SOME NATURAL HISTORY 
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never saw them in water, but usually not a great 
distance from a marsh or stream. They were much 
shier than the hartebeest and zebra, and upon seeing 
our approach would be the first to run away. And 
by a curious chance the does seemed to know that it 
Waterhuck 
was the buck only that was in danger. They would 
often turn to watch us, while the buck himself 
would keep on running until he had put many 
hundreds of yards between himself and the threat¬ 
ened danger. Then, and then only, would he turn 
to watch, and it usually required careful stalking to 
get within gunshot of him again. 
