With Flashlight and Rifle * 



moulded in bronze, with their abnormally long necks 

 stretched out stiff and straight. 



If the gazelle is assured ot the direction whence the 

 approaching enemy comes, it makes for the nearest cover, 

 its neck still outstretched right in front of it, and moving 

 with noiseless tread like a shadow. The sportsman is apt 

 to be quite stupefied by their sudden disappearance. 

 This peculiarity of theirs, and their colouring, which 

 blends so well with their surroundings, together with 

 their alertness and caution, explain why they have eluded 

 so many early travellers. 



In the hot season I used to like to hunt them at 

 noontide. To follow the chase of these animals a hunter 

 must not mind the fearful heat. How numerous they are 

 in the north of German East Africa may be gathered 

 from the fact that within a few hours I once shot five 

 bucks and saw (but did not shoot) about fourteen females 

 near the Kitumbin volcanoes ! 



This kind of hunting is very fatiguing. It is very 

 tiring to get across the thorny places as quietly as 

 possible, and yet not too slowly, so that the game may 

 not take flight before one is near enough to take good 

 aim. If the search is too long drawn out, they are 

 often up and away before the hunter can sight them. 

 It is a charming sight to see these gazelles, singly 

 or in small herds of about eight, as they seek their 

 food towards eventide, raising themselves every now 

 and again on their hind-legs. This, however, is not 

 often possible ; and when it is so, it is generally in 

 the dry season, when these gazelles have to be pretty 



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