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peas in an empty pod ; still more is it like the noise made by 
big longicorn beetles which rnb their thorax against the elytra. 
This cry is apparently one of hunger or dissatisfaction. 
The mother was in a euphorbia-tree ; and when a native 
threw up some stones she escaped into another, leaving the 
young one, which clung the tighter to its branch. Seeing 
euphorbias are so rotten, my toto exhibited considerable 
pluck in swarming up some lianas and bringing the lemur 
down. I set off at once, as the spot was only 800 yards from 
my tent. I shot both male (head and body, 10 ins. ; tail, 
13 ins. ; hind foot, 3J ins. ; ear, If ins.) and female (head 
and body, 11 ins. ; tail, 13 ins. ; hind foot, 3| ins. ; ear, If 
ins.), which were hiding in dense patches of parasitic vegetation 
on adjacent trees. 
GAME-NETTING IN UZIGUA 
By D. K. S. Grant 
While at Handeni in German East Africa, in the capacity 
of Assistant Political Officer, I was frequently asked by Wazigua 
natives if the new Serkali had any objections to the revival 
of their paa drives — a practice which, they told me, the 
German Government had forbidden. Paa is the Swahili 
word for the Neotragus, or dik-dik. 
The persistence of the people aroused my interest in the 
matter, and I accordingly told a neighbouring jumbi (a 
small chief) to arrange a drive for me to watch, in order that 
I might form an opinion as to the desirability, or the reverse, 
of granting the much-desired permission throughout the area 
under my charge. 
Uzigua, the country round Handeni Station, is very poorly 
watered and almost entirely covered with dense bush, in 
which dwarf antelope of several species abound. 
The following morning, I accompanied a crowd of old men 
and boys to the particular place of bush chosen for the day’s 
operations. 
