-* Gazelles and Dwarf Antelopes 



on twi^s and leaves. These gerenuk gazelles are well off 

 in the hungriest deserts in the midst ol a vegetation 

 consisting of l^uphorlna, Ltss/ts quadrangular is, Sanseviera 

 cyliiidrica. Sansevieni volksemi, and shrub-acacias. I have 

 found no confirmation of Hunter's theory that they live 

 cruelly on dried grass in the neighbourhood of the rain- 

 stream betels. Although these o'a/elles are verv widelv dis- 



inbuted, they are confined to a (juite distinct type ol the 

 \-elt flora, which is easier learnt by experience- than de- 

 scribed. I hey are found not infrequently on the broad 

 acacia-covered plains, and also in hilly districts ; but they 

 shun luxuriant vegetation as we'll as forests. Towards carl}' 

 morning and at evening time they are most lively. The 

 re'st of the day is spent in the- shade 1 ol the acacia-bushes. 

 At the- approach of elanger they stand erect, as though 



