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colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal, and thence along the 

 Marico and Limpopo rivers to Bamangwato, at last reached Tati, 

 on the south-western frontier of the Matabele country, in August. 

 Here I remained hunting on several tributaries of the Limpopo until 

 the following December', when I trekked down to the Diamond Fields, 

 returning to Tati again in April 1877. I then started at once for 

 the Zambesi, reaching Daka in May. From that date until the end of 

 October I was hunting on the Chobe in the neighbourhood of the Sunta 

 outlet, and in the country between the Chobe and Mababe rivers. 

 In Nov. 1877, after sending my waggons to the Matabele country, 

 I crossed the Zambesi on foot at " Wankies " town, and, following 

 its northern bank, reached the mouth of the Kafukwe in December. 

 From here I struck to the north-west through the mountains beneath 

 which the Kafukwe runs, and, travelling over the Manica plateau, 

 reached "Sitanda's" town, situated near the swampy Lukanga river, in 

 January 1878. In February I again reached the mouth of the Kafukwe 

 river, and in the following month, crossing the Zambesi a Httle to the 

 west of the mouth of the Sanyati (a tributary from the south), struck 

 due south across country, and reached the Matabele country once 

 more in May 1878. Here I was detained doing nothing through 

 ill-health until August, when I made a hunting-trip to the north- 

 eastern part of the Masbuna country in the neighbourhood of the 

 Ganyaue river, returning to the Matabele country in the end of 

 December. T then went down to the Transvaal, and getting back to 

 Bamangwato in April ] 879, started on a hunting-expedition to the 

 upper Chobe. Travelling through the desert to the Botletlie river, 

 I followed its eastern bank for some distance and then struck across 

 to the Mababe river, which 1 reached early in June. From this time 

 until December I hunted on the Machabe, Sunta, and Chobe rivers, 

 and then travelling through the great saltpans into which the 

 Botletlie runs, reached Bamangwato again in Janaury 1880. I then 

 went down to the Transvaal and Diamond Fields, and in the end of 

 May got back to the Matabele country again, and at once started 

 on my last hunting-expedition to North-eastern Mashuna land, where 

 I remained hunting until the end of the year. On leaving Mashuna 

 land I travelled down country, and, skirting the western border of 

 the Transvaal, reached the Diamond Fields in February 1881. 



After this slight sketch of my routes, 1 proceed to give my uotes 

 upon the various Antelopes which I met with during these ex- 

 peditions. 



1. Oreas canna. 



{Eland of the Dutch and English ; Pofo of the Bechuanas ; Impofo 

 of the Amandebele ; Ee-pofo of the Makalakas ; Mofo of the Ma- 

 shunas ; Insefo of the Masubias and Batongas ; Oo-schefo of the 

 Macubas ; Doo of the Masaras.) 



The Eland is now extinct in the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange 

 Free State, Griqualand West, and the Transvaal, and almost so in 

 all the countries watered by the tributaries of the Limpopo, to the 

 west of the Matabele country. In the Kalahari desert to the west of 



