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kill cattle, and, if trapped, are carried lashed in a lit- 
ter as royal property to the sultan. Tracks of the 
elephant were numerous in Ugogo. Here we saw 
some hunters, Mukua, from the Lufigi, with long 
"Tower" flint-muskets, looking as perfect as when 
new. With these they watch the elephant at night 
by solitary pools of water, and fire a volley into him ; 
but they consider that the best place to strike him is 
just in front of the ear orifice. Eland, hartebeest, 
black antelope, &c, and several smaller species, were 
shot or observed in our constant pursuit for specimens. 
There is a charm about the bark and spring of the 
startled saltatrix, a chamois-sized antelope, or when 
seen standing proudly on the face of the shelving rock, 
that reminded us of the goorul or chamois of the 
Himalayas. Their fore-feet hoofs are immensely long 
in the heel, enabling them to cling to the rocks. 
The hirax, or coney, basking on the rocks, is also 
very interesting : he is about three times the size of 
the hare. We saw very few of the latter ; they were 
the same colour as the English, but smaller, with ears 
disproportionately large ; they seemed to run more like 
rabbits than hares. Lungoor and monkey we seldom 
met with ; the latter are hunted for their skins by 
the common pariah dog in Uzaramo, but the natives 
do not eat them. Squirrels occasionally cracked nuts 
on the forest-trees : they were of the usual size and 
beauty, most difficult to " twig," and having a white 
longitudinal stripe running down either side. There 
were weasels, brown ferrets, small foxes with black 
muzzles, and red foxes, jackal-sized, white-chested, with 
the perfect bark of a dog, and extremely graceful, with 
elegant dark brush. Mangy-coloured, impudent hy- 
