CHAPTER VIII. 



I. FIELD NOTES ON THE GAME. 



The following animals described : 



Elephant. 



Rhinoceros. 



Hippopotamus. 



Buffalo. 



Eland. 



Roan antelope. 



Sable antelope. 



Kudu. 



Common waterbuck. 

 Hartebeest 



(Lichtenstein's). 

 Sassaby. 

 Situtunga. 

 Inyala. 

 Puku. 



Lech we (two varieties). 

 Bushbuck. 



Reedbuck. 

 Impala. 

 Oribi. 



Klipspringer. 

 Common duiker. 

 Sharpe's steinbuck. 

 Blue duiker. 

 Livingstone v s antelope. 



THE following notes are the results of ten years' experiences, 

 almost wholly spent in the wild places of Central Africa, 

 where game is very plentiful if one goes to look for it in 

 its natural haunts. As I have written before, some people 

 imagine, because game is less seen in this country than 

 it is in more open spaces in other countries, that it is very 

 scarce. This is quite a mistaken idea, and Central Africa 

 Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, and adjacent countries 

 holds a most plentiful and varied stock of game. 



In previous volumes I have already written a good deal 

 on this subject, but I think a book on shooting would be 

 imperfect without giving an assorted list of the principal 

 fauna, and this is my excuse for adding this chapter to 

 the present volume. I give information here on other 

 subjects, such as the approximate weight of the animals, 

 good average trophies, and two native names in different 

 languages, all of which I trust will prove useful. 



The mark 6* is for male, and ? for female. 



