Roan Antelope 



sometimes collects a stray Jackson's hartebeeste 

 to help do " sentry go " ; although roan are pretty 

 cute by themselves. 



I think they want a lot of stopping, and I 

 fancy the consensus of opinion is that they must 

 be hit in the right place "in once," or that other- 

 wise they will go on. 



They are met with in herds of from six to 

 fifteen and thirty, and a single buck is usually 

 pretty good, that is to say for East Africa, where 

 the heads run smaller than they do further 

 south. 



I very much regret not having joined the 

 Anglo-German Boundary Commission sooner 

 than I did, as very large herds were met with 

 nearer Lake Victoria than the part of the country 

 I shot them in. I am told they were excessively 

 common in the certain district on the boundary. 



They are hard to get at, and take a deal of 

 trouble in stalking. They are rather sought 

 after in East Africa, as they have only recently 

 been taken off " the list," and also they are so 

 striking-looking set up on the wall. Perhaps this 

 last fact makes them harder to get near, as when 

 a sportsman hears of a herd in the vicinity he 

 stays an extra day or two to get one if possible, 

 and therefore their being shot over tends to make 

 them shyer. 



Properly set up with their masks the heads 

 make a most handsome trophy. 



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