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district, Thomson's gazelle grows horns up to 16 

 inches, at least an inch longer than is attained further 

 south. On one day they will prove quite tame and 

 easily approached, while the next they may be most 

 elusive. 



All the lesser buck provide good eating, and the 

 varieties to which the settler will help himself in 

 different localities are duiker, steinbok, Kirk's dik-dik, 

 common oribi — especially numerous near Londiani 

 and on the Uasin Guishu plateau — and the Kenia 

 oribi, which last, extremely local, is getting very 

 scarce. 



