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ON SAFARI 
are iron-grey in colour, the sing-sing perhaps slightly 
browner than Cobus ellipsiprymnus ; but the colour 
shown in the plate of C. defassa in the Book of 
Antelojpes (vol. ii, plate xxxvi) is wrong, unless the 
seasonal range of colour is very great. A white band 
surrounds each fetlock immediately above the hoof, and 
is conspicuous at a considerable distance. The dead¬ 
weight of this animal would be about 500 lbs. 
Waterbuck do not show up by day in anything like 
the same degree as the other large game mentioned, 
their habit being to lie hidden in thick covert till 
towards evening, when they emerge upon the lovely 
parks and open pastures that fringe the river. One of 
these spots in particular, adjoining the confluence of the 
two Enderit Rivers with Lake Nakuru, was indeed a 
charming picture—perhaps 500 acres in extent, dotted 
with forest-trees singly or in clumps, and entirely inset 
among woodland and thick jungle, which fringed the 
banks of either river. It literally teemed with herds of 
varied game, and forms the subject of Mr. Caldwell’s 
drawing opposite. 
My first sing-sing gave me a lesson of caution in 
handling these heavy horned beasts. Elmi, finding 
himself unable alone to administer the coup de grace , 
asked me to “ stand on the horn.” This I did, grasping 
the upper horn with both hands, while Elmi stood on 
the tip, outside me. Such, however, was the tremendous 
power developed by the big bull in a final struggle that 
both of us were thrown yards through the air. I also 
received a blow in the ribs from the other horn, and, as 
Elmi then fell on top of me, I got a shaking that I did 
not forget for a day or two. The incident, however, ap¬ 
parently caused merriment to my brother and the “boys,” 
who came up at that moment. Leaving the latter to 
bring in the meat, we two walked campwards, and on 
the way ran into a prowling tiger-cat, which managed to 
bounce through bush without offering a shot. During 
the subsequent hunt we lost our bearings, and, as it 
was now dark, passed a bad half-hour ere we descried 
