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impossible for domestic cattle and horses to live in the same part 

 of the country. I myself lost an Ai-ab horse I had had foi- sis 

 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 aad 

 Rushenyi. In Bukanga there were herds amounting to, perhaps, 

 200 animals, and the uninhabited country surrounding the 

 Nyakafunzo swamp seemed admirably suited to their 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 wovmded 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 ari ovitlier of still greater herds in the 

 open country fiu-ther south. It 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 cwt. 



Zebras occurred coincidentally with the Eland 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 hei-d 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 tliere 

 appeared to be no Eland, 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 

 individxials 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) is 

 common in Bukanga, and maybe met 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 



