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the graceful ways of these splendid little beasts and 

 their beautiful, annulated horns. Those round Kili- 

 manjaro and Naivasha run up to 30 inches and 

 more, but on the Guaso-Nyiro I never saw one above 

 26 inches. The former heads have also a much 

 wider span, though totally distinct from the Robertsi, 

 a local race, named after Mr. J. Russell Roberts. 



The remark which I made apropos of hartebeest 

 applies also to the smaller antelope and gazelle, 

 only even more emphatically so in proportion to their 

 size. Unless hit in exactly the right place, they 

 may go for miles. I have seen them on more than 

 one occasion getting over the ground at a great 

 pace with literally half their entrails dragging on 

 the ground. 



A wounded buck will often be viciously attacked 

 by another male, and on three different occasions 

 I saw Grants and Tommies savagely charge a wounded 

 member of their own species. In one case I had 

 knocked over a Tommy which was lying on the 

 ground. I was approaching to perform the final 

 rites when another buck, disregarding my presence, 

 rushed up and made several angry prods at its, 

 as I thought, dying companion. 



The attacking buck had a good head, so I shot 

 him. The shot aroused the wounded one, who there- 

 upon jumped up and made off at a steady trot until 

 some thick scrub and an inequality in the ground 

 hid him from view. I never saw him again. 



Gazelle seem to like the neighbourhood of deserted 



