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bush cow, eland, roan, water buck, kudu, reed 

 buck, impallah, sitatunga, hippopotamus, and 

 even an occasional elephant may be found. Along 

 the Central Railway, a similar fauna is met in the 

 lower plateaux near the Cubal and Catumbella 

 Rivers, except that buffalo takes the place of 

 the bush cow, and a few wildebeeste may be seen. 

 In the hinterland, between these two railways, 

 lies the country of the giant sable, the Luando- 

 Coanza watershed, and in this country and along 

 the great rivers to the south-east the " songwe " 

 or Angolan lechwe is found. 



Along the southern railway line, a day's march 

 south of Mossamedes, there are oryx. The country 

 between this line and the River Cunene, which 

 forms the boundary to the south, between its 

 terminus in the Chella Mountains and the eastern 

 and south-eastern borders of the province, is the 

 best hunting-ground in Angola. 



In this great tract of country, where areas of 

 scrub and desert near the coast and to the south 

 are succeeded by the high plateaux of the Chella 

 Mountains sloping south - eastward to the great 

 river valleys of the Cunene, Cubango, and Cuando, 

 most varieties of big game can still be found. 

 Oryx, in the desert near the coast, would be most 

 easily obtained by a motor trip from Mossamedes. 

 A hunting trip in the south-east of Angola should 

 obtain rhinoceros, giraffe, and kudu in the scrub ; 

 elephant, buffalo, water buck, cob, and sitatunga 

 near the great rivers, and wildebeeste, hartebeeste, 

 eland, roan, reed buck, and zebra in the plains 

 which border them. It could be made bv moto 



