedly scarce, btit a few are found on the opposite bank of 

 the river, and again a few in the Mtshazi Bush on the Pongolo. 



Lions are mainly visitors in the Reserve, coming across 

 usually from the north bank, though recently 1 have had reason 

 to think that a few are resident. Leojjards occur but rarely, 

 though they are very common on the other side of the river, out- 

 side the Reserve. 



The Hluhluwe Reserve is in many res])ects the " j)ick of 

 the bunch," mainly on account of the very great diversity of 

 land surface and climate of which it boasts. It may be described- 

 as a central valley containing but little flat ground, being broken 

 up into ravines and kloofs throughout its greater area, and 

 rising on all sides to considerable mountain ranges. The north- 

 ern and north-western ])ortions are very hilly and rough, and 

 covered for the most part with dense bush, amcnmting in places 

 to actual forest, of which the Pongwe i^ the largest and most 

 dense. 



This Reserve is the true home of the l)uH'al(). where, in the 

 safe retreat afforded by the above-mentioned bush, it I)reeds 

 freely. In the more or less open thorn country outside the main 

 bush, herds of from twenty to fort\- individuals mav often 

 be seen grazing in the early mornings and late evenings. 



The Prehensile-lipped rhinoceros, or as it is familiarly st_\ led, 

 the ■■ Black Rhino," is also thoroughly at home here, and along 

 the margins of the two hue streams which water the central por- 

 tions of the Reserve, the Amanzibomvu and .\manzimnyama, 

 this uncouth, prehistoric-looking creature is \ er\- commonly met 

 with. 



The lmi)ala, ln}'ala, and Suni are not re|)resente(l here, nor 

 until recently were either Wildeljeesten or Zebra. The shooting 

 outside, however, has resulted in a fair tnxip of each of the 

 latter s])ecies taking U]) its abode in this safe retreat, where 

 they are tloi ng well. 



