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a short trip to Lake Jipi. I happened to be in Taveita, when a number of 

 their porters came in ahead of them with the two hind-legs and other parts 

 of what I at once saw was a very fine eland bull. Later on, when Harvey 

 and Willoughby turned up, and, after the usual greetings and congratula- 

 tions, as Harvey was of course as full of his eland as I had been of mine, I 

 said to him, " Well, and how did it compare with a buffalo ? " To which 

 he replied, " By Jove, you were right, a bull buffalo isn't in it ! " 



The eland is so well known (and can always be seen at the Zoo) that a 

 description is unnecessary. In the wild state, however, they are larger and 

 very much heavier than those in captivity ; when old both the bulls and 

 cows become a slaty-blue colour, from the skin showing through their 

 scanty covering of hair. In these old beasts all vestige of the stripes 

 is lost. F. J. Jackson. 



In Portuguese West Africa 



Native Angola Names, Gunga and Onevema 



The striped Livingstone's eland (Taurotragus oryx livingstonei) is widely 

 dispersed over almost the whole of Angola. The veldt it seems most 

 partial to is a thinly-timbered country, where it is very fond of feeding 

 on the young shoots of certain trees, the bulls pulling down and breaking 

 off large branches to get at the new and tender growth. This is the 

 largest antelope found in this or any other part of Africa. The mature 

 bull is a fine -looking animal, and can be at once distinguished from 

 the cow by the difference in size and colour ; when seen at a short 

 distance he appears of a bluish colour, which is caused by the thinness 

 of his coat, thus allowing the hide to show through. The cows have 

 a reddish appearance. Their horns rise upwards, straight from the 

 head, having a twist at the base, those of the bull being far more 

 massive than are the cow's. One generally finds old bulls with short 



