186 LT.-COL, C. DELM£-RADCLIFFE ON THE NATURAL [June 6, 
impossible for domestic cattle and horses to live in the same part 
of the country. I myself lost an Arab horse I had had for six 
years in Africa and was very fond of. He was bitten by tsetse- 
fly in Bukanga. 
Eland were met with at two points in Bukanga—near the 
Nyakafunzo swamp, and in the districts known as Mpororo and 
Rushenyi. In Bukanga there were herds amounting to, perhaps, 
200 animals, and the uninhabited country surrounding the 
Nyakafunzo swamp seemed admirably suited to then needs. 
They were considerably preyed upon, unfortunately, by natives, 
who organised hunting-parties into this district both from the 
British and the German side. Still more unfortunately, the 
natives are sometimes armed with rifles. The result could be 
seen in many wounded animals observed from time to time, and 
in dead bodies found with bullets in them. Lions also take toll 
of the elands, but the natural decrease due to this cause is nothing 
compared to the damage inflicted by natives with firearms. 
Further west a herd of considerably over 300 elands was seen, 
and this, probably, is only an outlier of still greater herds in the 
open country further south. Jt seems, therefore, that this country 
is abundantly supplied at present with representatives of this 
magnificent antelope, which, I believe, might be made of great 
economic value. The meat is equal to the best English beef, and 
a bull eland weighs about 17 ewt. 
Zebras occurred coincidentally with the Hland in Bukanga, and 
they number, perhaps, 400 individuals. In Rushenyi another 
very large herd of zebras was seen ; and it may be remarked that 
in the Rushenyi herd a single zebra was seen almost entirely 
pure white in colour, a few stripes only appeared on the neck 
and hind-quarters. Another small herd of zebras, amounting, 
perhaps, to 150 individuals, was seen in the plains in southern 
Ruampara, on the left bank of the Kagera, just north of the 
point where the river turns from the south to east. 
Roan Antelope were encountered, a few at a time, in Bukanga, 
in the narrow valley of the Kagera, and in south-west Ruampara 
north of the bend of the Kagera just referred to. They were 
occasionally met with in Rushenyi and Mpororo, and appeared 
more numerous in Karagwe, where for some reason there 
appeared to be no Hland, no Zebras, and no Damaliscus. These 
last were the common hartebeeste throughout the area west of 
the lake. In Bukanga, Damaliscus were very numerous. The 
number in this part may be estimated at 1000 individuals. No 
other variety of hartebeeste made its appearance: 200 or 300 
individuals were found with the herd of zebras in south-western 
Ruampara, and in Rushenyi and Mpororo the Damaliscus 
hartebeestes are very numerous. 
The Nile Valley variety of Water-buck (Kobus defassa) 1s 
common in Bukanga, and may be mét with in herds up to a dozen 
or fifteen individuals. They also appear fairly plentiful through- 
out the valley of the Kagera and in western Ruampara, but 
