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an inch beyond the lower lip. I was fortunate in secur- 

 ing a female a day or two later. The male weighed 

 7 lbs. An even commoner species than this (though 

 I had not an opportunity of shooting one) is of a slaty- 

 grey colour with a white patch on the neck, and this 

 I cmmot identify. These were seen in rather thicker 

 bush, and were sometimes remarkably tame. 



The configuration of the Baringo Plains, from the 

 summit of Laikipia down to the lake, is a series of giant 

 steps, best illustrated in the following rough diagram — 



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UIAGllAM SHOWING CONFIGUEAPION OF THE BARINGO PLAINS. 



One morning when shifting camp from A to B,a low 

 koppie on the horizon had been indicated by our AVando- 

 robo guide as the site of the next camp. This land- 

 mark, however, as we discovered during the march, was 

 not a koppie at all, but a mountain-peak of the Kamasea 

 Range fifty miles away, beyond the lake. Meanwhile the 

 misled safari at one point, my brother and self at two 

 others, all separate, had descended the abrupt escarp- 

 ment beyond B, and it was on this lower level, a region 

 of far denser bush, that I noticed these unknown dik- 

 diks at the point marked C, as well as some superb 

 waterbuck. Having only two gun-bearers with me, and 

 knowing that we were already lost and confronted with 

 the risk of being once more "benighted" (being, besides, 

 again overtaken by a thunderstorm and torrential rains), 

 I did not care to burden ourselves with game. Thus a 

 possible chance of securing a new species was lost ; for 

 before finally reaching camp, after hours of anxiety, we 

 had to reascencl the escarpment, and never again visited 

 the lower level. Of course one's impression of an animal 



