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full-grown pair with great interest: they had evt- 
dently just come up from the river, and were slowly 
making their way back to their home on the escarp- 
ment. They seemed on the most affectionate terms, 
occasionally entwining their great long necks and 
‘© 4 YOUNG ONE WAS LYING DOWN IN THE GRASS QUITE CLOSE 
TO ME.” 
gently biting each other on the shoulders. Much 
as I should have liked to have added a giraffe to 
my collection of trophies, I left them undisturbed, 
as I think it a pity to shoot these rather rare and 
very harmless creatures, unless one is required for a 
special purpose. 
We pushed on, accordingly, towards the escarp- 
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