In Wildest Africa -^^ 



the suspicious object, ready all the while to give the alarm 

 signal for a general stampede by loud snorting. In this 

 district we do not find the flat-horned hartebeest of the 

 Kilimandjaro {Btidahs cokei, Gthr.), but the species 

 named after its discoverer, Jackson [Bubalis jacksoni). 

 Long and stately horns distinguish this variety of a 

 remarkably formed species of antelope, which is widely 



HOW MULES AND ASSES ARE GOT ACROSS A RIVER. 



distributed throughout Darkest Africa. To my great 

 delight I succeeded in bringing down a specimen of a 

 much more interesting species, Neumann's hartebeest^ 

 {Btibalis 7tetimannt, Rothsch.), then only known by one 

 or two examples. 



1 I gave the skull of this specimen to the Berlin Natural History 

 Museum. 



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