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to the north-east we find that a species of the Sitatunga group, which, 
we suppose, should also be referred to L. selousi, occurs, according to 
Sir Harry Johnston, ‘‘ in the swamps of Lake Mweru, in the Loangwa valley, 
and in other parts of British Central Africa.” Mr. Richard Crawshay, C.M.Z.S., 
has favoured us with the following field-notes which he has drawn up as the 
result of his long experience with the animal-life of the district of Lake 
Moveru)-—— 
“This Antelope is known by the people of the Itawa and Kabwiri—who are, as I have 
before mentioned, branches of the Awemba—as ‘Mula.’ By the people of Ulungu 
and Mambwe (where I suppose it is also found) it is known as ‘ Nsowi.’ 
“J had been six months or more at Mweru before any proof was forthcoming that 
such an animal existed. Then, when shooting wild-fowl on the outskirts of a vast and 
impenetrable swamp between Rhodesia and the Luao River, I came upon the remains of 
what had been a fine pair of horns just on the margin of the water. The horns had 
been submerged during the rains and were fast decaying. All that was recoverable 
was one fairly sound horn with a fragment of the frontal bone attached. This horn, I 
think, measured 21? inches. 
“Some months later when at Mkula’s, on the Chisela River, I was given by the chief 
a perfect, though smaller, pair of horns. A skin was also offered me—I don’t know if 
it was the skin—but so discoloured with dirt and smoke, from lying in a native hut, 
that I did not think it worth having. 
“Mkula told me there were a good many ‘ Mula’ in the swamps below his town, 
and that one way or another his people had killed seven or eight during the six years or 
so he had been at the Chisela River, but that they were very difficult to get at, and 
when got at—viz., roused—even more difficult to kill. 
“On expressing my eagerness to shoot, or at least see, a ‘ Mula,’ he did not give me 
much hope of doing either the one or the other. A glance at the Chisela River reed- 
beds from a heap outside the town did not reassure me. All the same, during two visits 
to Mkula’s—one the middle of July, the other at the very end of October 1892—I did 
my utmost to effect my object, spending the greater part of my time in the swamp, 
wading and wallowing in mud, water, and reeds, but found it killing work. Scarcely a 
native would follow me in a second attempt. The combined rays of the sun, mosquitos, 
leeches, and a most sickening stench from the swamp, proved a severe trial to my patience 
and perseverance. Ultimately I gave up without getting a shot at a ‘ Mula.’ Luckily 
such hard labour earned some reward. I saw two ‘Mula’ and heard others, besides 
gaining an insight into their ways and haunts. Were I to try again for this Antelope 
under similar conditions, I would build a platform, 20 feet high or so, in the swamp, 
overlooking the feeding-grounds of the ‘ Mula,’ and would watch from this platform 
say from 3.30 p.m. until dark. The remains of the ‘Mula’s’ head from the Luao 
River swamp, as also the horns given me by Mkula, were sent home along with the 
other Antelopes’ heads.” 
