Grant's Gazelle 



seemingly smaller one that lies well down with 

 a big backward sweep. It is extremely hard to 

 make up one's mind whether or not to shoot a 

 Grant for his head, for that reason. 



They go about in herds of ten to fifteen or 

 more, and in threes, and also may be met with 

 singly occasionally. Again, this does not mean 

 that a solitary buck has an exceptionally good 

 head. The buck walks rather towards the end 

 of the herd unless he is badly frightened, in 

 which case he leads till he is five hundred yards 

 or so away. The bucks fight like anything if 

 they come across an intruder into the herd. On 

 such occasions it is comparatively easy to ap- 

 proach them, as they are so occupied with their 

 adversary. Sometimes they are quite tame on 

 an open plain, at other times they are very hard 

 to get at. It seems that if they think they dis- 

 like the looks of one they bolt, and then, when 

 far enough away, they break into a trot, and after- 

 wards go at a walk for a bit, and when one gets 

 closer they will break into a trot again ; and so 

 it goes on in a most exasperating way. 



They frequent stony and almost barren plains, 

 and undulating country generally, with a sprink- 

 ling of bush. 



When they are alarmed they sneeze like a 

 goat, and they seem rather inquisitive. 



They are never found in or near a forest. 



If one has shot a buck, the herd very often 



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