THE STORY OF AN OUTING 



A SINGLE CONGONI 



Thomson's gazelle (commonly called Tommies) is 

 very small, weighing, I should guess, forty to fifty 

 pounds. He has the usual deer color, accentuated by a 

 bright black band about four inches wide extending 

 from hip to shoulder just above the belly. They are 

 very numerous, beautiful, and possessed of the poetic 

 grace which has ever been associated with the gazelle; 

 their antlers are small but graceful. 



The Grant's gazelles were much in evidence. They 

 have color like that of the Virginia deer when in the red 

 coat, and are only a shade smaller. The bucks have 

 some black marks, and the does have black bands like 

 the Tommies. The color contrasts are remarkable, 

 their reddish backs, black-band sides, white bellies, and 



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