126 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
succession of splashing bounds at great speed through the lagoons and 
shallows. It is extremely tenacious of life, and requires very straight 
powder. The thick rufous-yellow coat of the Lechwe is extremely 
handsome, and the skin is greatly prized by the natives. 
HEIGHT at shoulder about 34 feet. 
Distribution—South and Central Africa. In the marshes of the 
Botletli River, and is very numerous in the open grassy plains, 
which are always more or less inundated by the Tamulakan, 
Mababe, Machabe, Sunta, and Chobe rivers. It is also common 
along the Upper Zambesi and in the swamps of the Lukanga 
River, about 150 miles to the south-west of Lake Bangweolo 
(F. C. Selous), Nyassaland (A. Sharpe). 
Fe at | ee a eipeo Lip: Habitat. Owner. 
-281 F. H. Barber. 
a8 nae ve Bas T. Poole (of Kimberley). 
274 102 19} Chobe River . | F. C. Selous, British Museum. 
274 8 142 Do. F. C. Selous. 
264 83 OM South Africa al AN Beit. 
264 8 15 Linyanti, Chobe | F. C. Selous. 
(about) River 
—258 74 14h Lake Ngami Dr. Percy Rendall. 
-253 74 18 Zambesi T. E. Buckley. 
-258 74 133 Do. Dr. Holub, Paris Museum. 
244 7h 114 South Africa Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
248 78 133 Do. The late J. S. Jameson. 
—244 Zambesi (Calalioness 
234 74 144 South Africa F. C. Selous. 
23 9 9 Do. E. Gedge. 
22 74 63 Do. A. Beit. 
228 73 II Do. The late J. S. Jameson. 
228 68 113 Chobe River F. C. Selous, British Museum. 
21 74 15 A. Beit. 
20% 7 4 Botletli River, H. A. Bryden. 
Negamiland 
