SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



killed, in the evening, a big buffalo. They were 

 sleeping alongside the animal, in front of a poor fire, 

 when a lion, seizing M'tepea by the head, dragged 

 him away. Awakened by his cries, Ganda threw 

 himself on the lion, and was fortunate enough to kill 

 it right out. The body of the negro bears indelible 

 traces of the encounter • the incisor teeth of the great 

 cat having made deep gashes. 



During this sojourn at Ganda I procured two new 

 antelopes ; the one of the size of the duiker, red of 

 coat, and the head of both sexes surmounted by a 

 tuft in which are concealed the horns. The Kafirs 

 call this animal coutwa. When sent to the museum 

 this animal was recognised by Professor Trouessart 

 as an unknown subspecies, and received from him the 

 name of Cephalophus natalensis vassei. 



The coutwa is a denizen of the dense thickets ; 

 very wary, it is excessively difficult to shoot in the 

 midst of the covert where it skulks. It is a pretty 

 little beast, as well suited for the spit as it is pleasant 

 to look upon. 



The other antelope is much larger, as it sometimes 

 attains a height of 5 feet 6 inches at the withers. This 

 is the eland (Oreas canna). Living alone or in herds, 

 which I have never seen containing more than a 

 dozen head, this animal should be considered, if not 

 the most beautiful, at all events the largest species 

 of the family of antelopes. Its coat, which is tawny 

 in the cows and calves, becomes grey in the bulls. 



