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attempt to screen the male and shield him from 
harm. 
The reedbuck never travels in large numbers, 
seldom more than two or three, or at most, five or 
six, being bunched together. 
We had most of our reedbuck experiences while 
driving swamps for lions. On these occasions many 
reedbuck would he driven out of the cover of the 
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reeds and rushes, and go crashing up the slopes 
leading away from the swamp. On one occasion 
a reedbuck lay so close that it did not stir until 
one of the beaters was almost upon it, when it 
sprang up, nearly knocking him over, and escaped 
behind the skirmish line of beaters. At other times, 
after the skirmish line apparently had traversed 
every foot of a swamp, reedbuck would spring up 
after the line had passed, thus illustrating how close 
