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in long grass (about the only covert there 1s, excepting ant-heaps, 
in the places it haunts) is very difficult to stalk. It is extra- 
_ ordinarily tough, and re- 
quires a great deal of 
killing. When wounded — 
it will take to the reeds 
along the river banks and 
in swampy hollows ; but 
when only alarmed pre- 
fers to keep to the open 
for safety. This antelope 
is evidently plentiful near 
the shores of Victoria 
Nyanza, as nearly all the 
Waganda canoes are or- 
namented on their high 
projecting prow with its 
frontlet and its horns. 
‘These beasts are usually Kobus Kob 
found in small herds, con- 
sisting of a buck and three or four does. I have also seen 
one herd of some twenty-five, consisting entirely of bucks. 
LESSER REED-BUCK 
The Lesser Reed-buck (Swahili, ‘Toi’ or‘Tohi’) is verylocal, 
and as a rule only frequents the vicinity of rivers and swamps 
which are never dry. These bucks are found on the shores of 
Lake Jipi and the Ziwa to the east of Kilimanjaro, and ina few 
other places. I also saw several small herds of them, out of 
which I shot two bucks, on the top of the hills to the north-west 
of Machako’s station. These had evidently been driven up into 
the hills by the grass fires in the plains, which had destroyed 
every particle of covert. The reed-bucks give a shrill whistle 
when disturbed, and are very shy and difficult to stalk. They, 
however, lie close when in long grass, and will sometimes allow 
