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Great and Small Game of Africa 



of the years 1890 and 1891 were exceptionally dry. In fact, no rains 

 fell in the interior for twelve months, and I found it the greatest difficulty 

 to get enough water to drink, not to mention a wash. It was after this 

 drought broke up that the bucks started rutting. 



On the 17th December 1890, my Gibbs 450 single express, backed up 

 by myself, accounted for the first debotag ; strange to say, this specimen had 

 only one horn, the other having been broken off close to the skull. Some 

 time after this I shot another with the horn broken off in the same way. 



Largest head shot by me and measured by Mr. Rowland Ward, 

 1 if inches in length on front curve ; 4I inches in circumference ; 3I 

 inches from tip to tip. T. W. H. Clarke. 



THE GERENUK 



Genus Lithocranius 



The gerenuk, or Waller's gazelle (L. •walleri), may be regarded as a 

 still more aberrant ally of the gazelles, characterised by the almost giraffe- 

 like elongation of the neck, and the proportionately long and slender limbs. 

 In the bucks the horns are convex in front for a considerable portion of 

 their length, then become concave, and finally curve forwards in a hook- 

 like manner at their tips. Important structural differences are also 

 displayed in the skull, which is remarkable for its solid nature, as well as 

 for its shallowness and straightness, and the comparatively small size of the 

 cheek-teeth. The females are hornless. 



Gerenuk or Waller's Gazelle (Lithocranius walleri) 



Somali Name, Gerenuk ; Danakil Name, Gudan Godu. 



Of all the antelopes inhabiting North-Eastern Africa, save the dik- 

 diks, especially in Somaliland from the sea to the river Shebeyleh, this 



