CAPE BUFFALO 



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between Umtali and the east coast at Beira, and also from the 

 latter station to the mouth of the Zambesi, they are to be met with 

 in vast herds, and a few years ago existed in countless numbers. 

 Here they are much protected by the unhealthy nature of the 

 country, which is deadly to Europeans, except between the end of 

 May and November. Save for a few protected herds in the Addo 

 bush, the Knysna and Zitzikamma forests, and thickets of the Fish 

 and Sunday rivers, the species has long since been exterminated in 

 the Cape. Buffalo are even rare and local in British East Africa, 

 where, as in other districts on the eastern side of the continent, 

 the rinderpest some years ago played havoc with the herds. Some 

 of the East African specimens may belong to a separate race. 



The Record Buffalo. Shot by F. A. Knowles in Uganda. 



Greatest Width. 

 Outside. Inside. 



Width of 



Palm 



measured on 

 face of horn. 



Locality. 



-53 

 49 



-472 



49 



44 

 43 

 43 

 43* 



35i 



39 



Uganda . 

 ii Limpopo 

 92 Chiromo, B.C. A. . 

 Ilj Sabi River 



Pungwe . 



13 ? 



- Owner's measurements. 



Owner. 



F. A. Knowles. (See illustration.) 



Sir Richard Glyn, Bart. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



F. H. Barber. (See illustration. ) 



F. Lean. 



P. C. Keylel. 



