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Situtunga inhabit the rivers of the Kafu and also many other rivers and swamps, 

 and are said to be fairly plentiful. Owing to the swampy nature of the country they 

 inhabit, however, they are practically unobtainable. Perhaps the only way to secure 

 them is to hold a large drive with several hundred beaters driving a swamp. A few 

 animals have been bagged in this way. They live all day under water or in the heart 

 of the swamps, but occasionally come out at night to graze on the grass at the edge 

 of their haunts. No doubt, after a careful study of their habits and spoors, a fair 

 measure of success might be attained by selecting a place in which to sit up for them. 

 However, sitting up for a herbivorous animal, which may graze anywhere, is a very 

 different matter to sitting over a kill for a carnivore, which, if it comes for the kill at 

 all, must come within close range. 



In parts of the Sesse Islands the situtunga were at one time common, and there 

 they were easily bagged, having but little natural cover to protect them. Some years 

 ago a party of so-called sportsmen inaugurated a big drive, and are said to have 

 nearly exterminated them in a single day. One of this party gives an account 

 of the slaughter in " Large and Small Game of Africa." After this occurrence 

 these animals were put on the protected list, for it was not then known that they^ 

 existed in other parts of the Protectorate. Subsequently it was discovered that 

 in almost every big swamp, of which there are many, situtunga are to be found. 

 In view of this they were taken off the protected list, and now two are allowed 

 on a licence. 



Of other animals found in the Masindi neighbourhood there are buffalo and, 

 near the Kafu, waterbuck (sing-sing), hartebeest (Jackson's), and kob (Uganda) — 

 all fairly plentiful. The grass becomes very long in this district towards the end 

 of the season, and hunting is then difficult and, when out after elephant or buffalo, 

 the work may be said to be dangerous. The early part of the year from February 

 to March is the best for this section of country. 



In the Budonga reserve elephants are plentiful, and chimpanzees are said to be 

 there also. South of the Budonga Forest, and between Hoima (Kaora) and Lake 

 Albert, elephants are often found. Near this lake there exists a peculiar form of 

 bushbuck or harnessed antelope, with horns shorter and thinner than the common 

 kind. 



The best shooting-ground in Uganda is supposed to be in Ankole and on the 

 Semliki River. The cattle of Ankole are remarkable for their horns, and it is from 

 this district that the record buffalo trophy comes. The waterbuck of the Semliki 

 and west of Lake Albert are remarkable for the size of their horns. From this part 

 and westwards is obtained the " Gendai," " Congo," or forest ivory. It is long, thin, 



