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the Wart-hog, which, with the exception of a mane 

 of coarse, long, black bristles, possesses but little 

 if any hirsute covering. The Bush-pigs are, in- 

 cidentally, most excellent eating, and, consequently, 

 a welcome addition to the wayfarer's larder. 



Turning to the antelopes, we mil at once proceed 

 to consider the Tragelaphs, the first to claim our 

 attention being that splendid type Livingstone's 

 Eland {Taurotragus oryoc). This, the largest of 

 the ruminants, as it is assuredly the one of all 

 others which would best repay preservation and 

 domestication, is, in this part of the country as 

 compared with those found farther to the north- 

 ward, of a pale yellowish fawn-colour, with fine white 

 stripes. The old bulls, especially in the winter 

 season, change to a dull slaty-grey, and become 

 almost hairless. The latter, moreover, possess an 

 extremely large dewlap, and, unhke other trage- 

 laphine forms such as the kudu, inyala, bushbuck, 

 and others, both male and female carry horns. In 

 the country I am describing, the eland grows to a 

 most commanding size, one which I shot in 1904 

 in Gorongoza measuring nearly 5 ft. 7 in. to the 

 highest part of the withers. Their horns are 

 extremely handsome, a good pair measuring any- 

 thing from 28 to 32 in., and some, I believe, 

 considerably more. 



Kudu {Strepciseros kudu) are found in the low 

 hUly country giving on to mountain ranges, and 

 are, without doubt, not only the most symmetrical 

 and graceful members of the wide family to which 

 they belong, but their colouring is the most striking 

 and pleasing. If one may thus generalise concern- 



