Fernie put the reedbuck meat on the raised eaves of the hut roof to be out of the reach of stray night marauders, such as hyenas, jackals, or native dogs.
Meanwhile Black had received a leg of the reedbuck on his head and was pushing the clammy thing from him.
The reedbuck has short horns, usually between seven and ten inches in length, but one of our party secured one set of horns ten and a quarter inches long--an exceptionally fine head.
Drawing: They Watched While the Buck Ran Away] We had most of ourreedbuck experiences while driving swamps for lions.
A reedbuck was startled out of the grass and noisily ran away, giving the alarm.
Then there were reedbuck and cob, both of which are very good to eat.
At other times, after the skirmish line apparently had traversed every foot of a swamp, reedbuck would spring up after the line had passed, thus illustrating how close they can lie and how effectually they can escape detection.
The reedbuck is another of the smaller antelopes that carries a beautiful head, and, like nearly all of the antelopes, comes in many varieties, or subspecies.
The reedbuck never travels in large numbers, seldom more than two or three, or at most, five or six, being bunched together.
On these occasions many reedbuck would be driven out of the cover of the reeds and rushes, and go crashing up the slopes leading away from the swamp.
On one occasion a reedbuck lay so close that it did not stir until one of the beaters was almost upon it, when it sprang up, nearly knocking him over, and escaped behind the skirmish line of beaters.
I had shot a reedbuck that day, and in the evening placed its hind-quarters on a flat granite rock, close to where my cart was standing.
On reaching the kraal we were making for, I told Longman to cook me some breakfast; and whilst he was frying me some reedbuck steaks, I had a talk with the headman Gugawi and told him the reason of my visit.
Our host seemed to be something more of a sportsman than most of his countrymen, and only the day previous to our arrival had shot a fine reedbuck ram, and a short time before a bushbuck ram, having killed both with buck shot.
It appeared to be a reedbuck of a beautiful bright silver-grey colour.
The plain, which here is about six miles wide, is covered with short grass and dotted with clumps of euphorbia and thorn-bush, and is the home of countless reedbuck and herds of Uganda kob.
There are numbers of reedbuck and nsunu, and in the bush a small very red oribi of which I failed to procure a specimen.
I was just pressing the trigger when an ordinary reedbuck sprang out at my feet and dashed away with a shrill whistle; this started the grey one, and I only got a running snapshot.
Hundreds ofreedbuck dashed wildly about the plains, and a few kobus and waterbuck were seen in the distance, but, the grass being very short, there was no chance of a stalk.
I called it Thomasina's reedbuck (Cervicapra Thomasinae) after the lady who is now my wife.
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