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thick, and horny : thus further augmenting the support- 

 ing area of the foot. The marsh-]iuck spends most of 

 its time in the water, standing among reeds with all 

 but its head and horns suljmerged : it can take 

 tremendous leaps and move about at a great pace. 



SpeUc's Antulope {T'rafjclap^uts fipfkei). 



The liiiil in the coiiicr is a lily-tiottcr (Jariiva) with elongated claw.s which 



ciial)]e it to move qnickly over the floating leaves of aqnatie plants. 



Speke's original specimen was caught near the lake in 

 some high rushes. The only food it would take was 

 the tops of the papyrus rush : although it ate and drank 

 freely and lay down very quietly, it always charged 

 with ferocity any person who went near it. No other 



