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fair abundance in the Eastern and Northern part of 

 the Transvaal ; thence their range is a wide one 

 throughout East and parts of Central Africa, reach- 

 ing as far north as the Tana river, British East 

 Africa. Westward, they are to be found in Khama's 

 country (Bamangwato), on the Chobi river and the 

 Okavango. In the Kaoko veldt, Damaraland, and 

 the Portuguese province of Mossamedes, just north 

 of German territory, a slightly varying form has 

 been brought to light, and named (as a sub-species) 

 the Angolan impala. Excepting for the dark streaks 

 which extend over the eyes and down either side of 

 the face, however, it can scarcely be said that this 

 pallah presents any characteristics separating it from 

 the ordinary species. 



These antelopes drink frequently, often two or 

 three times a day, and are seldom to be found far 

 from water. Yet they are not invariably found in 

 what may be called a well-watered veldt. I have 

 met with them in the dry forests of Khama's 

 country, where water was distinctly scarce and the 

 river - courses were mostly void of that element. 

 Pallah, as they are the most graceful, are also 

 among the most fleet and active of all African 

 antelopes. Their leaping powers are extraordinary, 

 and their bounds, when they are alarmed and fully 

 extended, measure as much as from 28 to 35 feet. 

 They will often leap in play, very much as do spring- 

 buck, and when startled they bound high in air just 

 as those antelopes are accustomed to do. Pallah run 

 in troops varying in number from eight or ten to as 



