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The Englishman who had this good luck was 

 George Grey, a brother of Sir Edward Grey, one 

 of the present cabinet ministers of England. 



The eland is the largest of all antelopes, and we 

 ran across a few on the Tana River and a few on 



Eland 



the Guas Ngishu Plateau. Under the old game 

 ordinance the sportsman was allowed to kill one 

 bull eland ; under the new ordinance he is allowed to 

 kill none except in certain restricted districts and 

 by special license. The eland is as big as a bull, 

 with spiral horns and beautifully marked skin, and 



