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in this case she knew she had not been seen, so lay low. In the middle of 

 the day it is best to hunt these antelopes from the saddle, as it will be found 

 necessary to cover much greater distances. If the sides of the kloofs are too 

 steep for riding, the horse can be led along the krantz on top, and stones 

 thrown down into the kloof; a fair chance will then be obtained as the 

 game runs out on the other side. These antelope can almost invariably be 

 brought to a stand, after they have started to run, by a sharp whistle. 



I have found a .461 Metford, go/360, a very suitable weapon for this 

 sport, but any .450 rifle sighted to 300 yards is efficient, as it is seldom 

 necessary to fire at a longer range. The mountain reedbuck is far less 

 tenacious of life than the Vaal rhebok, though a wounded one will some- 

 times get into an ugly spot amongst the rocky gullies, and require a dog to 

 him up. F. Vaughan Kirby. 



Chanler's, or East African, Mountain Reedbuck 

 (Cervicapra fulvorufula chankri) 



Swahili Name, Tohe ; Wanderobbo Name, Kipsituet. 

 This reedbuck was first obtained and brought home by Mr. Astor 

 Chanler, who killed it during his expedition to the east of Mount Kenia. 

 The Swahilis do not distinguish any difference between it and the bohor 

 reedbuck, and call both Tohe. It has a fairly wide range, and is found in the 

 Kiyu hills south of Machakos on the eastern side of Mount Kenia and west 

 to the Ravine Station on the eastern slope of Man. It is, however, a very 

 local beast, and it is only found in hilly country, where it frequents the 

 roughest and most broken rocky slopes. Amongst other places where it may 

 be found are the Kiyu and Mwani hills, Donyo Lukenya — in former days 

 so celebrated for lions— and the eastern rocky slopes of the Kedong valley. 

 It is a smaller and more slender beast than the reedbuck (C. bohor), and at a 

 glance may readily be distinguished from it by its stony-gray colour. The 



