-* Giraffes 



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 sckillingsi has a shirt of an extraordinary 



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 ot a herd in flight is very interesting. 

 They clatter in straight lines over the hard rough ground 



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