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getting good pictures of several giraffes. The way in 

 which the colouring of the animals blends with the sur- 

 roundings offers one of the greatest difficulties to the 

 photographer. 



This is especially the case with regard to the species 

 of giraffe which I was fortunate enough to discover. 

 This Giraffa schillingsi has a shirt of an extraordinary 



A BULL GIRAFFE WATCHING ME ANXIOUSLY 



undecided colour that photographs very indistinctly, unlike 

 that of the northern species, which is sharp and pro- 

 nounced. Skins of this kind of giraffe were brought 

 home from South Somaliland, after his last dangerous 

 journey, by my friend the late Baron Carlo Erlanger, 

 the great explorer and traveller. 



The sight of a herd in flight is very interesting. 

 They clatter in straight lines over the hard rough ground 



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