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The common duiker is of a much duller colour than the Harvey's. Its food consists of 

 pods, beans, and shoots. This animal sometimes appears to be so preoccupied with other 

 things that it forgets to be on the alert. I have tw^ice got to within ten yards of one : once 

 in the Ngong Forest and once in Nyasaland. As a general rule, however, it is alert enough. 

 Females are occasionally found with horns. 



DUIKER, HARVEY'S. 



Native Names. 

 Kikuyu Sia. Kikamba Mweyana. 



Found plentifully on the Aberdares and in other high localities. Its body is of a bright 

 chestnut colour. It can readily be distinguished by a black vertical stripe down the centre of the 

 face. It is said to also occur in Uganda. 



DUIKER, ISAAC'S. 



This animal is said to be found in British East Africa. I have not come across any of the 

 species. 



DUGONG. 



Native Name. 

 Swahili Nguva. 



This mammal is caught fairly often by native fishermen off Mombasa and in the Lamu 

 Archipelago. Its meat is highly appreciated by the coast Swahilis and Arabs, who pay high prices 

 for it, and so the lucky captor turns over a good sum. It is generally sold outright to a buyer, 

 who then sells it retail in small portions. Its flesh is excessively tender and succulent, tasting 

 something of the quality of veal or sucking-pig. It occurs also at Aden, and at various other 

 places on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The corresponding mammal of the Atlantic is the 

 manatee. The natives are wont to exaggerate its likeness to a human being, especially when 

 talking to others who have never seen one. No doubt, as alleged, this animal is the original of 

 the mermaid. 



ELAND. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Pofu. Masai 0-sirua. 



Kikuyu Namu. Ogieg 01-origait. 



Kikamba Namu. Ogiek (Ravine) Singwito. 



Kitaita Ogwali (?). 



This animal, and especially the cow, looks in the distance very like the oryx. When the 

 latter, however, is looking towards you, the white markings on the face distinguish it, and also 

 (where the grass is short) the white stockings. The eland has a brown blaze on the face instead 

 of the white markings. Both the above animals can often be distinguished from other animals 

 by the cow-like switchings of the long tails. The stripes on the eland, like those of the bongo, 

 appear to decrease in number, fade, or disappear with age. The tip of the tail is black ; there is 



