i 7 6 BIG GAME SHOOTING 



Carrington had them, I have seen excellent runs, both 

 with the duyker and steenbok, as well as jackal. 



The duyker stands about 22 inches at the shoulder, 

 is in colour of a greyish-brown, having a yellowish 

 or greenish tint, and carries short, slanting horns, 

 about 4 or 5 inches in length. Between the horns 

 grows a tuft of long hair. The ewes are mostly 

 hornless ; in some of the duyker species, however, the 

 females are found bearing horns. This antelope is 

 held rather in contempt as a sporting animal mainly, 



1 think, from its sneaking, dodging characteristics. 

 The Bechuanas and Basutos call this duyker, Putt ; 

 the Zulus, Swazis, and Matabele, Impunzi. 



The Natal or Red Duyker (Cephalopus natalensis]^ 

 a small but handsome species, ranges through South- 

 East Africa as far as the Zambesi, and is found 

 chiefly in forest country. 



The tiny Bluebuck Blaauwbok of the Dutch 

 (C. monticola}, one of the very smallest of all antelopes, 

 is known to naturalists as the Blue Duyker. This odd 

 little beast is scarcely bigger than a hare, and measures 

 14 inches at the shoulder. Of a smoke-grey, brownish 

 colour, this tiny buck is found in dense cover along 

 the coastline of Cape Colony and South-East Africa, 

 its range extending westward to Angola. It is often 

 shot, in the bushbuck drives of Cape and Natal 

 sportsmen. The horns measure no more than i^ to 



2 inches ; the record pair attaining the magnificent 

 proportions of 2^ inches. The South African native 

 name for this animal is Ipiti. 



