-* The Antelopes of Hast Africa 



buck. lUit, most disappointingly, I missed it, owing to 

 the great distance and my pardonable excitement. 



I stayed three days at that place, vainly searching 

 for the rare creature ; I never saw it again. About a 

 year later it was, I \vas informed, again fruitlessly chased 

 by two Europeans at the same place. 



Curious! v enough, white waterbuck were not unknown 



HARTEBEESTS SOMETIMES LOOK QUITE WHITE IN THE SUNLIGHT 



to my old caravan-guide. Years ago he had seen '' white 

 game" (Nyama nyaupe) near the same spot, and so had the 

 people who were then with him. The so-called hartebeest 

 antelopes are widely represented by many different species 

 throughout Africa. Despite the obvious family likeness 

 always existing, they really differ a good deal in colouring, 

 and especially in horn-formation. 



My Wanyamwesi carriers called them " punju " ; 



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