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in a wooded ravine of one of the Bailundu hills 

 (south of the railway), and he had heard that these 

 duiker, though rare, were to be met with in that 

 country. 



The KLIPSPRINGER (Oreotmgus saltator) 

 (Ohoha in Umbuncitr^B/nti Quillenge) is found 

 on most of the hills in/ the centre and south of 

 Angola. Its curious grey-col6ured coat of bristly 

 hair, the tiny pig-lifee*'tracJt7 and the remarkable 

 powers this pretty little animal possesses of jumping 

 from rock to rock, are characteristic and unique. 



The ORIBI (Oribia ficopqria) (Omunya in Um- 

 bundu) is distributed all (^ver Angola, living in 

 the savannah forestj anjd scanty vegetation. I 

 think that more than* onei race'' of the graceful fawn- 

 coloured antelope will be fouled in Angola, as I 

 saw one skin that |was npt 0. scoparia. The oribi 

 prefers open country, trusting to its keen eyes, 

 wariness, and speed. 



The STEINBOK (Oribia campestris) (Kapu in Um- 

 bundu). I believe I once saw one of these little 

 antelopes near the Loanda River ; they are found 

 in South Angola in the Cubango and Cuito valleys. 



CARNIVORA. The LION (Felis leo), Ohosi, 

 Onganga, Ondumba (Umbundu), N'dumba (Coque 

 and Luimbc), Onko-i, Onkenyama (Quillenge) ; 

 once numerous in Angola, these animals have 

 diminished with the destruction of the game, 

 and are now rarely met with except in the south 

 and south-east of the colony. Larsen, a well- 

 known hunter, killed seven lions in one day, many 

 years ago, on the Sinde River. Though four 

 of them were cubs, it would be hard to find such a 



