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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 Graniii (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 
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 
upto fifteen or twenty, though 
Adult and immature Gazella Grantii 1 have seen as many as sixty 
in one herd at Machako’s. 
THOMSON’S GAZELLE 
The ‘ Zhomsoni’ 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 Graniit 
bucks. At Lake Naivasha, in July 1890, I saw a large herd of 
some sixty head, composed entirely of does, and in the same 
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