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rolling hillside, as they fed in the swampy hollows in the early morning, 

 but when it came to descending the hill and plunging into the tall, thick, 

 and soaking wet grass it was quite another thing, and was next to 

 impossible to locate them. Even if one struck the right spot, the noise 

 made in forcing a way through the grass frightened them away. I have 

 never been to Toro, but from what I have been told by others who have, it 

 would appear to be of all other places the headquarters of this waterbuck, 

 particularly that part of the country bordering the shores of Lake Albert 

 Edward near Katwi. Here the grass is not too long and they can be fairly 

 stalked out in the open. 



In Uganda the natives kill a good many by the aid of dogs and nets, 

 into which they drive them and then club them to death. They do not 

 spear them, as this would spoil the skin, which to them is of considerable 

 commercial value, there being a ready sale for it amongst themselves after 

 it has been tanned, an art in which they are quite adepts. The horns are 

 used to adorn the long neck-like prows of their canoes. 



These kobs are never found far from water. In Kavirondo, at one time 

 and another, I saw a great many, but never once farther than 300 "or 400 

 yards from the river bank. When disturbed, they will go off parallel to 

 the river rather than retreat any distance from it, and, like the hartebeest, 

 they know thoroughly well the advantages of an ant-heap from which to 

 scan the country for approaching danger. This habit appears to prevail 

 much more amongst the bucks than the does. I know few prettier sights 

 than one of these bucks standing on the top of an ant-heap in the early 

 morning, doing "sentry go," while the does are quietly feeding round 

 about him. His bright colour 1 makes him a very conspicuous object at 

 long distances when the sun is low and behind the hunter. At other times 

 they are by no means so easy to detect, and I have often had them pointed 



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