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the arrival of our train at Dar es Salaam Mr. Charlton wished to 

 obtain a photograph of one of them. Abedi, in whose charge it was, 

 removed it from its cage; while not far away was a crowd of about 50 

 natives who could be heard discussing it as a "young leopard," etc. 

 Suddenly the tiny kitten broke loose and cantered toward the crowd, 

 which gave back; a youth, however, who was about 17 years of age, 

 completely lost his nerve and took to his heels down the line, with 

 the diminutive feline in full pursuit. After doing 30 yards to bis 60 

 she became tired and sat down to rest. The incident evoked peals 

 of laughter from the remaining onlookers. 



FELIS OCREATA UGANDAE Swann 



UGANDA WILD TABBY 



Native names. — Mvugi (Chigogo); Paka wa pori (Kiswahili). 



Two wildcat kittens were brought in during May, both taken near 

 Dodoma. An adult was sent in from Kondoa Irangi and F. G. Car- 

 nochan obtained a dozen kittens from the Shinyanga subdistrict. 

 Two of these were half-castes, one of their parents being a domestic 

 cat, the young having patches of white upon them. All displayed 

 great ferocity, spitting and striking incessantly when food was put 

 into their cage or on any other occasion when their cages were 

 approached; apparently it was second nature to them to do so and 

 so they they did it, however irrational. No deaths occurred among 

 them; all were given milk and chopped raw meat, the latter occa- 

 sionally varied by mice or small birds when these were available. 



LYN.X CARACAL NUBICUS (Fischer) 



EAST AFRICAN LYNX 



Native names. — Mangu (Chigogo); Simba wagi (Kiswahili). 



F. G. Carnochan purchased a kitten from natives at Kizumbi 

 which was still alive at time of embarkation, its diet being minced 

 raw meat and milk. The Shinyanga region appears to be one of the 

 few places in Tanganyika Territory where the lynx is tolerably com- 

 mon, judging from Mr. Carnochan's experience. Salimu tells me 

 that "wagi" refers to its color, which they compare to the buffalo 

 bean ("wagi" in Kikami, a word adopted by the Swahili). 



SMUTSIA TEMMINCKI (Smuts) 

 PANGOLIN 



Native names. — Nyamungumi (Chigogo); Kakakuona (Kiswahili). 



One of these curious armor-plated creatures was brought into 

 Dodoma early in June and was still alive at time of embarkation, 

 though it should surely have died before then. At first it was fed 

 on minced raw meat and boiled rice, but it ate so little of the latter 

 that the rice was dropped. It occurred to me that boiled eggs and 



