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browsers I have never seen them eating grass ; they are very 

 fond of the yellow fruit of the shinu-shinu plant. Dibatag, 

 according to the Somalis, are nearly always found in the same 

 country which produces the stunted trees known as " ged guwah.' ' 

 There are six trees which are usually known as the " ged guwah," 

 and they are all very similar in appearance. They are (i) Garone, 

 (ii) Rahanreb, (iii) Tebuk, (iv) Golelu, (v) Mogoleh, and (vi) Ainger. 

 Numbers ii, iii, and iv bear thorns, and the remainder are without 

 them. These trees in the dry season are generally leafless, and 

 the colour of the bark exactly matches the dibatag's coat. The 

 best method of looking for dibatag is to climb one of the white- 

 ant hills which abound in the Haud and scour the country with 

 glasses, or ride through their haunts on a camel. 



