GAZELLES AND OTHER SMALL ANTELOPES 



before he has become aware of its presence. Then he 

 must fire a chance shot or wait until the greenuk raises 

 its head above the thorns. I used to stalk the Waller 

 gazelle in the heat of the day when it takes its siesta. 

 If one does not mind the heat, one is often well repaid 

 for the trouble. In the neighborhood of the Kitumbin 

 volcano, in the northern part of German East Africa, I 

 killed within a few hours five bucks and sighted fifteen 

 does, but spared them. It is very interesting to watch 

 single gazelles or small bands when they are abroad in 

 the evening. In the dry season when grass is scarce 

 they may be seen standing on their hind legs brows- 

 ing on shrubs, bushes, and small trees ; they must then 

 be very active to secure enough food. 



The Waller gazelle, dwelling in the most desert places 

 of the steppe and existing on the scantiest of food, 

 does not live long in captivity and has, to my knowl- 

 edge, never been successfully transported to Europe; 

 it cannot adapt itself to different food and different 

 conditions of life. Even Menges has not yet succeeded 

 in keeping alive and transporting to Europe one of the 

 srazelles of vSomaliland. 



One of the reasons that we so seldom are able to 

 keep wild animals alive in captivity is that we do not 

 consider sufficiently their psychical needs. They are 

 usually young animals deprived of their mothers. 

 With some, no doubt, goats will supply this want. But 

 many of the "children of the steppe" we shall never 



