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seen in Africa now-a-days. The other time I found a Hippopotamus in a small but 
deep pool] at the side of the river. This specimen was evidently a fullgrown cow, 
but as it had a small calf I did not care to shoot that time either. 
Mr. Ss6GREN had shot some Hippopotamuses at that same place, and one of 
them was a gravid’ but only semiadult female with the last molar not yet developed. 
This was the largest Hippo which I saw at Guaso Nyiri, and it was certainly small. 
It is therefore possible that a dwarfed race lives in this river. If this is the case, 
it ought to be protected because its distribution cannot be very great even if there 
are better conditions of life for a Hippopotamus in the Lorian Swamp than in Guaso 
Nyiri itself. 
Giraffide. 
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata Dr Wryton. 
De Winton: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1899 Ser. 7, Vol. IV, p. 212. 
On the acacia steppe south of Guaso Nyiri Giraffes were seen now and then 
sometimes single, sometimes in small flocks. The 11 of February I saw for instance 
near the crossing of the Marsabit road 8 giraffes all cows and young animals. As 
the acacias were leaf-less they had not much to eat and appeared therefore to be 
restless, travelling all the time from a group of trees to another. They were also 
very shy here. When we had crossed to the northern side of Guaso Nyiri and tur- 
ned to the east a couple of days march the Giraffes became more numerous. The 
15 of Febr. I saw first seven, four of which were adult with the typical reticulata- 
pattern and colouring. The younger animals were less dark, more reddish-looking 
because the spots were more reddish brown, and the light interspaces broader and 
more yellowish than in the adult or old animals. Later on the same day I had the 
pleasure of counting 14 of these splendid animals at one time. 
Around the water-place of the Rendiles called Njoro Giraffes were not uncom- 
mon. From the top of a rock I counted for instance one day at the same time 6 
in one direction, probably cows and immature animals, in another 2 cows and a 
ealf, and in a third 2 bulls and a cow. The animals were, however, extremely wary 
at this place, and I got no opportunity of securing a specimen. When we had come 
further east and were camping some distance below Chanler Falls, the Giraffes were 
found to be still more common and less shy. I shot a very fine bull the first mor- 
ning without any difficulty, and afterwards hardly a single day passed without that 
I saw Giraffes, often at rather close quarters. One day I shot a Gerenuk not 100 
m, from a young bull Giraffe which stood resting under a cactus-euphorbia, but he 
did not move before we carried the body of the Gerenuk to the tree because we 
wanted the shade for the skinning work. At another opportunity I came quite close 
to a Giraffe which just wanted to drink out of the river in the afternoon. One of 
' Some parts of this foetus were saved. 
