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Duruma country. It is, like the paa, a bush-feeder, and requires 

 little or no water. 



THE SITATUNGA 



I might add another species to the already long list of British 

 East African antelopes the Sitatunga (Tragelaphus Spekei}. 

 My friend Mr. Gedge, in a letter to the ' Times ' from Uganda, 

 mentions that he shot several antelopes of a species which he 

 concludes to be the sitatunga on an island in Victoria Nyanza, 

 but until he returns to England 

 with a specimen his inference 

 cannot be verified. 1 



In conclusion, a few remarks 

 on the climate of British East 

 Africa and the expenses of a 

 shooting trip may be of use. 



The climate, raking it all 

 round, is good. On the coast, 

 where the temperature in the 

 shade ranges between 82 and 

 86 (Fahr.) throughout the year, 

 the climate is, on account of 

 the moist atmosphere, rather re- 

 laxing. In the vicinity of man- 

 grove swamps it is malarious, more especially if there are large 

 expanses of reeking mud-flats exposed at low tide, alive with 

 thousands of small crabs, which bore into the mud and let out 

 the poisonous gases. When an elevation of 1,200 to 3,000 ft. 

 is reached the climate is delightful, as between eight and 

 nine o'clock A.M., if not before, a cool breeze generally springs 

 up, and the heat is rarely excessive, excepting in such places as 

 are sheltered from the wind. The nights are cool and refresh- 

 ing, often quite chilty, when an ulster or warm dressing-gown 



B. senegalensis 



1 It has now been verified from specimens obtained by Captain W. H. 

 Williams, R.A. 



