Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



right, as neither horn nor hoof did we set eyes 

 on ; in fact, she was not at home ! 



The buck is said to be about the same size 

 as the white-eared cob, but has not so many 

 white markings about him ; he has, nevertheless, 

 a large white spot on the top of his withers. He 

 possesses very long spreading horns, which he 

 carries rio^ht down on his back when he bounds 

 away in alarm; his nose in consequence sticks up 

 high in the air. 



It is said that there is no known difference in 

 appearance and colouring between the female 

 Mrs. Gray and the female white-eared cob. But 

 this statement needs confirmation. 



Since only one specimen of Mrs. Gray's water- 

 buck is allowed to be shot on one licence, and as 

 therefore everybody naturally shoots a buck for 

 his superb trophy, surely, in the interests of 

 science, someone should be given permission 

 to shoot two as a special case — a doe as well 

 as a buck — out of the same herd, so as to prevent 

 confusion, in order to have the female properly 

 described. Often and often, when the herd is 

 sighted, the buck will be lying down, as is the 

 custom with all varieties of cobus, and it is only 

 the female one sees to judge by. No one whom 

 I have approached on the subject — and some 

 of those I have asked ought to know — can 

 differentiate between the two does except to say 

 that of the two Mrs. Gray's waterbuck has less 



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