N’samma Antelope—Uganda.
it for the men, and breakfast in a neighbouring village.
This being agreed to, the animal was despatched, and we
no sooner entered the village than we heard that nsamma,
,a magnificent description of antelope, abound in the long
grasses close by, and that a rogue elephant frequents the
plantains every night. This tempting news created a halt.
In the evening I killed a nsamma doe, an animal very
much like the Kobus Ellipsiprymnus, but without the
lunatéd mark over the rump; and at night, about 1 A.M.,
turned out to shoot an elephant, which we distinctly
heard feasting on plantains; but rain was falling, and
the night so dark, he was left till the morning.
2d.— I followed up the elephant some way, till a pongo
offering an irresistible shot I sent a bullet through him,
but he was lost after hours’ tracking in the interminable
large grasses. An enormous snake, with fearful mouth
and fangs, was speared by the men. In the evening I
wounded a buck nsamma, which, after tracking till dark,
was left to stiffen ere the following morning; and just
after this, on the way home, we heard the Kogue elephant
crunching the branches not far off from the track; but as
no one would dare follow me against the monster at this
late hour, he was reluctantly left to do more injury to the
gardens.
3d.-—After a warm search in the morning we found the
nsamma buck lying in some water;'the men tried to
spear him, but he stood at bay, and took another bullet.
This was all we. wanted, affording one good specimen;
so, after breakfast, we marched to Ririndi, where the villagers,
hearing of the sport we had had, and excited with
the hopes of getting flesh, begged us. to halt a day.
4 i/i,.—:Not crediting the stories told by the people about
the sport here, we packed to leave, but were no sooner
ready than several men ran hastily in to say some fine
bucks were waiting to be shot close by. This was too
powerful a temptation to be withstood, so, shouldering the