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not. For, while many specimens, like that illustrated, have 

 properly developed symmetrical horns, in some they are more 

 or less imperfect, others again being hornless. 



Through Ukambani there is no game — there are too many 

 natives — and the march is not interesting. I will, therefore. 



Gazella grauti i . 



Length of horn 



on curve, 26f in. 



Gazella petersi <5 . 



Length of horn 



on curve, 17! in. 



Gazella thomsotd {,. 



Length of horn, 



13 J in. 



skip this part of the journey, fly across the Tana with its wide 

 shallow valley full of monotonous dense scrub, and land my 

 reader at Laiju, about five weeks' caravan journey from the 

 coast by the most direct route (though I did not reach there 

 until 22nd February 1894), which may be considered as 

 practically the commencement of the game country in this 

 direction. 



