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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



companions Oswell and Murray during their journey to Lake Ngami 

 in 1849. In point of size it approximates to the true waterbucks, 

 from which, however, in addition to the features already mentioned, it 

 may always be distinguished by its lighter and more graceful build. 

 The general colour is fulvous, of a lighter tint than in the Uganda 

 kob. 



Seldom found very far from water, this antelope is most abundant 

 in the lagoons and swamps created by the annual rising of the Upper 

 Zambesi, the Botletli, Chobi, Tamulakan, and other rivers of the interior, 

 in localities where the surrounding flats are inundated for some part of 

 the year. The lechwe seldom ventures into the deep rivers from fear of 

 the crocodiles, but among the reed-beds, the shallow lagoons, and 

 flooded flats it is a familiar figure. It is often to be found, in the less 

 accessible regions, in vast herds. An excellent swimmer, it can progress 

 by a succession of splashing bounds at great speed through the lagoons 

 and shallows. It is extremely tenacious of life. 



Distribution. Zambesia and Barotsiland. 



Length on 

 front. 



Circum- 

 fcrence. 



Tip to Tip. 



Locality. 



-371 



Owner. 



F. II. Barber. 

 I'oulett-Weatlierley. 

 ('. M. Rolker. 

 Col. C. Harding. 

 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 f. II. Hayes. 

 R. C. Forster. 

 Major J. Garden. 

 1'. B. Yander-Byl. 

 R. T. Coryndon. 

 II. II. Williams. 

 George Grey. 

 South African Museum. 

 Sir H. J. Goold-Adams. 

 I'. G. Keytel. 



- Owner's measurements. 



