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is common, and its flesh is greatly appreciated by the 
natives. . 
i have seen a skin of Hyomoschus, so apparently its 
range extends to the Congo. 
There is only one buffalo on this river, the red species, 
Bos brachyceros. He his much inferior in size to his larger 
relatives, the buffaloes of Central and Southern Africa, but 
he seems ordinarily quite as fierce, although at times he 
shows an opportune mildness of demeanour, as may be 
judged from the following incident which happened to 
Mr. Stanley when travelling between Vivi and Isangila. 
He was at the head of his caravan, and had been ascending 
a nearly precipitous hill under a hot sun. When he 
arrived at the top, panting and ready to throw himself 
down on the grass with fatigue and exhaustion, he suddenly 
found himself face to face with a red buffalo, who was 
staring at him in much astonishment. The buffalo 
lowered his head, and Mr. Stanley fired ; but although he 
was within a couple of yards of his mark, he was so 
agitated that he missed. The buffalo, however, merely 
turned round, and trotted off quietly. As the road in this 
country is continually taking you up and down abrupt 
hills, | always used to dread lest, on arriving at the top. 
of some elevation, utterly sick and faint with want of 
breath, I might find myself in a like predicament, and the 
buffalo less considerate. 
The Congo is very poor in antelopes, as compared with 
the less forested regions north and south. There are no 
true gazelles; Cervicapra and Nanotragus are found, and 
frequently go under that name. ‘There are several species 
of Cephalophi, and the large C. sylvieultrix is occasionally 
seen on the Lower river. Cobws antelopes are fairly 
common everywhere, especially on the borders of streams. 
I give the head of one here, that I do not identify as yet 
with any of the numerous species of this large genus. 
The hoofs of this Cobus do not offer any great peculiarities, 
except that they are perhaps somewhat long and wide 
apart. There is a Tragelaphus found on the Congo, 
fT. gratus apparently, which has hoofs nearly six inches in 
