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at home in the heavy belts of bush which line the rivers and water-courses. As a rule, 
in the latter district they are fairly easy to run into on horseback, although individual 
bulls and the cows will display great speed and endurance; but in the hill country it 
requires much patience and care to circumvent an old bull successfully. Unfortunately 
for themselves, Koodoo are of a most curious disposition, and seldom run far without 
standing and looking back at their pursuer. Their leaping powers are marvellous, and 
I have seen: them clear obstacles 8 feet in height with apparent ease. Their sense of 
hearing is very acute—one needs only to look at the large, rounded, mobile ears to be 
satisfied on that point ; and I believe they trust more to that sense for their safety than 
to any other. Though almost invariably found in the near neighbourhood of water, I 
fancy they can go for a long time without drinking, judging by the extensive dry areas 
in which I have found them.” 
Mr. W. L. Sclater, in his new volume on the Mammals of South Africa, 
states that within the limits of his work (that is Africa south of the Zambesi 
and Cunene Rivers) the Kudu is still probably the most abundant and wide- 
spread of the larger Antelopes. Within the Cape Colony, Mr. Sclater tells 
us, the Kudu is yet to be met with in the southern districts, from the Riversdale 
and Prince Albert divisions, eastwards to Albany and Fort Beaufort. It is 
stated to be even abundant in the bush-country along the Koonap and Great 
Fish Rivers. In the northern parts of the Colony it is also fairly common in 
parts of Griqualand West and Prieska. In German South-west Africa, 
Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, the northern and eastern parts of the Transvaal, 
the Portuguese territories, and in Zululand it is also fairly plentiful in 
suitable localities. In the South-African Museum at Capetown there are 
mounted specimens of a male Kudu from near Barberton in the Transvaal, 
and of a female from Koonap in the Albany division of the Cape Colony. 
But the Kudu, as we shall see, ranges far beyond the limits of Mr. Sclater’s_ 
South Africa, and we will now proceed to trace its distribution throughout 
Eastern Africa into the northern territories of Abyssinia and the Egyptian 
Soudan. 
In Nyasaland, Mr. Crawshay tells us, the Kudu is to be met with practically 
all over the Protectorate, especially in the rugged wooded highlands away 
from the haunts of men. Inthe Portuguese provinces on the coast, according 
to Peters, it appears to be likewise generally distributed. Proceeding to 
German East Africa, we find italso widely diffused there, extending westwards 
up to Lake Tanganyika, although, as Herr Matschie tells us, it is “‘ nowhere 
common.” In British East Africa, Mr. F. J. Jackson informs us, the Kudu is 
