In Wildest Africa -* 



the suspicious object, ready all the while to give the alarm 

 signal for a general stampede by loud snorting. In this 

 district we do not find the flat-horned hartebeest of the 

 Kilimandjaro (Bnba/is cokei, Gthr.), but the species 

 named after its discoverer, Jackson (Bubalis jacksoni}. 

 Long and stately horns distinguish this variety of a 

 remarkably formed species of antelope, which is widely 



HOW MULES AND ASSES ARE GOT ACROSS A RIVER. 



distributed throughout Darkest Africa. To my great 

 delight I succeeded in bringing down a specimen of a 

 much more; interesting species, Neumann's hartebeest 1 

 (llubalis neumanni) Rothsch.), then only known by one 

 or two examples. 



' I gave the skull of this specimen to the Berlin Natural History 

 Museum. 



