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bark. The hooves of those we shot were very long, as is 

 often the case with water-loving, marsh-frequenting species. 

 There is a curious collar-like space around the neck on 

 which there is no hair. Although if anything smaller than 

 our white-tail deer, the bushbuck is a vicious and redoubt- 

 able fighter, and will charge a man without hesitation. 



The last day we were at the 'Nzoi the porters petitioned 

 for one ample meal of meat; and we shot a dozen buck 



Juma Yohari with Nilotic bushbuck 

 From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt 



for them kongoni, kob, and singsing. One of the latter, 

 a very fine bull, fairly charged Kermit and his gun-bearer 

 when they got within a few yards of it, as it lay wounded. 

 This bull grunted loudly as he charged; the grunt of an 

 oryx under similar circumstances is almost a growl. On 

 this day both Kermit and I were led to bee-trees by honey 

 birds and took some of the honey for lunch. Kermit stayed 

 after his boys had left the tree, so as to see exactly what 

 the honey bird did. The boys had smoked out the bees, 



