. Wild game in Zambezia . g been responsiblefor the deaths of five or six of these animals,and their horns are still in my possession or inthat of friends upon whom I have bestowedthem ; but I must confess that whilst the con-templation of other trophies taken from speciespossibly as harmless awakens in me no sense ofself-reproach, the noble eland heads, which lenddignity to their surroundings, not seldom awaken,as I pass them by, an uneasy feeling almost ofregret that I should have lessened, even by soinfinitesimal a number, so splendid and useful adetail of Africas majestic fauna. In the ope
. Wild game in Zambezia . g been responsiblefor the deaths of five or six of these animals,and their horns are still in my possession or inthat of friends upon whom I have bestowedthem ; but I must confess that whilst the con-templation of other trophies taken from speciespossibly as harmless awakens in me no sense ofself-reproach, the noble eland heads, which lenddignity to their surroundings, not seldom awaken,as I pass them by, an uneasy feeling almost ofregret that I should have lessened, even by soinfinitesimal a number, so splendid and useful adetail of Africas majestic fauna. In the open forest, and at times on thelower stony foothills of the more elevatedregions, the Sable Antelope may be found insmall groups of five or six, and in herds ofthirty or more. Occasionally in the summerseason single animals are met with, but,taken as a general rule, sable are extremelygregarious. In Luabo, along the sovithern fringeof the Shupanga Forest, eastward of the MlanjeMountains, and in Lugella, considerable numbers. THE SABLE ANTELOPE 107 are still to be met with; and although nowadaysnowhere numerous in the once fine huntingregions of the Beira districts, they existed formerlyin large numbers in Cheringoma and Goron-goza. In point of beauty I do not consider it possibleto compare the sable antelope with his usuallyacknowledged and, in the opinion of most ob-servers, successful rival the kudu. They belongto two wholly different types, whose grace andcharm arise from the possession of totallydissimilar features. It would be as logical tocompare the appearance of a lady robed in amasterly jet-black creation by Paquin withanother present on the same occasion andgarbed in a soft mouse-grey confection by are perfectly turned out, both present acharming and satisfying tout ensemble, and yeteach differs in all respects essentially from theother. The sable is an animal of vivid , for example, an elderly bull, who, havingpassed the grand climacteric, is n
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