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SAVAGE SUDAN 
The correct Arabic name is Abu nebakh , or “The 
Father of barking”; but my Selim - Baggara shikari, 
Baraka, has a special little term of his own for bushbuck 
— Le-kepp. On the Settite, the Hamram name is Hus, 
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Oribi Browsing. 
(hi.) Oribi 
Every day in the game-country of Sudan one may see 
the oribi singly or in twos and threes. Often when one 
has no hostile intent, it delights to spend an easy hour 
watching his ways and elegant grace of motion. Although, 
like most antelope, the oribi habitually grazes and some¬ 
times stretches up a slender neck to pluck off some tassel 
of grass overhead, yet I have also frequently noticed them 
browsing on the green leaves of low mimosa-bush, 
assuming the while charming attitudes as they deftly 
snatch some succulent cluster from amidst a maze of 
vicious thorns. 
Often during the heat of the day one may walk almost 
Measurements of two Harnessed Bushbucks. 
Weight. 
108 lb. 
105 „ 
Horns. 
•--—' —— Shoulder 
Length. Circ. height. 
I2f ins. Si ins. 30 ins. 
1 r i » Si » 29 „ 
