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A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



a shot, and, if you went forward, they would drop into the water-course and 

 get away. If they sight danger at a good distance when feeding in the 

 open, they will lie down by any tuft of grass, so it is as well to mark the 

 place very carefully before starting a stalk, and even if they have disappeared 



Side View of Skull of Nile Reedbuck. 



(Cci-'icaf>ra icdiinca cottoni.) 



go riyht to it. On very open ground I once or twice had them moved 

 successfully to me. I saw them down in the hot country at Shimerler 

 Jowee, but only shot a small one, which I did not kcej). They are found 

 at Zoquala, below .\dis Ababa. Whenever they are near a trade route or 

 large town, they are much shot at, and consequently very hard to 

 approach." 



