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lie up in long grass or under bushes during the heat 

 of the day. When alarmed they usually stand for a 

 few seconds, unless "jumped," before going off at full 

 speed for a couple of hundred yards. Then they stop 

 and look back. If again disturbed they sneak off 

 and keep going until well away ; if not, they remain 

 until they are sure the alarm was false. These small 

 antelope are hard to get as they see you long before 

 you know they are there. 



The gazelle round Bumuruti have much better 

 heads than those farther south, and Burton got one 

 near here with horns of fifteen inches. 



One day, whilst out after Tommy, I saw a lady 

 riding towards me, whom I had last seen looking 

 very smart in the Park. She will, I am sure, forgive 

 me for saying that I hardly recognised her ! She 

 had been fortunate enough to kill one of the big 

 forest pigs of which I have spoken before, though 

 I have not its measurements. A Tommy with even 

 a better head than Burton's had also fallen to her 

 rifle. This same day I shot a big cerval cat, with 

 a beautifully marked skin ; the only one I obtained. 



Whilst we were at Bumuruti news came in that 

 an unfortunate gun-bearer had been nearly killed by 

 a wounded buffalo. The brute had driven a horn 

 right through his ribs into the lungs and tossed him 

 high in the air. He was taken into Fort Hall and 

 ultimately recovered, though he had a very narrow 

 shave. 



A good buffalo head may be considered the crown- 



