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foliage, and, as in the case of the Cheetah in India, exactly reproduces the chequered 
shade of sunshine through leaves.” 
We have already spoken of the occurrence of the Lesser Kudu on the 
Brava Coast in Southern Somaliland, and this species is stated by Mr. Hunter 
to be one of the commonest Antelopes on the Tana River. ‘The same writer 
informs us that it is also found in the bush round Taveta, and on the Kikayo 
River near the Sogonoe Hills, but is seldom met with near Kilimanjaro. As 
Mr. F. J. Jackson writes (‘ Big Game Shooting,’ vol. i. p. 304), the Lesser 
Kudu is confined, in British East Africa, principally to the belt of dry bush- 
country which extends from the coast to 100 miles inland. Mr. Jackson 
continues his remarks with the subjoined interesting notes on this species :— 
““T was told by Messrs. Hobley and Bird-Thompson, on their return from a trip up 
the ‘lana river in 1891, that many of these Antelopes had fallen victims to the cattle 
disease (anthrax), and that they found several dead in the bush between the river and 
the northern boundaries of the Elkambani. These beautiful beasts are bush feeders. 
They should be sought for in the early morning and again in the evening, in the open 
bush which usually fringes thick bush, in which they take up their quarters for the day. 
They are generally found in small parties of two or three does and a buck, though, like 
the Bush-buck, both single bucks and does are often seen by themselves. At Marereni, 
in 1886, I witnessed a fight between two bucks. On emerging from the bush, I 
suddenly came across them, and watched them for about a quarter of an hour as they 
fought with great fury, in spite of my being to windward of them, and not more 
than 400 yards off at the time. They fought so furiously, and kept their heads together 
so long, that I thought they had got their horns locked together, and I attempted 
to take advantage of them whilst in this position, and ran across the sandy open space 
intervening between us, but before I got within range they separated and bolted. The 
jumping powers of the Lesser Kudu are simply marvellous. When I first went to Africa, 
I kept a record of the length of the strides of the various game-beasts when at full gallop, 
but unfortunately lost it, and never took the subject up again. 1 remember, however, 
measuring the jump of one of these beasts, which struck me at the time as being very 
wonderful. She had been chased by a hyzna along a narrow footpath in a dense bush. 
In the middle of a path was a thick green bush about 5 ft. high, round which the path 
took a turn, and then went straight on again. The Kudu had taken a flying leap over 
this bush, and the distance between the spoor of her hind feet where she took off and the 
edge of the bush was 15 ft. The diameter of the bush was 6 ft., and the distance from 
the edge of the bush on the further side to where she landed—z. e. to the spoor-marks 
of her hind feet—another 10 ft., in all 31 feet. The hyena had given up the chase 
some 30 yards further on, where the Kudu had entered the bush. The note of alarm of 
this beast is a distinct and loud bark, much resembling that of an ‘old man’ baboon. 
Lesser Kudu appear to bark only when they scent danger but are unable to see it. As 
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