316 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO cu. xxvur 
specimen was obtained turn out to be of the same 
type, there will be a strong presumption that the 
true and the giant eland, like the various local forms 
of giraffe and bonte-quagga, are only races of one 
and the same species. While, even if the present 
specimen be only a ‘sport’ (which I consider un- 
likely), it will serve to show that the southern and 
northern elands are more nearly related than has 
hitherto been supposed.” 
As my eland thus proved to be of some con- 
siderable scientific value, and as the authorities of 
the British Museum expressed a desire to possess 
its head, I gladly presented it to the Trustees, so 
that all sportsmen and naturalists might have an 
opportunity of seeing it at the Natural History 
Museum at South Kensington, where it now is. 
THOMSON’S GAZELLE. 
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