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and bound off, kicking up their hind legs and tossing up their tails like 
rabbits. Their tails are thick and bushy, and, being white on the underside, 
present a striking appearance when their owners are making off.” Although 
they have a strong scent, Mr. Crawshay considers their flesh “better than 
that of any other antelope except that of the Impala and Eland.” 
Amongst other hunters’ trophies from Nyasaland which Major F. C. 
Trollope has kindly allowed us to examine is a fine pair of horns of this 
Antelope, of which we give a figure. They measure 17 inches from the 
Fig. 37. 
Horns of Cervicapra arundinvm trom Nyasaland (Major Trollope). 
base to the tip along the curve and the distance between the points is 
194 inches. 
In German East Africa, Dr. Matschie records the Reedbuck as having 
been obtained by Bohm, and observed by Neumann in several localities, 
although the latter traveller did not bring home specimens. Dr. Matschie 
seems a little doubtful as to its exact identity with the Reedbuck of the 
Cape, and it is probably somewhere here that C. bohor from the north 
inosculates with C. arundinum. 
Reedbucks, even in the same district, appear to vary much in size, in 
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