The Cape Buffalo r i r 



more than ever incumbent on the sportsman to do his utmost to be on 

 their feeding-ground in good time and endeavour to catch them out in 

 the open. He can then make a certainty of picking out a bull ; whereas 

 if he has to follow a herd into dense bush he is quite as likely as not to 

 shoot a cow, as on sighting a beast, probably at only a few yards' distance, 

 he will have very little or no time at all to examine it sufficiently to 

 determine what it is, bull or cow, unless of course he can get a good view 

 of its head. 



With regard to the character and temperament of the buffalo opinions 

 differ. Personally I consider it the pluckiest and, when wounded, the 

 most cunning and savage of all the game that is considered " dangerous." 

 Out in the open, when a deliberate and steady shot can be taken, and the 

 bullet placed in the right spot, there is little to fear, and it may be killed 

 with a small-bore rifle, but, once let it get into thick bush or long grass, 

 a wounded buffalo is the most ticklish beast of all to deal with, and as 

 trying to the nerves as the keenest sportsman can well desire. In such a 

 situation I strongly recommend the hunter to use nothing less than an 

 8-bore. 



The cows drop their calves between December and February. 



F. J. Jackson. 



In Portuguese West Africa (Benguela) 



Benguela Name, Inyati 



These animals are to be found in large numbers throughout the district 

 of Benguela — latitude 12 south. In this district is also found the beast 

 known as the West African buffalo ; the only difference that I can 

 see between the two animals is in the shape of the horns, which in the 

 West African buffalo are very narrow at the base, longer and more curving 



