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RECORDS OF JUG GAME 



Horns of Cape Buffalo (Mr. F. H. Barber's specimen). 



The AFRICAN BUFFALO (Bos [Bubalus] caffer). 



Gdnwos of the Sudanese. 

 Gddtirs of the Gallas. 

 Inyati of the Swazis and Zulus. 

 Mboa and Nyati in the Chilala and 

 Chibisa countries. 



Mbogo and Nyati of the Swahilis. 

 Nadi in Barotsiland and Ngami- 



land. 

 Nari of the Basutos. 



Among the distinctive features of the typical race of this fine 

 species, may be noted the enormous helmet-like mass formed by .he 

 closely approximated bases of the horns in old bulls, the backward 

 inclination and comparatively slight angulation of the horns themselves, 

 the shortness of the face, and the great width and size of the heavily 

 fringed and flapping ears. In colour, both the skin and the sparse 

 hairs with which it is clothed are for the most part jetty black ; the 

 hairs themselves being directed uniformly backwards from the nape to 

 the rump. Height at shoulder about 5 feet. 



A, CAPE BUFFALO (Bos caffer typicus). 



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Distribution. Southern Africa from the Cape to the southern bank of 

 the Congo on the west side, and approximately some distance 

 south of the Victoria Nyanza on the east side of the continent. 

 Except on the Zambesi, Chobi, and some neighbouring rivers, 

 buffaloes have now become very scarce in South Africa ; but 



