THE ANTELOPES AND GAZELLES 193 



hunters. Both races are true creatures of waterless, 

 desert regions. 



Clarke s gazelle is a most interesting species, dis- 

 covered in 1890 by Mr. T. W. H. Clarke in Central 

 Somaliland, in the dry, waterless country of the 

 Eastern Haud. This gazelle stands about 33 inches 

 at the shoulder, and is chiefly remarkable for the 

 extraordinarily long, slender neck, which is arched 

 very much backwards. When running, the long 

 attenuated tail is thrown forward and the neck thrust 

 back, so that head and tail almost touch one another. 

 The horns have a strong forward curve, and measure 

 in fine specimens 12 or 13 inches. The Dibatag, as 

 this gazelle is called by the Somalis, is, from having 

 its haunts in waterless, desert country, not very 

 readily to be got at, and comparatively few examples 

 have as yet been shot. 



Waller s gazelle is an even more extraordinary- 

 looking creature than Clarke's. It has a still longer 

 neck, and in the distance bears a curious resemblance 

 to a miniature giraffe. Even close at hand, the 

 expression of the head is very giraffe-like. The legs 

 are long and slender, and the animal stands as much 

 as 41 inches at the withers. The Gerunuk, as the 

 Somalis call this most singular gazelle, is found 

 chiefly in Somaliland and the adjacent parts of East 

 Africa. It is not a graceful beast, having a slouching, 

 furtive gait ; when alarmed it drops its long neck 

 and carries the head in a line with the body. It 

 obtains its food chiefly by browsing, and, rearing its 

 forelegs against the stem of a tree or bush, thus 



