Appendix
List of principal game shot during the expedition, showing the measurements of best heads obtained.
Oryx leucoryx, 37 inches.
Addax, 25½ inches.
Gazelle, dorcas, 10¾ inches.
Gazelle, Loder’s leptoceros, 11¼ inches.
Ditto, female, 9¼ inches.
Gazelle, Rufifrons, 10½ inches.
Haartebeest, Bubalis, 18¼ inches.
Haartebeest, Damaliscus Corrigum, 19¾ inches.
Duiker, Yellow-backed, 6¼ inches.
Duiker, Crowned.
Duiker, Maxwell’s, 2 inches.
Waterbuck, Sing-sing, 28 inches.
Kobus Kob, 20½ inches.
Bohor Reed-buck, 8½ inches.
Elephant. Tusks weighing 52 lbs. each.
Lion. Length along the contour, 9 feet 2 inches.
Hippopotamus. Measurements not recorded.
Bushcow. Measurements not recorded.
Footnotes
1Major Laing’s grave has quite recently been discovered, according to French reports, at a place called Saeb, thirty miles north of Timbuctu, but his valuable papers have not been found.