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Mashonaland and Matabeleland which are margined with reeds, and where 
it has not been driven out by the natives and the prospectors, it may be in 
places plentifully found. But along the Chobe, Mababe, Tamulakani, and 
Botletle Rivers (where the banks are not precipitous) it is still quite common. 
In the dry reed-patches bordering Lake Ngami, the Taouhe, and Okavango, 
as far up as Indalis, from which the water recedes during several months of 
the year, the Reedbuck is particularly numerous; so much so as to lead to 
the erroneous impression that this antelope is gregarious, so many often being 
observed together at one time. It is usual to find the rams and ewes 
consorting in pairs, accompanied by a couple of their immature progeny, 
usually frequenting dry patches of reeds; but when these become flooded 
they often resort to the bush in the immediate vicinity of water. Although 
always found in proximity to the latter element, the Reedbuck when 
pursued will never take refuge in it; but in endeavouring to escape will 
direct its course right away from the river-beds towards the shelter of the 
thick bush, and, where such is not at hand, even into the open country. 
When suddenly alarmed, the males sometimes give vent to a whistle 
resembling that of the Red Rhébok (Cervicapra fulvorufula). This species is 
rather easily approached, and the gallop being slow and regular, it is perhaps 
the easiest of the South-African antelopes to shoot ; but, at the same time, it 
must be remarked that this, lke all the other water-resorting varieties, 
possesses an extraordinary amount of vitality. The flesh is scarcely palatable, 
but the liver is considered a tit-bit.” 
There is still much left to be ascertained about the range of the Reedbuck 
towards the north. On the west coast it certainly extends into Angola, where 
specimens have been recorded by Prof. Bocage, while Dr. Jentink includes it 
amongst the Mammals of Mossamedes, and registers examples in the Leyden 
Museum from Damaraland and Benguela. Far up the east coast it seems 
to be abundant in Nyasaland. Mr. Crawshay, in his “ Field-Notes” on the 
Antelopes of this Protectorate (P. Z. S. 1890), considers it quite as widely 
distributed there as the Waterbuck, though in fewer numbers. He found it, 
perhaps, in greatest abundance on the vast swampy plains at the foot of the 
Wa-Kinga mountains, north-west of the lake. In their habits, he says, they - 
are decidedly local, and day after day the same animals can be found in the 
same spot: they are specially partial to bare sandy patches and open plains, 
well away from cover:---‘ When alarmed they give vent to shrill screams, 
