EXTINCT ANIMALS 



familiar to us through the beautiful giraffe of 

 Africa — the camel-leopard, the spotted, long- 

 necked creature which will very soon be killed 

 out by the intrusion of civihzed man into the 

 African wilds. 



Fig. 109. — Drawing of the head of tJie five-liorned Giraffe ; 

 the single middle horn is seen in front and the two of the 

 left side farther back. From a specimen shot at Mount 

 Elgon by Sir Harry Johnston. 



We have already seen a photograph of the 

 giraffe in the first lecture, with its long neck 

 reaching forward and forming a continuous 

 line with the back. To-day I show you a 

 sketch (Fig. 109) of what Sir Harry Johnston 



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