isletsinmarshesandriversareitsfavoritehaunts，anditisquiteunknownexceptinthecentralhumidbasinofAfricaHavingagooddealofcuriosity，itpresentsanobleappearanceasitstandsgazing，withheaderect，attheapproachingstrangerWhenitresolvestodecamp，itlowersitshead，andlaysitshornsdowntoalevelwiththewithers；itthenbeginswithawaddlingtrot，whichendsinitsgallopingandspringingoverbusheslikethepallahsItinvariablyrunstothewater，andcrossesitbyasuccessionofbounds，eachofwhichappearstobefromthebottom。
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Themullet`MugilAfricanus’isthemostabundantTheyarecaughtinnets。
The`Glanissiluris’，alarge，broad-headedfish，withoutscales，andbarbedcalledbythenatives“mosala“attainsanenormoussizeandfatness。