TSESSEBE. CONGO BUFFALO. LETCHWB. 

 POOKOO. SMALL FOREST ANTELOPE. 



SPEARS USED BY KATANGA ELEPHANT-HUNTERS. 



CHAPTER XII 



SOME ANIMALS OF THE CONGO 1 



Fresh animals The Congo buffalo Various antelopes : pookoos, letchwes, 

 hartebeests, tsessebes, small brown antelope ; tragelaphiis : inyalas, 

 situtungas, koodoos Absence of rhinoceroses Leopards and their 

 depredations Elephants Denizens of the forest : monkeys, wild-boars, 

 and large monkeys The "soko" or chimpanzee Its portrait Sup- 

 posed habitat of the gorilla Parrots and birds Aquatic animals 

 The Congo regarded as a hunting ground. 



BEFORE reaching the concluding chapters which deal 

 with the elephant and lion, I ask the reader's permission 

 to pass in review a few excursions which I made 

 towards the end of my journey into the Tanganyika 



1 By Congo I mean all the territories, French or Belgian, watered 

 by the river and its tributaries. 



