CHAPTER XIV 



WHO'S WHO IN JUNGLELAND. THE HARTEBEEST AND 

 THE WILDEBEEST, THE AMUSING GIRAFFE AND 

 THE UBIQUITOUS ZEBRA, THE LOVELY GA- 

 ZELLE AND THE GENTLE IMPALLA 



IN the course of the average shooting experience in 

 British East Africa the sportsman is likely to see 

 between twenty and thirty different species of ani- 

 mals. From the windows of the car as he journeys 

 from Mombasa to Nairobi, three hundred and 

 twenty-seven miles, he may definitely count upon 

 seeing at least seven of these species: Wildebeest, 

 hartebeest, Grant's gazelle, Thompson's gazelle, 

 zebra, impalla, and giraffe, with the likelihood of 

 seeing in addition some wart-hogs and a distant 

 rhinoceros, and the remote possibility of seeing 

 cheetah, lion, and hyena. Of the bird varieties the 

 traveler will be sure of seeing many ostriches, some 

 giant bustards, and perhaps a sedate secretary-bird 

 or two. 



These animals are the common varieties, and 

 after a short time in the country the stranger learns 

 to tell them apart. He knows the zebra from his 

 previous observation in circuses; he also does not 

 have to be told what the giraffe is, but the other 



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