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on an average, the heads of Koodoo bulls killed in the Transvaal, 

 and at one time in the old colony, are certainly finer than those 

 of the same species in Mashonaland, whilst the horns of indi- 

 viduals killed in the latter country surpass those of Somaliland 

 and Abyssinia. The Reedbuck of the Transvaal is far finer than 

 any found northwards in West Africa, as is also the Waterbuck. 

 The Gremsbuck and the Eland grow finer in the Kalahari than in 

 other parts of Africa, while the Springbuck of the Kalahari, 

 Ovampoland and the Transvaal are small by comparison with 

 those of the Karroo in Cape Colony. The Pallah, therefore, after 

 dwindling away to almost a dwarf in Nyassaland, seems to have 



Fig. 2. — A Roi Khebuck. 



gained double strength in his East African home, becoming a 

 much finer animal than his South-African congener. This is the 

 more curious, as the Koodoo, whose food and general require- 

 ments are almost exactly similar, shows no difference but the 

 general northward deterioration." 



In regard to the illustrations, many of them, as we have 

 already hinted, are strikingly original in their treatment. 



Through the courtesy of the publishers, Messrs. Sotheran, 

 we are enabled to reproduce a few of the smaller pictures ; for 

 some of the more characteristic, which might have been selected, 

 are too large for an octavo page. Taking them in the order in 

 which they are to be found in the book, we give first a portrait, 



