134 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
REEDBUCK (Cervicapra arundinum). 
The Reedbuck (Rietbok of the Boers) is much less common in 
South Africa than it used to be, and to get fairly into the country of 
this interesting and characteristic water antelope one has nowadays to 
travel far. Formerly abundant in the eastern part of Cape Colony and 
Natal, the Reedbuck is now rarely seen until Khama’s Country is reached. 
On the Lotsani River, in Bamangwato, these antelopes are to be 
found, as well as upon the various northern tributaries of the Limpopo, 
and upon the middle and lower courses of that river itself. They are 
extremely abundant upon the river systems of Ngamiland, as well as 
in the country between Mashonaland and the east coast. As _ its 
