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The female, however, then took up the running, but had not 
the pace of her companion, and the little antelope, which now 
kept a diagonal course up the hillside, gained the top, still 
followed by the cheetah, which was only a few yards behind, 
and they both disappeared from view on the other side. As 
the male lay where he had given up the tunning, the other two 
females which had remained behind joined him, and the ground 
being far too open to attempt a stalk I waited, still in the 
hope that they would make for the boulders. In this I was dis- 
appointed, for in a few minutes I saw the female reappear over 
the top of the hill, about 300 yards off, and was delighted to 
see that she had failed to catch the steinbuck ; but, instead of 
coming down to the others, she took up a position on the top 
of an ant-heap, sitting up like a huge cat, when her companions 
saw her and went up to her; they all disappeared over the 
top of the hill, and I Eventually lost them in the bush and Jong 
grass on the other side. 
WATERBUCK 
The Waterbuck (Swahili name, ‘ Kuru’) is common every- 
where south of Lake Baringo, near fresh water, and is also 
found in the vicinity of a good many of the salt-water creeks on 
the coast. It is particularly plentiful on the banks of the Tana 
river, and in the Kilimanjaro district on the banks of the 
Weri Weri. Like most bush-loving antelopes, it is fairly easy 
tostalk, but is a very tough beast and takes a good deal of killing 
if not hit in the right place. Its flesh, though much relished by 
the natives, is coarse and exceedingly rank—indeed that of an old 
-bullis almost uneatable. Near the coast it is generally found in 
thick bush, unless the sportsman is up very early and out by 
daylight, when he may find it on its feeding-ground in the open. 
Up country, where it is less hunted, it is more partial to park- 
like and open bush country. On the banks of the Weri Weri 
herds of fifteen to twenty were not uncommon, but the ordinary 
herd consists of a bull and three or four cows. Single bulls are 
also constantly met with. The waterbuck is a grass feeder. 
