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of rock, as they bound up the sides of rocks that appear as steep as 

 the side of a house. The coat of the Khpspriuger is very peculiar, 

 each separate hair being hollow. It makes excellent padding for 

 saddles, being very light and elastic. 



18. Cephalophus mergens. 



{Duiker of the Dutch and English; Puti of the Bechuanas; 

 Jmpunzi of the Amandebele ; Pemb-gee of the Makalakas ; Unsa 

 of the Masubiasand Makubas ; Iiisea of the Batongas ; Goo-wah of 

 the Masaras.) 



AYherever I have been, both north and south of the Zambesi, 

 except in districts devoid of bush or covered with steep rocky hills, 

 I have met with this Antelope. I have, however, only met with one 

 species, though different individuals vary very much in colour, even 

 though shot in the same district. Some skins are of a greenish 

 colour, others of a reddish brown; and some that I shot on the bor- 

 ders of the Kalahari had less white about the belly than those I 

 obtained further to the north-east. The longest pair of Duiker 

 horns I have seen measured 5 inches in length, the usual length 

 being 3 or 4 inches. They are ringed at the base. Although the 

 females are almost always hornless, I have met with three examples 

 bearing horns. One I shot myself on the Shashi in September 18/6 ; 

 another was shot by Mr. Thomas Ay res in May 1880, near the 

 junction of the Marico and Limpopo rivers, and a third by Mr. 

 Edward Sefton near Zeerust in the Transvaal. 



19. Ai.celaphus caama. 



(Hartebeesl of the Dutch and English ; Khama of the Bechuanas ; 

 Ingnma of the Makalakas ; Khama (with a click) of the Masaras.) 



The range of this Antelope is very similar to that of the Gemsbuck. 

 It is still found in Griqualand West, in some parts being fairly 

 plentiful. All along the eastern border of the Kalahari desert it is 

 also to be found, and extends as far east as the river Serule on the 

 road from Bamangwato to Tati. In the neighbourhood of the salt- 

 pans lying between the Botletlie river and the road from Bamangwato 

 to the Zam])esi it is very plentiful and may be met with in large 

 herds. It does not, however, extend its range to the north of these 

 saltpans, and is unknown in all the country between the Chobeand 

 Mababe rivers, as it is also in the Matabele and Mashuna countries. 

 It is very fleet and enduring, and only second in these particulars to 

 the Tsessebe. 



20. Alcelaphus lichtensteini. 



(Konze of the Masubias ; InhiJanondo of the Mashunas.) 

 This Antelope I only met with on the open downs of the Manica 

 plateau, north of the Zambesi. As I have only seen the horns of 

 the Inkulanondo (which exists in the neighbourhood of the river 

 Sabi, in South-eastern Mashuna land, and in Unzeilas country), it 

 may not turn out to be identical with the Konze, though Sir 



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