6o Great and Small Game of Africa 



Lichtenstein's Hartebeest {Bubalis lichtensteini) 



Inkulanondo of Mashunas ; Konze of Masubias and of Chilala and 

 Chibisa Countries ; Kokotombwi of Barotse ; Godonko of Zambesia 



This fine antelope, whose range is now known to extend over large areas 

 of country to the north of the Zambesi in Central and East Central Africa, 

 as well as over a considerable area of South-East Africa to the south of that 

 river, was first discovered by the German naturalist, Dr. Peters, in the 

 neighbourhood of Sena on the Lower Zambesi, and by him named after his 

 compatriot, the traveller Dr. Lichtenstein. South of the point where Dr. 

 Peters first met with it, this species of hartebeest is found throughout the 

 greater part of the low-lying coast country between the Zambesi and the 

 Sabi, and although its range has not been accurately determined in this 

 direction, it very probably extends into certain districts of the country to 

 the south of the lower course of the latter river. It is fairly common in 

 the countries on both sides of the central and upper course ot the Sabi 

 River, as far north as a point some 50 miles south of Mount Wedza, and 

 from there eastwards may be met with to within a few miles of Massikessi. 

 Westwards from the Central Sabi a few stragglers range as far as and even 

 beyond the Lunti River, whilst in 1885 a small herd of six suddenly 

 appeared in Northern Mashunaland, near the Hanyani River, some 20 

 miles to the north-west of where the town of Salisbury now stands. 



This is the more remarkable, as the natives of this part of Mashunaland 

 are entirely unacquainted with Lichtenstein's hartebeest and have no name 

 for this species of antelope in their language, which proves, I think, that 

 it could never have been indigenous to this part of the country, nor to the 

 best of my belief is there any other record of its appearance in that 

 district. 



Only one of these six stragglers was shot — a female, whose skull is 



