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further articles of diet. It is noteworthy that, at the 

 Pretoria Zoological Gardens, the grass remains long in 

 the bushbuck enclosure only. 



Both sexes utter a hoarse bark, equally as a family call 

 and a note of warning, which may be repeated several 

 times or expressed singly ; that of the male is the louder 

 and harsher. The rams are exceedingly pugnacious and 

 courageous. Hunters have many tales to tell of damage 

 to their dogs from wounded males ; while even the 

 formidable and experienced African hunting dog oc- 

 casionally succumbs, as was evidenced by the discovery 

 of the carcass of one with some two inches of bushbuck 

 horn broken off in his brisket. It is sad to have to add 

 that there was abundant evidence of the rest of the pack 

 having finished off the plucky little antelope. 



CHAPTER XIV 



ANTELOPES (continued) 

 The Inyala 



THE INYALA. This is one of the most local, as it is, 

 in all probability, one of the rarest species of antelopes 

 in Africa. Its most southerly boundary is the Ingwavuma 

 River, in the north of Zululand, whence, to the junction 

 of the Usutu and Pongola Rivers, there extends a dense 

 bush in which these animals are strictly preserved by 

 the Natal Government. North of this point they extend 

 through Portuguese territory for some forty miles to the 

 Umpeluzi River, and from west to east between the 

 Lebombo Hills and the Maputa River as the united 

 streams of the Usutu and Pongola are named a distance 

 of, perhaps, thirty miles ; so that the local range is not 

 a very extended one. Moreover, in the Portuguese 



