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thick, and horny : thus further augmenting the support- 

 ing area of the foot. The marsh-buck spends most of 

 its time in the water, standing among reeds with all 

 but its head and hoins submerged: it can take 

 tremendous leaps and move about at a great pace. 



Speke's Antelope ( Tr<nj< la/ilnts .ipekei). 



The bird in the corner is a lily-trotter (Jacana) with elongated claws which 

 enable it to move quickly over the floating leaves of aquatic plants. 



Speke's original specimen was caught near the lake in 

 some high rushes. The only food it would take was 

 the tops of the papyrus rush : although it ate and drank 

 freely and lay down very quietly, it always charged 

 with ferocity any person who went near it. No other 



