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ones of the seven common varieties he must learn, 

 for most of them are utterly strange to an American 

 eye. 



He soon learns to pick out the wildebeest, or gnu, 

 by its American buffalo appearance; he comes to 

 know the little Thompson's gazelle by its big black 

 stripe on its white sides and by its frisky tail that is 

 always flirting back and forth. The Grant's gazelle 



Gazelle, with Wildebeest in Background 



is a little harder to pick out at first, and one is likely 

 to get the Grant's and Tommy's confused. But 

 after a short time the difference is apparent, the 

 Grant's being much larger in stature and has much 

 larger horns and is minus the Thompsonian perpet- 

 ual motion tail. It certainly is a stirring tail! The 

 impalla is about the same size as the Grant's gazelle, 

 but has horns of a lyrate shape. 



The hartebeest is speedily identified, because he 

 is unlike any other antelope in appearance and ex- 



