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or at least, an antelope occupying an intermediary 

 place between the last-named and the inyala. 1 



In the flat regions and at the extremity of the 

 forest the zebra exists, since you see natives wearing 

 their upper front teeth in their necklaces, or passed 

 through their lips. As antelopes and other ruminants 

 only have front teeth in the lower jaw, and as they 

 are quite different in shape, it is difficult to make a 

 mistake. 



The rhinoceros did not seem to me to inhabit the 

 region ; only the natives neighbouring the lakes know 

 it ; it can only be found, in my opinion, on the 

 eastern shore of Tanganyika. The lion is found only 

 in Katanga and in the vicinity of the Uelle that is, 

 in the regions of grassy plains. 



Leopards are very plentiful in certain parts of the 

 Manyema, and cause many accidents there. The 

 natives of that country, instead of pursuing and 

 exterminating the man-eaters as is done in the Zam- 

 besi, let them alone, so much so that these carnivora, 

 seeing they are unpunished, continue their depreda- 

 tions. They lie in wait in the bush for the natives 

 in broad daylight, and when the natives come to cut 

 palm-trees spring out upon them. I am certain they 

 are always the same animals, encouraged by success, 

 which cause these troubles. Is it not strange that 

 pacific people like those of the Zambesi exterminate 

 these carnivora at all cost, while essentially warlike 

 and turbulent populations, like those of the Manyema, 

 quietly support such tyranny ? It is quite a matter 



1 Perhaps the strepsiceros imberbis. 



