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specimen was obtained turn out to be of the same 

 type, there will be a strong presumption that the 

 true and the giant eland, like the various local forms 

 of giraffe and bonte-quagga, are only races of one 

 and the same species. While, even if the present 

 specimen be only a ' sport ' (which I consider un- 

 likely), it will serve to show that the southern and 

 northern elands are more nearly related than has 

 hitherto been supposed." 



As my eland thus proved to be of some con- 

 siderable scientific value, and as the authorities of 

 the British Museum expressed a desire to possess 

 its head, I gladly presented it to the Trustees, so 

 that all sportsmen and naturalists might have an 

 opportunity of seeing it at the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington, where it now is. 



THOMSON'S GAZELLE. 



