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in long grass (about the only covert there is, excepting ant-heaps, 

 in the places it haunts) is very difficult to stalk. It is extra- 

 ordinarily tough, and re- 

 quires a great deal of 

 killing. When wounded 

 it will take to the reeds 

 along the river banks and 

 in swampy hollows ; but 

 when only alarmed pre- 

 fers to keep to the open 

 for safety. This antelope 

 is evidently plentiful near 

 the shores of Victoria 

 Nyanza, as nearly all the 

 Waganda canoes are or- 

 namented on their high 

 projecting prow with its 

 frontlet and its horns. 



These beasts are usually Kobus Kob 



found in small herds, con- 

 sisting of a buck and three or four does. I have also seen 

 one herd of some twenty-five, consisting entirely of bucks. 



LESSER REED-BUCK 



The Lesser Reed-buck (Swahili, <Toi' or 'Tohi ') is very local, 

 and as a rule only frequents the vicinity of rivers and swamps 

 which are never dry. These bucks are found on the shores of 

 Lake Jipi and the Ziwa to the east of Kilimanjaro, and in a few 

 other places. I also saw several small herds of them, out of 

 which I shot two bucks, on the top of the hills to the north-west 

 of Machako's station. These had evidently been driven up into 

 the hills by the grass fires in the plains, which had destroyed 

 every particle of covert. The reed-bucks give a shrill whistle 

 when disturbed, and are very shy and difficult to stalk. They, 

 however, lie close when in long grass, and will sometimes allow 



