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Protectorate, viz., the banks of the Nzoia River. Here 

 it is very numerous indeed. Herds of a hundred or more 

 are quite common. Twenty-two-inch horns is a good 

 head. A big buck must weigh almost two hundred pounds. 

 The horns curve first backward and then forward. 



Stein-buck: 



Like an oraby but smaller, does not show as much 

 white, and when running does not rush away with the 

 same beautiful swinging jumps. Horn smooth and straight. 



Klip springer: 



A rock antelope found on stony kopjes. Widely 

 distributed. Dark brown, weighing about twenty pounds. 

 Horns rimmed at base, four inches a good specimen. 



Gerenuk: 



Only found on the Laikipia plateau and in the lower 

 country east of Nairobi. A slim antelope, shy and hard 

 to approach. Light red in colour. Unlike all other 

 African antelopes, moves at a very fast trot, throwing 

 forward its unusually long legs. Horns curve inward 

 at tips. Weighs less than one hundred pounds. 



Duiker-buck: 



Always springs up suddenly from long grass. A dark 

 gray antelope. In cover it resembles an immense rabbit 

 in motion. Hard to shoot with rifle as it never seems 

 to stand still. Straight, sharp horns, six inches a good 

 head. 



Dick-Dick: 



The smallest of the antelopes, found plentifully in 

 lower bushy country, does not weigh more than a hare. 



Hippopotamus: 



riippo are not usually worth shooting in the Pro- 

 tectorate. Occasionally a good tusk can be got on 



Naivasha Lake. 



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If I were again shooting in East Africa I should try 



