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railway engine. They were in the protected area, 

 however, and seemed to know that no harm would 

 reach them there. Later on in the morning we saw 

 other herds, but invariably at long range, some- 

 times teetering along the sky line or appearing and 



They Run Loosely but Earnestly 



disappearing behind the flat-topped umbrella aca- 

 cias. 



The giraffe is most laughable when in action. 

 He first looks at you, then curls his tail over his 

 back, and then lopes off with head and neck 

 stuck out, and with body and legs slowly folding 

 and unfolding in a most ungainly stride. It is hard 

 to describe the gait of a giraffe to one who has never 



