CHAPTER XXIII 



The Girnook or Waller gazelle Where found A giraffe-like antelope 

 Extraordinary length of neck Small herds Difficult to approach 

 Advantages of a long neck Halt at Hargesa March continued 

 Arrive at Arabsea Our zareba at night A lion prowling around 

 We hear but cannot see him The lion's call Next morning search 

 Marked down Beating through the grass My first lion A splendid 

 specimen Lions and tigers compared Difference in skulls Game 

 plentiful Two more lions sighted Gallop in pursuit A savage 

 charge Chased for one hundred yards I shoot the lion In pursuit 

 of the other Crouched in a patch of grass A snap-shot My third 

 lion ! Raiding Somalis met with A lioness and cubs I shoot the 

 mother Escape of the cubs Man-eating lions common A woman 

 carried off Tracking up the man-eater I fail to locate him Shoot 

 a cock ostrich Bushmen wonderful trackers A hunter killed by a 

 wild elephant Torn limb from limb Too light a rifle Difference 

 between Asiatic and African elephants Latter superior in size A 

 herd of a hundred Most dangerous of African game Tenacity of life 

 extraordinary Skull curiously protected The temple shot preferable 

 Not always successful A male and female wounded Curious 

 results of shots from 8-bore Paradox. 



I WAS also lucky enough, on this march, to secure some good 

 specimens of the Girnook or Waller gazelle. This curious, 

 giraffe-like antelope is found throughout East Africa. 

 The colour is a rufus-fawn, with a broad dark band running 

 down the middle of the back. Height at the shoulder 

 about forty-two inches, and weight 116 Ibs. 



Horns are ridged and curved forward at the tips, where 

 the ridges end. The females have no horns. The skull 

 is massive and extends far back behind the ears. The neck, 

 the distinguishing feature of this animal, is long, and eyes 

 large like those of the giraffe. 



The Girnook feeds on bushes, and, like the Indian goat, 

 may be seen browsing, standing on its hind legs to reach 

 the more tender shoots. They are found in small herds 

 in scattered bush and ravines. The average length of their 



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