Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



a fight on their shaggy coats, to the Httle tots just 

 able to stagger along for a few yards. That region 

 came a very good second to the Athi plains, but 

 in the latter you see heaps of different varieties. 

 We were on the look out for tiang, of which 

 there are numbers in this locality, but none had 

 the decency to appear. 



Then after tea, when the bush and forest land 

 came to an end, we entered the white-eared cob 

 country — a land of flat, grassy plains, with a tiny 

 bush here and there amidst the numerous red 

 ant-hills that break at intervals the smoothness 

 between the shallow, swampy khors that wind 

 inland from the river every mile or so. 



The countryside was dotted with larger or 

 smaller herds of this beautiful antelope. None 

 of them seemed to object in the least to the noise 

 of the steamer. They would even turn round 

 and stare at it unconcernedly. They'll tell you a 

 different tale though as the shooting season draws 

 to a close ! When they have been continually 

 shot at by parties landing from every successive 

 steamer and boat, you won't see their heels for 

 dust. And no blooming fools they ! 



I managed to secure a real old one, with a 

 beautiful black skin, but the head was not worth 

 keeping, as he was so old that the horns had got 

 worn down and stumpy. I landed well below 

 him at a suitable spot. He allowed me to get 

 quite close to him, going on feeding all the time 



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