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Swahili : Malo m'kubwa. Masai : Malo 



HE finest antelope in the world, bar 

 none ! " is how I first heard this species 

 described, and I am sure most people 

 will agree. It is, I suppose, allied to 

 the harnessed antelope, but it is of a slate-grey 

 colour instead of the bright red which characterizes 

 the above. The body is string-marked down the 

 flanks, but is rather scantily covered with hair, 

 and it has a beard all the way down the neck. 

 Its splendid horns make complete spirals, and 

 when set up with its mask, in which the white 

 chevron meets over its nose, together with three 

 white spots on its cheeks, it forms one of the 

 finest trophies imaginable. The does carry no 

 horns. 



I cannot claim to have shot one in this country, 

 as it has not been my luck to get into the Baringo 

 or Rudolph countries, where there are a goodish 

 few, and in all other districts it is preserved. 

 They are also to be found in German territory. 

 I have shot them in North Somaliland, however ; 



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