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this species from all its allies. Pale areas round eyes and ears not sharply 
defined; back of ears not black-tipped. Muzzle, lips, chin, and belly white 
as usual. Tail slender, with a black tuft, just reaching to the level of 
the hocks. 
Horns long, slender, and gracefully curved, attaining a length of 26 or 
27 inches. 
Female similar to the male, but without horns. 
Hab. Zambesia, extending northwards to Lake Mweru, and south-west- 
wards to Lake Ngami. 
Like the Poku the Lechee was first discovered by Livingstone and his 
companions Oswell and Murray, who travelled with him in 1849 on his 
first journey to Lake Ngami. After leaving the lake, on descending the 
valley of the River Zouga, he tells us (‘ Missionary Travels,’ p. 71) :—‘* We 
discovered an entirely new species of Antelope, called ‘leché’ or ‘lechwi.’ 
It is a beautiful water-antelope of a light brownish-yellow colour. Its 
horns—exactly like those of the Aigoceros ellipsiprymnus, the water-buck, 
or ‘tumoga’ of the Bechuanas—rise from the head with a slight bend 
backwards, then curve forwards at the points. The chest, belly, and orbits 
are nearly white, the front of the legs and ankles deep brown. From the 
horns, along the nape to the withers, the male has a small mane of the 
same yellowish colour with the rest of the skin, and the tail has a tuft of 
black hair. It is never found a mile from water; islets in marshes and 
rivers are its favourite haunts, and it is quite unknown except in the central 
humid basin of Africa. Having a good deal of curiosity, it presents a noble 
appearance as it stands gazing with head erect at the approaching stranger. 
When it resolves to decamp, it lowers its head, and lays its horns down to 
the level with the withers; it then begins with a waddling trot, which ends 
in its galloping and springing over bushes like the pallahs. It invariably 
runs to the water and crosses it by a succession of bounds, each of which 
appears to be from the bottom. We thought the flesh good at first, but 
soon got tired of it.” 
To accompany this description a steel plate, drawn by Wolf and engraved 
by Whymper (already alluded to in our account of the Poku), was given at 
the same page of the work. It represents a scene on the Zouga with males 
of the Lechee and Poku occupying a conspicuous position in the foreground, 
