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thick, and horny : thus further augmenting the support¬ 
ing area of the foot. The marsh-buck spends most of 
its time in the water, standing among reeds with all 
but its head and horns submerged : it can take 
tremendous leaps and move about at a great pace. 
Speke’s Antelope {Tragelaphns spekei). 
The bird in the eorner is a lily-trotter {Jacana) with elongateil claws which 
enable it to move qniekl}^ over the floating leaves of aquatic plants. 
Speke’s original specimen was caught near the lake in 
some high rushes. The only food it w^ould take was 
the tops of the papyrus rush : although it ate and drank 
freely and lay down very quietly, it always charged 
with ferocity any person who went near it. No other 
