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in the Waterburg and Lydenburg districts up to 1880. Now, however, it 
has been driven away many miles east, into the valleys that intersect the 
Lebombo range. 
On the north-west of the Cape Colony the Pallah, as we shall see presently, 
is represented by a nearly allied, though probably distinct, form. But on the 
eastern side of Africa the Pallah has a wide range, and extends north certainly 
into British East Africa, and probably still farther into Kordofan. We will 
endeavour to trace its range throughout this wide area. 
Mr. Selous found the Pallah on the tributaries of the Limpopo, and thence 
northwards on the banks of every river and stream which he has explored in 
Matabeleland and Mashonaland. ‘The Impalas of the Limpopo he considers 
to be larger than those of the Chobe. 
Peters records the Pallah as met with in the mountainous parts of the 
Portuguese province of Mozambique, near Tette, Chidima, and Sena, and gives 
its native names as here ‘ Psuara’ or ‘Suara.’ Passing into British Central 
Africa we find this Antelope recorded by Mr. Crawshay as not common 
anywhere in Nyasaland, but where met with, as a rule, found in even larger 
numbers than the Waterbuck. Mr. Crawshay has seen it in companies of 
one hundred or more, and gives a number of localities around Lake Nyasa 
in which he has come across herds of it. No Antelope, Mr. Crawshay 
tells us, can compare with the Pallah in fleetness of foot, and certainly “no 
other can display such wonderful leaping powers. They go off like the 
proverbial arrow from the bow, and with most beautiful gliding bounds, 
cover the ground without apparently the least effort.” In Northern Nyasa- 
Jand, Mr. J. B. Yule tells us, the Pallah is found only along the stony ridges 
between Deep Bay and Karonga. 
In the highlands of Zomba and the adjacent districts of Nyasaland a local 
race of the Common Pallah is found, distinguished by its slenderer skull and 
much shorter horns; but as regards the colour of its fur it is precisely similar 
to the South-African form. Thomas was at one time of opinion that this 
highland form should constitute a separate subspecies, and proposed to name 
it after its discoverer, Sir Harry Johnston, who has done so much in investi- 
gating the fauna of British Central Africa, Apyceros melampus johnstoni. 
Thomas, however, since the examination of further specimens is not disposed 
to insist upon the necessity of recognizing this subspecies as distinct. 
In the low, dry, thicket-covered hills to the north of Lake Mweru both 
