mane is much prized by the natives as an ornament,
He was immediately- skinned, and the hide was cut
into long strips about three inches broad; the portion
of mane adhering had the appearance of a fringe; each
strip was worn as a scarf; thus one1 skin will produce
about eight or ten ornaments.
I sent my men to camp, arid, accompanied by
Kicham, mounted on my horse “ Mouse,” I rode
through the park-like ground in quest of game. I saw
varieties of antelopes, including the rare and beautiful
maharif; but all were so wild, and the ground so open,
that I could riot get a shot. This was the. more annoying',
as the maharif was an antelope that I believed to
be a new species. I t had often disappointed me; for
although I had frequently seen them on the south-west
frontier of Abyssinia, I had never been able to procure
pne, owing to their extreme shyness, and to the fact of
their inhabiting open plains, where stalking was impossible.
I had frequeritly examined them with a telescope,
and had thus formed an intimate acquaintance
with their peculiarities. The maharif is very similar
to the roan antelope of South Africa, but is mouse
colour, with black and white stripes upon the face.
The horns are exactly those of the roan aritelope, very
massive and corrugated, bending backwards to the
shoulders. The withers are extremely high, which give