kongoni

Standing, the kongoni is a picture of alert, interested good humor; running, he is extremely funny, as he bounces along on legs that seem to be stiffened so that he appears to rise and fall in his stride like a huge rubber ball.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

Half a mile farther on they came upon a dozen kongoni -- another form of antelope -- feeding about some bushes.

The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

There is no way to explain this except to attribute it to thought transference, and this in spite of the fact that the kongoni doesn't understand English.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

The kongoni often risks his own life to warn other herds of animals of the approach of danger, and if I were going to write an animal story I'd use the kongoni as my hero.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

With nearly every herd of game, or near by, will be found the faithful kongoni, always alert, watchful, and vigilant, and it is nearly always his cry of warning that sends the beasts of the plains flying from dangers that they can not see.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

The sportsman swears at the kongoni because it so often alarms the quarry he is stalking.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

Occasionally it even becomes necessary to whistle aside some impertinent kongoni that has placed himself between the metals!

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

He takes a careful sight and at that moment a kongoni that has been silently watching him from some place or other gives the alarm, and away goes the trophy beyond reach of a bullet.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

Half in earnest we waved our hands to them and shouted our greetings to them in the native -- punda milia, kongoni, pa-a, fice, m'pofu, twiga, simba, n'grooui, and the rest.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

So finally we decided to get ahead of them and watch them as they passed us, but just as we had reached a point where they were approaching, the two kongoni gave a shrill alarm and the entire herd made off in tremendous haste.

In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909