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ON SAFARI 
Lesser Koodoo. —Strepsiceros imberbis. 
The Marquis cle la Scala sends me the annexed photo 
(together with that of a rhino at p. 178), and writes : “ We 
stayed for three days at Mitito Andei and bagged three 
of these animals. I only saw one really good head in 
all the time, for ours are only 24 ins. the best. The 
great difficulty is in seeing these antelopes before they 
see you, for their peculiar coloration and the thickness 
of the bush makes them all but invisible.” 
II. On the Alertness of Game 
All wild game are by nature watchful and alert. 
Never, for a single moment, is the contingency of danger 
entirely absent from their minds: and this is reflected 
in every attitude and expression. But in East Africa, 
where man is but one (and that a minor quantity) amidst 
numerous more dreaded enemies, those characteristics are 
accentuated to a degree that, it may be, lies beyond the 
power of pen or pencil to depict. 
Parenthetically may be added the remark that the 
man who would match himself against such animals 
must also be alert. 
Illustrative of this point :—How rarely does one 
here see game lying down, or in positions of complete 
repose ? True, during months spent on the open veld, 
one does occasionally view such scenes; but they are 
exceptional. One can almost recall to mind each 
instance. 
These remarks, of course, do not apply to the great 
pachyderms which have nothing to fear—save man 
alone; and in minor degree to buffalo, which, being 
nocturnal in habit, lie down all day, but usually in the 
densest and most impenetrable jungle. The rhino takes 
his daily siesta quite openly, often lying down beneath 
some solitary tree in quite exposed situation. Yet, 
curiously, the elephant never lies down. In all his long 
experience, Arthur Neumann (if I remember aright 
