EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
XXII 
278 
Bushbucks are shy animals, and dart quickly in and 
out of thickets. At times they lie close in cover. 
They are difficult to shoot, but their flesh is very 
tender and delicious. When travelling along the 
Uganda Railway I often saw these antelopes jumping 
away from the line in a nervous, excited style. In 
The Bushbiick. Scarlet runners and French beans are 
irresistible attractions for this antelope. 
Kampala I saw one quietly feeding in a garden within 
twenty yards of a house inhabited by Europeans. 
Jackson states that French beans and scarlet runners 
are irresistible attractions to them. 
The Bongo is a big antelope standing four feet at 
the shoulder; it is something like a bushbuck, but is 
more brilliantly coloured and has a tufted tail. Both 
sexes have horns, and those of the male are massive, 
spirally curved, and nearly a yard long. It was dis- 
