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it dragged the crocodile from the water and several yards on the land, and 
finally escaped from it to die peacefully in the rushes. 
The Leche (. Kobus leche ) is another species of African waterbok, but, strange 
to say, it cannot swim, and hence contents itself with wading in the shallows. 
The leche is found feeding in herds positively enormous in size. When the 
flooding of the flats drives the leches to the mounds, the natives with their light 
canoes chase them from mound to mound, and succeed in spearing great 
numbers of them. 
The Pookoo ( Kobus vardoni ) is red in coloring and haunts the immediate 
vicinity of the rivers. 
The Klipperspringer, or Kawdi (. Nanotragus neotragus ), is a peculiarly 
attractive antelope belonging to South Africa. Like the chamois, it skims over 
WATERBOKS ( Photomok ). 
rock and precipice in the most seemingly reckless manner. The natives believe 
that the klipperspringer can, at its will, bring rain, and are therefore in the 
habit of catching and worrying these creatures during periods of drought. It 
is about a foot and three-quarters in height. Its coat consists of gray hairs 
which become brown towards the middle and yellow at the tips. 
The Steinbuck (Nanotragus neotragus ) is nocturnal, sleeping in fastnesses 
during the day and issuing at twilight. The Madoqua is the smallest, 
most fragile-looking and most charming of the antelopes. It is barely more 
than a foot in height, and most beautifully symmetrical. Its brilliant silvery- 
gray lightens into white on the under parts and at the base of the tail, and 
