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go bounding over the high grass, now and then 

 halting for a moment to spy upon one and see 

 what is taking place behind them. 



This species is distributed all over Uganda, 

 and is quite the commonest animal in the Protec- 

 torate. I have come across several very nice 

 heads indeed up the Kafu river, some way from 

 Mruli, where they run pretty big ; and again up 

 the Nile by Wadelai. They struck me as being 

 fairly easy to stalk, since they are neither very 

 wideawake nor ultra-suspicious. 



They have a penchant for standing on the very 

 top of an ant-heap, if there is one anywhere near. 

 The other day I saw one walking along, and, not- 

 withstanding excited clamours for meat on the 

 part of my followers, had made up my mind to 

 let him off, as his head did not seem particu- 

 larly big. He quietly wandered on, climbed up 

 to the top of a mound, and perched himself 

 like a statue against the red of the setting sun, 

 watchinof us. This was too much ! Not even 

 St. Anthony could have resisted the temptation. 

 One convulsive bound into the air, and he lay 

 dead in the long grass below. 



Twenty-three inches or twenty-four inches is a 

 nice head, for it does not grow very much bigger 

 than that. Individuals of this species are often 

 deceptive in appearance : one is never quite sure 

 if one is shooting at a really very big one, and 

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