204 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
The Kudu flourishes in many parts of Africa south of the 
Zambesi, notwithstanding the eagerness with which the grand horns of 
the male are sought by hunters and collectors. To this survival, its 
suspicious habit, extreme wariness, wonderful powers of scent and 
hearing, and the bushy nature of the country in which it is to be found, 
all contribute. Even so far south as the jungly district of Uitenhage, 
in Cape Colony, this magnificent antelope is to be found. Here, how- 
ever, the Kudu is carefully preserved by English farmers. In Eastern 
Mashonaland the Kudu is very abundant. Although one of the 
largest of the antelopes,—a good bull kudu will stand 5 feet at the 
withers,—it is astonishing how, in bushy country, this animal is able to 
conceal itself and to steal through the densest and thorniest thickets. 
On hill-sides, where it is often found, some excellent, if very difficult, 
stalking may be had. Upon the flat, where, however, it is seldom sur- 
prised, the Kudu is no great performer, and can be run into by a good 
horse with tolerable ease. Excellent specimens of the greater Kudu 
have been recently shot in Portuguese West Africa, behind Benguella. 
One shot in Somaliland measured 4 feet 8 inches at shoulder 
(Count Felice Scheibler); dows feet, Somaliland (ie Weel Clarke) 
do. 4 feet 6? inches, British Central Africa (Dr. Percy Rendall). 
Destribution—N orthern Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Mashonaland, Manica- 
land, Matabeleland, Lake Ngami Region, Ovampoland, Nyassa- 
land, Teita country to north of Athi River, Somaliland, Abyssinia. 
Length. 
7 Circum- Tip to : 
Sora On forenes. Tip. Habitat. Owner. 
ae outside 
curve. 
483 63 124 493 Macloutsie . = |. WW. Dompson: 
46 58 11g | 39 S.E. Mashonaland . | J. G. Millais. 
—454 nae ee ails oe ie ies Barber 
452 574 10} 35 British Central Africa | N. C. M‘Donald. 
—454 614 ren ey South Africa . |, O. Re Dunells 
458 602 114 33 Macloutsie ‘River, | F. C. Selous. 
Khama’s Country 
45% 554 11} 374 South Africa . . | The late W. C. Oswell. 
—45q5 502 Bi 392 Pungwe River Dis- | Capt. A. St. H. Gibbons. 
trict 
