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Nyati). The buffalo is very common on the plains, but we our¬ 
selves never observed it or saw tracks of it on the mountain ; but 
Dr. Abbott, who spent many months there, told me that he had 
seen fresh tracks of it at about 10,000 feet. They are gene¬ 
rally found in immense herds; but the old bulls are more often 
found by themselves or in two and threes. During the heat of 
the day they retire to the thick bush, feeding on the plain in 
the early morning and evening. The horns generally appear to 
be much finer than those of the South African buffalo. 
Giraffe. Giraffa camelopardus (Swahili, Twigga). Very 
common round Taveta, and generally met with everywhere 
in the thin bush. 
Eland. Orcas canna (Swahili, Mpofu). The eland is rather 
local; there are a fair number to the south of the mountain, 
and also on the plains to the south of Lake Jipe; perhaps they 
are most numerous to the north-east of the mountain. They 
travel great distances from water. Both males and females 
are all more or less striped. The old males are readily distin¬ 
guished by their dark slaty-blue colour, and are generally found 
by themselves, The horns of a bull average about twenty-five 
inches in length, those of a cow twenty-six inches, the latter 
being much thinner. 
Kudu. Strepsiceros kudu. The large kudu was only seen 
by us on two or three occasions on the Useri river, and was 
never shot. Mr. Johnston states that it is by no means rare 
on the mountain, and that it ranges up to 14,000 feet, but 
though we on several different occasions camped at 9000 feet, 
ascending to over 14,000 feet, and explored the slopes on the 
south side in every direction, we never met it. At over 14,000 
feet I saw old tracks of a large antelope, and picked up at 9000 
feet, by the side of an old disused game-pit, the crumbling core 
of an old horn, which I took to be that of a kudu. However, 
it must be very rare, if it exists at all on the mountain, and as 
Mr. Johnston also states that sable antelope are plentiful, of 
which species there are certainly none in those parts, it is very 
possible he may have been again mistaken as regards the kudu. 
