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that a man could not see over it. Later, under similar 

 circumstances, I met with several herds of giraffes, 

 especially of old bulls, in company sometimes with elands 

 which had made their way high up into the mountains, 

 so that I am in a position to state that the giraffe 

 frequents the forests as well as the plains. They are 

 intelligent enough, especially the experienced old bulls, 



A BULL AND A COW GIRAFFE. THE BULL IS DISTINGUISHABLE BY ITS 

 THICKER NECK 



to seek safety in these woods from hunters, thus ridding 

 themselves also of ticks and other parasites. 



One of my most delightful experiences in Africa was 

 the observing of these unique animals living their own 

 natural lives in liberty. I had been informed that then 

 (in 1896), in consequence of the rinderpest, the giraffe 

 had almost disappeared, and was only to be found rarely 

 and in out-of-the-way places. I do. not deny that the 



