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up it is only possible to follow their movements by the waving 
of the grass. It is necessary, however, always to be prepared 
for a snap-shot, as after going some twenty to thirty yards they 
will bound up into the air, offering a capital chance, which may 
be the only one, as they will be out of range before they again 
appear in a like manner. This bounding into the air is, I 
believe, to enable them to see where they are going to, and 
it is a curious fact that when they alight they invariably do so 
on their hind legs, not unlike a kangaroo. 
An oribi, even when only slightly wounded, will, as a rule, 
go a very short distance before lying down, and the sportsman 
should, therefore, be careful to follow up all those that he thinks 
he may have touched. 
STEINBUCK 
The Steinbuck (Swahili name, ‘ Ishah’) is better known to 
some sportsmen as the ‘grass antelope.’ It is more plentiful 
at Kilimanjaro than elsewhere, though I have seen a good 
many all atong the caravan route, wherever it passes through 
open grass country, between Mombasa and Nzoi in Ukambani. 
This little antelope is the smallest found in the open plain. It is 
a stupid little beast, and requires very little stalking to outwit it. 
It will often stand gazing at anyone who approaches, and allow 
him to walk up to within too yards of it. I once witnessed a 
most interesting sight in which one of these little bucks played 
an important part. It was being hunted by two cheetahs 
(hunting leopards). ‘This occurred on the low hills west of 
Machako’s. As I was walking along the side of a steep hill, I 
saw four cheetahs cross a dry watercourse at the bottom and 
ascend half-way up the side of the opposite hill, when they lay 
down and began gambolling like kittens. About half-way 
between the top of the hill and the cheetahs was a pile of huge 
rocky boulders, and thinking that they would in all probability 
make for these, and lie up in the shade of them during the heat 
of the day, I hurried round, making a wide circuit, to the back 
of the hill. On looking down from the top I had the satis- 
