Big Game Shooting 



Peters's gazelle the base of the tail is brown, 

 which runs up gradually to the brown of the back. 



His habits are the same as either the Thomsoni 

 or the Grant, as one finds him mixed up with both 

 in the same country. 



I have only met with three herds, so prefer not 

 to say much about them, although I think there 

 is little more to be said for that matter, as their 

 habits seem to be the same as the two species 

 mentioned in this connection. 



One herd I met on the Guaso Narok not far 

 from its confluence with the Guaso Nyiro, and the 

 other two herds on the other side of the Guaso 

 Nyiro, about twenty miles farther north again. 

 They frequent open rolling plains, and I met 

 herds of eight, six, and eleven. One or two 

 bucks go to the herd. 



I am inclined to think that in that country it is 

 a matter of taking" careful observations through 

 glasses, as probably many have been casually let 

 off on account of the small size of their heads 

 compared with the surrounding herds of Grant, 

 and therefore that people think they are of 

 necessity a very small Grant's gazelle, and there- 

 fore not worth shooting. Otherwise more might 

 be found in that district. 



An average head will ^o seventeen inches. 



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