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than any of the other species of antelopes which frequented the same 

 ground. When much persecuted, however, these animals doubtless learn 

 wisdom from experience, and become more wary and more difficult to 

 circumvent. Like the lechwe they are exceedingly tenacious of life. 



F. C. Selous. 



The Pookoo Kob — Senga Race {Cobus vardoni senganus) 

 Sewu/a and Seyula of Senga Natives 



This sub-species has been only recently discovered (1895) in the 

 Senga country, in the valley of the Loangwa River, to the north-west of 

 Lake Nyasa. Mr. Richard Crawshay was the discoverer, and he has 

 furnished practically all the information yet obtainable to Messrs. Sclater 

 and Oldfield Thomas, who have incorporated it in their excellent work, 

 The Book of Antelopes. Only one specimen, a female, shot by Mr. Crawshay, 

 has hitherto been described. 



This new kob, evidently very close to the typical Cobus vardoni, is 

 described as somewhat smaller in size and very similar in appearance, but 

 with more black on the head and ears and the general colour deeper. It 

 was obtained at an altitude of 2500 feet, and is described by Mr. Crawshay 

 as " a native of dry, hilly country, often rough and stony, and far from any 

 swampy land, though near a river." H. A. Bryden. 



The Lechwe Kob {Cobus lechi) 



Leche, Lee-gwee of Makololo and Northern Bechuanas ; Inya of 



Masobias ; Oonya of Makobas 



The lechwe, or rather lee-gwee antelope, to give its name the correct 



native pronunciation, is only found in the neighbourhood of those portions 



of the larger rivers of Central and South Central Africa where, the banks 



being low, there are large expanses of country which are always inundated, 



