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thorn bush country. They inhabit waterless parts and 

 depend a good deal on the heavy dew for moisture, but 

 they like the thick bushes along the banks of water- 

 courses. They possess elongated hairy noses and a 

 tuft of hair on their crowns : the horns are short, 

 straight, almost vertical, and possessed by the male only. 



The head of the Dik-dik, Afadoquu i/itentheri. 



The smallest antelope in East Africa. Dik-dik (sometimes called 

 Dig-dig) is the native name. Its chief peculiarity is its long 

 hairy snout and short tail. 



The skull is also remarkable for the shortness of the 

 nasal bones and the large size of the nasal chamber. 

 The dik-diks are about fourteen inches high at the 

 shoulders, with a body no bigger than that of a 

 rabbit. These small antelopes were discovered by 

 Henry Salt, who travelled in Abyssinia in the early part 



