1 1 8 Great and Small Game of Africa 



there was not a single buffalo within miles ; they had all trekked away. 

 I had only fired the one shot, but it had had the effect of clearing the 

 veldt. I found this same peculiarity among the buffaloes in all the country 

 frequented by native hunters. G. W. Penrice. 



The Abyssinian Buffalo (Bos differ aquimctialis) 



The Abyssinian race is by far the most closely connected among other 

 African buffaloes with the true Bos differ typicus. It is in fact so nearly 



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allied that it has been doubted whether it is more than a variety of the 

 more southern form. The body-colour is dark brown, tinged here and 

 there with a ruddier shade. The horns are smaller, much more flattened 

 towards the base, and have a thinner and less massive appearance than 

 those of the Cape buffalo. 



This buffalo is found in Abyssinia, the southern portions of Somaliland, 

 and parts of the Eastern Soudan up to the White Nile. In habits it 

 resembles its southern congener, and is, when wounded, fierce, active, and 

 revengeful. In stature it averages about a foot less than the Cape 



