WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



then comparatively little represented in European mu- 

 seums. 



The beautiful and graceful impallah antelope, the 

 "suara" of the natives, the male of which is adorned 

 with splendid, lyrate horns, is found both in small 

 troops and in large herds numbering two hundred head 

 or more. Its favorite resorts are the bushy and forest- 

 clad parts of the steppe, never the open country. The 

 impallah antelopes are exceedingly shy and cautious. 

 The alarm -note of the guards of a herd, a whistling 

 sound like "tjii," can be heard at all times of night or 

 day. At the approach of an enemy the animals try to 

 escape in powerful leaps, up to nine feet. high and twenty- 

 eight feet long. When fired at, they will check their 

 flight and jump sideways. A herd of impallah antelopes 

 crossing one another's path and often jumping one over 

 the other is indeed a splendid sight. 



The impallah are very fond of fresh, sweet grass, and 

 are attracted by it often to their own destruction; for 

 the natives, knowing of this fondness, frequently fire 

 small patches of the steppe, fresh grass sprouts on these 

 spots, and the unsophisticated impallah, attracted by its 

 favorite food, falls a prey to the wily natives. 



In the fall of 1899 I noticed in a herd of about tw^o 

 hundred animals at the Mto - Nyuki, near the Kili- 

 manjaro, a completely white female. I stalked the 

 antelope with great difficulty, and it took three shots 

 to secure her. She was great with young, a normally 



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