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em Africa. It is an animal of striking appearance and 

 many resemblances. It is a ruminant with permanent 

 horns in both sexes. A careful study of its features will 

 discover in the giraffe a likeness to the camel, the ox, the 

 deer, the antelope, the goat, and the ostrich. It is the 

 tallest four-footed animal in existence, measuring in some 

 cases from eighteen to twenty feet from the top of its 

 head to the ground. "Its feet, which are like those of 

 the goat, endow it with the dexterity of that animal. It 

 bounds over wide ravines with incredible power. Horses 

 can not in such situations compete with it. 



The Giraffe and its Neighbor 



11. " The giraffe is fond of a wooded country. The 

 leaves of trees are its principal food. Green herbs are 



