The Giraffe 



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one of them may suddenly 

 is executing an arduous era 



: into full view of the stalker just while he 

 md even though he instantly become rigid 

 and lie motionless, patiently baking on the hot ground, its large, keen eye 

 may have detected a movement and the alarm be given. If once you can 



-Giraffes (northern form) feeding on mimosa in country t 

 Mathews Chain. Photographed by Lord Dcla 



get within moderate distance of your game, it often becomes easier to 

 approach still nearer ; for then it may be possible to get their heads behind 

 bushes which before they overlooked. Arrived within convenient shot, do 

 not edge round to come into full view ; rather sit and wait till your giraffe 

 moves out from behind the screen, when, if you remain immovable, you 



