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the sportsman to approach within twenty or thirty yards of them, 

 when they rush off at such a pace that, as their colour very 

 closely resembles the dry grass, they are difficult to hit. They 

 go about in small herds of three or four, but more often in 

 couples or quite alone. 



GRANT'S GAZELLE 



The Grantii (Swahili name, ' Sala,' or ' Swara ') is met with 

 almost everywhere in the plains and open bush country. It 

 and the impala are perhaps the most beautiful of all the smaller 

 antelopes, and both are among the most coveted trophies of the 

 sportsman. 



In the Rombo and Useri plains the horns of this antelope 



grow to a much greater length 

 than anywhere else that I 

 know of. Thirty inches along 

 the curve is the length of the 

 record head, but horns of 

 26 ins. in length are by no 

 means unusual in this locality. 

 In other parts of the country 

 a buck with horns 24 ins. in 

 length would be considered 

 to carry a first-rate head. 



These antelopes are found 

 in herds of from three or four 

 up to fifteen or twenty, though 



Adult and immature Gazella Grantii I nav e Seen as many as sixty 



in one herd at Machako's. 



THOMSON'S GAZELLE 



The ' Thomsoni ' in habits is very like the G. Grantii, but 

 as a rule is found in rather larger herds. Single bucks of this 

 species are, however, more often seen than single Grantii 

 bucks. At Lake Naivasha, in July 1890, 1 saw a large herd of 

 some sixty head, composed entirely of does, and in the same 



