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off to fetch it. I came across several more of the same sort in 

 Singo, where I shot this one. It frequents grassy plains dotted 

 with shrubs or bush. It is found either solitary or with a 

 companion, probably a young one. I have never seen it in 

 herds ; and I unfortunately failed to come across one with horns. 

 It had a white abdomen and a bushy tuft to its tail, which was 



also white on 

 the under 

 surface. The 

 general colour 

 is a soft dark 

 brown with a 

 darker patch 

 on the fore- 

 head. 



TJie Harte- 

 beest Antelope. 

 — There are 

 two species 

 of hartebeest 

 met with on 

 the journey 

 to Uganda, 

 though there 

 are several 

 more in other 

 parts of Africa. 

 The species 

 found along the caravan route through British East Africa is 

 the Cokei, which also reaches for some distance into the Uganda 

 Protectorate, and is then replaced by the Jacksoni, which 

 stretches right up to the north of Unyoro. It 'is sometimes 

 seen alone, but, as a rule, it is found in small herds. Near the 

 Mto-ya-Mawe (or Stony River), between Muani and Campi-ya- 

 Simba, I saw, on my last journey, a huge herd which must have 

 numbered several hundreds. The hunter soon finds out, that it 

 is easier to shoot a solitary individual than one in a herd. 



The hartebeest has rather an ungainly appearance, as the 

 hind part of the body droops. When it gallops, it looks as if 

 it were limping, especially as the head bobs up and down with 

 the motion. It misleads the inexperienced who imagine they 



THE NSWALLAH ANTELOPK. 



