THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 5 1 



by another of light brown; chin and beneath white ; mane, 

 brownish and black, long and standing ; tail black and long. 

 Horns average a little more than J feet, but are known to occa- 

 sionally attain to J feet 8 inches, scimitar-shaped, arched back- 

 wards, and well anniilated. Females have smaller horns. Spoor 

 ^Yti inches, heart-shaped^ 



The range of this magnificent and imposing antelope (which is 

 occasionally called the Harrisbuck after its discoverer Captain W. 

 Cornwallis Harris) does not, as a rule, extend Westward of the road 

 passing the Makari Kari salt-pans and Pandamatenka to the Victoria 

 Falls. An odd stray herd may, however, be occasionally met with in 

 the vicinity of the Chobe River. In portions of North Matabeleland 

 it is still common, as also in such parts of Mashonaland where it has not 

 been driven away through the exploitation of that country by the 

 British South Africa Company. In the low districts of the East 

 Coast it is very plentiful. It occasionally associates in herds up to 

 fifty, but usually in groups under twenty in number, in which only 

 one old male is to be found, the remainder being cows or young 

 males. When not over fat, it is a matter of difSculty to run it 

 down on horseback, and is a dangerous animal to closely approach 

 when wounded. The flesh is excellent. 



The Roan Antelope [Hlppotragus equinus). Fig. 7, Plate II. 

 — (^Bastard Ehland of the Dutch ; Kwalata of the Bechuanas ; 

 Etaka of the Matabele ; Kwar of the Masarwas.) 



\_Height of adult male about 4 feet 8 inches, but some specimens 

 have measured fully 5 feet. General colour, light grizzled reddish 

 grey, changing very much in hue according to the locality found; fore 

 .part of face and chin, and semi-circular patch over eyes, white; 

 black patch on forehead and cheeks, extending a short distance 

 ■ down neck; belly and front of each thigh, white; dark stripe down 

 centre of lower portion of chest, and patch of same above knee- 

 j'oints of fore legs ; thin stiff mane, terminating near hollow 

 of back, almost black; large tuft of wiry hair under neck. 

 Horns average 2 feet 4 inches on the curve, sometimes attaining 

 2 feet g inches, placed almost above eyes, scimitar-shaped, round, 

 fully ringed. Females horned. Spoor 4 inches, heart-shaped, and 

 broad at heel.] 



