228 After Big Game in Central Africa 



small pool completely hidden in the centre of the 

 forest. I took up my position there, and, after two 

 days' waiting, saw an inyala for the first time. This 

 strange animal's appearance no more resembles that 

 of other antelopes than its habits resemble theirs. 

 The male is dark iron-gray ; its height is about 4 

 feet ; and under the neck and stomach it has long, 

 han oino- hair, which much increases its size seen from 



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a distance, and makes it look as though its neck 

 and shoulders and short legs were those of an ox. 

 Its elegant head and straight nose somewhat 

 resembles that of the ox, so that at a distance 

 you believe you are looking at one of small size. 

 The female is smaller and of another colour, which is 

 rare ; it resembles the bushbuck, owing to its tawny 

 hair, spotted on the buttocks with white, and also 

 owing to the shape of the hind-quarters. Moreover, 

 the koodoo, bushbuck, inyala, and situtunga are of 

 the same family. 



From the time of firing the first shot at the pool, 

 a shot which cost the life of a male inyala, these 

 animals no longer appeared in the daytime ; but they 

 continued to come at night. I waited for them with 

 the electric projector, just as in the case of lions, 

 and was able thus to obtain a few specimens of the 

 "bo6," as the natives call it. The horns of this 

 antelope, which are exactly the shape of a lyre, are 

 very graceful. The accompanying photographs show 

 a front and back view of this beautiful and rare 

 animal. 



Other antelopes are, as I have said, very difficult 



