GRANT'S GAZELLE 



sent my headman off to the village to interview the 

 chief and to inform him that I wished to see him 

 in the afternoon, and went off myself in search of 

 game. There was a quantity about, and my quest 

 resolved itself into the question of choosing a good 

 head. I finally obtained two excellent specimens 

 of Grant's gazelle with two well-placed shots. Both 

 carried fine horns, so I had them skinned and brought 

 back to camp together with all the meat. But since 

 I wished to give some to the Borana as well as feed 

 my own twenty-four hungry men, I was compelled to 

 shoot something else. 



As I was prowling through the bush I caught sight 

 of a Grevy's zebra, and I decided to try and bag him, 

 as I wanted another complete skin of that species. It 

 took me some time to approach sufficiently close, but 

 at length I sat down, and was about to pull the trigger 

 when he turned round and faced me. Although it 

 was a difficult shot, I managed to bring it off, much 

 to my delight. On receiving the bullet, the zebra 

 made a frantic spurt of about 200 yards, then halted, 

 obviously in great distress ; suddenly his legs seemed 

 to give way under him, and he fell, never to rise again. 

 On examining him I found the bullet had entered the 

 left-hand side of the chest, and passing through the 

 heart had lodged near the tail, inflicting a terrible 

 wound. 



Grevy's zebra are very large animals, standing 

 about 58 or 59 inches at the shoulder, and are the 

 most highly striped of the whole family. The mane 

 is very full, and extends on to the withers, while the 

 tail tuft is also large. The ears, too, are peculiar, being 

 broad and thickly haired, and thus differ essentially 

 from all other zebras. It has been sug-orested that the 



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