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" Buffalo " Jones, came to the Protectorate with a 

 novel method of slaughtering its inhabitants, I believe 

 that the "Kongoni" alone proved absolutely beyond 

 his powers to capture. There can be no question as 

 to the destructive powers and propensities of this 

 beast. In huge herds he breaks fences and ravages 

 crops, thereby winning for himself no slight measure 

 of opprobrium. Everyone's hand is against him, and 

 on the occupied portions of the Protectorate he is 

 fast decreasing. Yet the first comer and those who 

 even now live on the outskirts of civilisation should 

 and generally do remember the stomachs that have 

 been filled, and the traces and shafts that have 

 been mended through the agency of the despised 

 " Kongoni." An average pair of Coke's hartebeeste 

 horns measure about 19 inches on the front curve, 

 and generally speaking every big game shooter 

 breaks the recorded record, which gives pleasure to 

 him and does no harm to anyone. An average pair 

 belonging to a Jackson bull would be 23 inches, and 

 25 inches would be unusually large. Neumann's 

 variety might measure 22 inches. 



The Topi, in certain parts of the Protectorate, takes 

 the place of the hartebeeste, to which species he is 

 allied. A much more handsome animal, with his dark 

 chestnut coat, and more compact and neat head, he 

 possesses many of the same characteristics, and has 

 the same propensities for evil. In those parts of the 

 Highlands already in white occupation he is only 

 found in the neighbourhood of Londiani and round 

 Muhoroni. Elsewhere topi are very plentiful in Juba- 

 land, east and north of Lake Rudolf, and from the 

 Loieta plains to the German frontier. A good pair of 

 horns would measure 19 inches. 



