"WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



mostly found wandering about singly. Water - bucks 

 like to herd on islands in the middle of streams which 

 they ford in shallow places, fearless of crocodiles. The 

 Cobus has a disagreeable odor, which often betrays the 

 stand of the animal, and which also makes its flesh 

 uneatable for Europeans, while this tar smell does not 

 deter the natives. The ewes are particularly shy and 

 cautious. They always give the first sign of warning, 

 and lead in the flight, the males bringing up the rear. 

 Like all the larger antelopes, the water-buck is hard to kill. 



In March, 1897, I was with my caravan on my way 

 from the Kilimanjaro to the coast. Among my cat- 

 tle was a black-and-white cow. One day I was sure 

 that I saw this cow among the herd of goats which 

 headed the column, but, to my great surprise, the whitish 

 something proved to be an almost snow-white water- 

 buck. I was so excited that I missed my aim. I 

 stopped near this place three days hoping to see the 

 animal again, but in vain. The old leader of my cara- 

 van told me that he had seen, at different times, a few 

 white water-bucks, "nyama nyaupe," in this very neigh- 

 borhood. The many species of the bubaline antelopes 

 — the hartbeests — range almost over the whole of 

 Africa and Arabia. They vary greatly in their coloring 

 and in the shape of their horns. My Wanyamwesi car- 

 riers called them "punju," the Masai "logoandi," the 

 Wandorobbo "roboht," and the coast tribes "kongoni." 



The "kongoni" (Bnbalis Cokei Gthr.) of a reddish- 



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