In Wildest Africa -»; 



the suspicious object, ready all the while to j^ive the alarm 

 signal for a general stampede by loud snorting. In this 

 district we do not find the fiat-horned hartebeest of the 

 Kilimanjaro {Biiba/is cokei, Gthr,), but the species 

 named after its discoverer, Jackson [Buba/is jacksont). 

 Long and stately horns distinguish this variety of a 

 remarkably formed species of antelope,, which is widely 



HOW MULES AND ASSES ARE GOT ACROSS A RIVER. 



distributed throughout Darkest Africa. To my great 

 delight I succeeded in bringing down a specimen of a 

 much more interesting species. Neumann's hartebeest' 

 i^Ihibalis neuiuauni, Rothsch.), then onlv known by one 

 or two examples. 



' I gave the skull of this specimen to the Berlin Natural History 

 Museum. 



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