124 IN BRIGHTEST AFRICA 
hills at dusk I turned around to see just on the skyline 
the heads and necks of three little antelope watching 
me as I went away discouraged. I believe they are 
the cunningest little beasties in all Africa. 
As my beira antelope was the first specimen ever 
taken—or at least recorded—by a white man, it was 
a record. Another record head which I took came 
equally by chance. One evening as I came out of 
the forest, after some rather troublesome experiences 
with elephants, I caught sight of a bush buck. He 
caught sight of me also, and instead of making off 
he seemed to glare at me and stood stamping his foot. 
I may have imagined his emotions, but it seemed to 
me that all the animals were angry with me that day. 
I remember that it went through my mind, “I be- 
lieve this fellow is going to charge, too.” Then it 
occurred to me that we needed meat in camp, so I 
shot him and told the boys to cut him up and bring 
him in. As soon as they reached him, they called 
to me and I went over to see what was the matter. 
They showed me an unusually fine head. So I saved 
it. It turned out to be the record bush buck head at 
that time and I am not sure that it is not still. 
The lesser koodoo, which is to be found in Somali- 
land in the aloe country at the base of the Golis range, 
is likewise a truly sporting animal, keen of sight and 
scent and fleet of foot. My first lesser koodoo stood 
looking at me through a bush no more than twenty- 
five yards away. My gun boy tried to point him out 
to me but I saw nothing until something bit the 
koodoo’s ear and he flicked it. Realizing that he 
