230 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



a purplish-black streak down the middle of the face and another 

 through each eye. In the days of their abundance pala were 

 found in big troops, such as are still to be met with on the Upper 

 Zambesi, in East Mashonaland, and parts of British East and 

 Central Africa. Half a century ago, or even less, they were to be 

 found in similar numbers among the covert on the banks of every 

 river in the Transvaal and Bechuanaland ; but now it is not till the 

 northern border of the former country that they are to be met 

 with, and then only in small parties. Pala are some of the fleetest 

 of all antelopes, and are in the habit of leaping high in the air ; 

 their presence always implies the neighbourhood of water. 



Length. 



Owner. 



. E. M. Crosfield. 

 . Capt. E. Berry. 

 . Count C. Podstatzky. 

 . Lord Delamere. 

 . H. Hyde-Baker. 

 . A. E. Butter. 

 . Count E. Hoyos. 



W. W. Ashley. 

 . A. J. A. Douglas. 



Dr. A. Paget. 

 . Major L. Boyd Moss. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 . C. Stewart Betton. 

 . Capt. J. S. Cavendish. 

 . Capt. E. F. Hausburg. 

 . Capt. R. Meinertzhagen. 



J. R. Bradley. 

 . Earl of Warwick. 

 . Walter Jones. 

 . R. Hayne. 

 - Owner's measurements. 



