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as the klipspringer, and get about rocky hillsides and 

 precipices in the same wonderful manner. They are, 

 from their protective colouring, difficult to make out, 

 and the stalker requires the aid of good glasses when 

 in quest of them. Once located, however, they may 

 be approached to within 1 50 or 250 yards sometimes 

 rather less. They are found usually at altitudes of 

 from 2000 to 3000 feet. 



THE DiK-DiKs 



These odd little antelopes are found in various parts 

 of Africa, chiefly in Somaliland. One species, how- 

 ever, the Damaraland Dik-Dik (Madoqua damarensis] 

 comes from German South- West Africa; while another, 

 Hemprich's Dik-Dik, is located in Abyssinia. These 

 tiny little buck, which seldom exceed 14 or 15 inches 

 in height, have small, straight, sloping horns, and 

 usually a tuft of hair on the crown. The most 

 remarkable thing about them, however, is the nose, 

 which is most curiously elongated almost trunk-like 

 in its development. Dik-Diks obtain the name by 

 which they are now most generally known to sportsmen 

 and naturalists from the Kassala natives. They are 

 known to the Arabs as Beni Israel ; the Abyssinian 

 name is Atro. On the coast regions of East Africa 

 they are known as Paa. The general colour is ful- 

 vous, or rufous fawn. These diminutive creatures 

 can hardly be considered as of much importance to 

 African gunners, who are usually interested in other 

 and more important game. They run in twos 



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