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big brown hy^na which sneaked off when we advanced. As 

 the hyc-ena had done me a good turn, I did not hurt it, but 

 gave my attention to the Grantii which had its flank ripped 

 open and the intestines protruding. The poor beast staggered 

 up and tried to show fight. We seized its horns, threw it down, 

 and saved it further suffering by cutting its throat. 



The Grantii gazelles herd together in small numbers only. 

 The horns of the female Grantii are different to those of the 

 male. They are about a foot long and slender. They resemble 

 somewhat the horns of the male Thomsonii, except that the 

 " rings " are not so prominent, and the horns are more uniformly 

 slender from the base upward. The illustration shows a 

 specimen which 1 secured at Bondoni not far from Machakos. 



