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range ; but I believe them to exist, in the interior, on the plateau 

 also. This beast was about the size of a Delhi ox ; it has black 

 points, and a broad black band strongly marked on the hinder part 

 of the fore legs, just above the bend of the knee : another pecu- 

 liarity is that it has white narrow stripes running down the flanks, 

 over the ribs. [No doubt Dr. Livingstone's new species of Eland 

 figured /rom recollection in his Travels? — P. L. S.] 



"9. Koodoo? I have certainly knocked some of these animals 

 over, although I never succeeded in bagging one. This was at Usekhe 

 in Ugogo, and there also I have seen their horns and skulls lying on 

 the ground. They appear to go up and hide in small hills covered 

 with bush during the daytime. 



" 10, Water-Boc, common in the lower lands. 



"11. Hartebeest, common, 



" 12. Brindled Gnu, only seen on the east side of the coast range; 

 they exist there in herds of hundreds. 



"13. Bubal? This cream-coloured beast I have followed and 

 wounded, though never killed; it appears larger than the Harte- 

 beest, though somewhat like it in shape and horns. Its characteristic 

 marks are single black patches on the middle of its flanks ; and the 

 tail is tipped black. Seen in Dhoors, on the East Coast range, and 

 on the interior plateau. 



" 14. Pallah (pronounced P'hallahby the Wangamwezi) is one of 

 the commonest animals in this part of Africa ; many have been shot, 

 but some appear much larger and of lighter red than others. 



" 1 5, Antilope scemmerringii 1 This elegant creature (if it is the 



animal I have named it) was only shot in Ugogo. It is about the 



