SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



one desires to prepare the skin, it is necessary to wait 

 until the body has become rigid. The face of the 

 klipspringer is large for so small a head. The male 

 has straight horns, * somewhat resembling those of the 

 duiker, but farther apart. 



This animal has a very wide range, since it is found 

 from the tops of the Drakensberg to the mountains 

 of the lake-region. The klipspringer scarcely ever 

 descends from the rocks. From early dawn it browses 

 on the short, sparse, and scented herbs of the moun- 

 tain flora, till towards ten o'clock it returns to the 

 arid peaks, on which it sleeps, regardless of the heat 

 of the sun. Some hours before twilight it sets out 

 in quest of its evening meal. 



When on the move, it is extremely vigilant and 

 difficult to approach, but if the hunter dare face the 

 stiff climbs under the scorching sun, he will have the 

 chance of a shot at one of these antelopes, plunged 

 in a sleep from which it is with difficulty aroused. 

 This is the time for using the smooth-bore, with the 

 same shot as for the duiker. In all other kinds of 

 shooting the distances become greater, and it is neces- 

 sary to use a small-bore rifle. In any case, more 

 than once before firing, one will be disappointed by 

 seeing these beautiful creatures flee out of range 

 with prodigious bounds, to disappear in the twinkling 

 of an eye, leaping from peak to peak, like india-rubber 

 balls. 



1 Good klipspringer horns vary between four and five inches in length. 

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