Open AccessAn old reference to 'Hartebeest in the Transvaal Lowveld
Author(s) -
B.L. Penzhorn
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v28i1.536
Subject(s) - zulu , geography , ancient history , archaeology , history , linguistics , philosophy
Dr. Percy Rendall FZS, who visited the Transvaal Lowveld during 1893 and 1894, made the following statement in a field-note on the antelopes which he encountered in the region: THE HARTEBEESTE. Bubalis caama. Zulu: Indhluzela There are a few of these antelopes on the banks of the Krokodil River, opposite Hector's Spruit, and also in the East Lydenburg District of the Transvaal and in South Gazaland.' (Rendall 1895)