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fair numbers near Chiromo, and there is also a small 

 herd near the Mua Mission. These buffalo live in 

 a marsh extremely difficult of access, which they 

 rarely leave except by night. We found their 

 tracks in the forest ; and as the natives in the village 

 near the marsh see them occasionally, we should 

 doubtless have had a shot had we been able to 

 devote a week or more to watching for them. 



"Wildebeest* — The so-called Nyasaland wilde- 

 beest, a variety of the brindled gnu, with a large 

 white blaze on its nose, we had counted upon with 

 some certainty, in view of its name. It was with 

 considerable surprise and disappointment, therefore, 

 that we heard that the beast does not live in the 

 country, and that he was only to be found in 

 Portuguese territory, where he is by no means 

 numerous. The North- East Rhodesian wildebeest 

 is the ordinary black bearded variety of the brindled 

 gnu. 



Roan* — Roan antelope are very plentiful in the 

 Bua country, right up to the mountains. We did 

 not shoot them, because sable and roan come 

 under the same heading in the licence, and we had 

 obtained our complement of the former. 



Waterbuck (Cobus defassa) were fairly num- 

 erous along our route, but the heads were poor, not 

 worth shooting. 



Bushbuck {Tragelophus scriptus) are, we be- 

 lieve, in fair numbers, but they are difficult to find. 

 We shot one on the Shire, and another on top of 

 Dedza mountain. 



Lichenstein Hartebeest {Babalis lichten- 



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