THE HARTEBEESTS AND GNUS 123 



tots ; Kokoon of Bechuanas ; Inkongone of Zulus 

 and Swazis ; Inkonekone of Matabele ; Eevumba of 

 Makalakas ; Nyumbo of Swahilis. 



The White-tailed Gnu, or Black Wildebeest (Zwart 

 Wildebeest of the Boers) (Connochostes gnu\ was 

 formerly enormously plentiful in Cape Colony 

 and the Orange Free State. It has now been 

 nearly exterminated, and only a few troops are 

 found here and there on Dutch farms, where 

 they are strictly preserved. Specimens, before the 

 war, could be obtained at a cost of about 10 

 per head, and even at this price plenty of rich 

 gunners from Johannesburg and elsewhere were 

 found ready for the stalk. Before the war about 

 2000 head of these wild, grotesque-looking antelopes 

 were remaining. It is probable that by this time the 

 remnant totals less than half that number. 



