GRANT'S GAZELLE 



GAZELLA GRANT! 

 Swahili : Swallah. Masai : Ngoldii 



THIS is a splendid gazelle to look at as 

 he wanders about, more on account of 

 the length and thickness of his horns 

 compared to the size of the animal, 

 and the graceful way in which he carries them, 

 than anything else. It is rather surprising that 

 such a comparatively small animal can carry such 

 a big head as he does. 



He is so common, and his markings and 

 colour are so well described in different books, 

 that I need make no comment beyond saying that 

 he is sandy-fawn. He has rather a podgy nose, 

 that makes him look as if he had a badly-stuffed 

 head. The female carries horns, thin, and as 

 a rule about twelve inches long, and has a black 

 stripe on the flank that is absent in the male ; in 

 fact, she is like a male Thomson's gazelle. The 

 buck is most misleading with regard to a big 

 head. I find that the apparently splendid head 

 in a herd, which sticks well up in the air and can 

 be seen a mile off, is nothing like as good as the 



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