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Their horns were; in some cases shattered in quite a 

 remarkable: way, whether through knocking up against 

 the trunks of the trees or through fights with other hulls, 

 I cannot say. While the. white: stripes are very clearly 

 marked in the case of the young animals, they become 

 less and less marked with age, and are barely perceptible: 

 on the old bulls ; these bulls become darker and darker, 

 until at last their skins get to be a sort of bluish-black. 



The ilesh of elands, especially ot the young animal 

 during the rainy season, is regarded as among the greatest 

 delicacies in those regions. The skins of the bulls entail 

 very troublesome preparation, as they are infested by a 

 peculiar kind of tick, especially about the neck, and are 

 very apt to go bad. 



Another very notable type ot African antelope is 

 to be found in the gnus, the " njumbo porrini " of the 

 Waswahili, the " aingat " of the Masai, and the " ngaita " 

 of the Wandorobo. 



If the white-tailed gnu (Connochcetes gnii}, now 

 surviving only in those regions ot South Africa the 

 country of its origin in which it is preserved, is more 

 bizarre, and has its characteristics more strong]}- marked, 

 than either the brindled gnu or the: white-bearded gnu, 

 the latter can be claimed at least as a very distinctive 

 feature of the fauna ot the: Masai re'gion and the salt 

 district. Bigger and stronger than the: South African 

 gnu, its appearance is much me>re: like: that ot a buffalo, 

 especially when seen from afar. The first sight of a bull 

 gnu, as it moves along in its trustful, untroubled wax, 

 alme)st always gives the European the idea that he is face: 



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