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Duruma country. Itis, like the paa, a bush-feeder, and requires 
little or no water. 
THE SITATUNGA 
I might add another species to the already long list of British 
_ East African antelopes—the Sitatunga (Zragelaphus Speket). 
My friend Mr. Gedge, in a letter to the ‘ Times’ from Uganda, 
mentions that he shot several antelopes of a species which he 
_ concludes to be the sitatunga on an island in Victoria Nyanza, 
_. but until he returns to England 
_ with a specitmen his inference 
cannot be verified.! 
In conclusion, a few remarks 
on the climate of British East | 
Africa and the expenses of a 
shooting trip may be of use. 3 
The climate, taking it all 
_ round, is good. On the coast, 
_ where the temperature in the 
_ shade ranges between 82° and 
86° (Fahr.) throughout the year, 
the climate is, on account of 
the moist atmosphere, rather re- B. senegalensis 
laxing. In the viciniiy of man- 
grove Swamps it is malarious, more especially if there are Jarge 
expanses of reeking mud-flats exposed at low tide, alive with 
thousands of small crabs, which bore into the mud and let out 
the poisonous gases. When an elevation of 1,200 to 3,ooo0ft. 
is reached the climate is delightful, as between eight and 
nine o'clock a.m., if not before, a cool breeze generally springs 
up, and the heat is rarely excessive, excepting in such places as 
are sheltered from the wind. The nights are cool and refresh- 
ing, often quite chilly, when an ulster or warm dressing-gown 
1 It has now been verified from specimens obtained by Captain W. H. 
Williams, R.A. 
