The Giraffe 



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French Senegal, in the extreme north-west of the continent. Lower down, 

 in West Africa, the animal seems to be rarely if ever heard of, until the 

 Portuguese province of Angola is reached. 1 Here, especially in the 

 country behind Benguela, it is fairly common. For the last fifteen years, 

 since the closing of the Soudan by the Mahdi's followers, it would seem 

 that giraffes have largely increased in numbers. During the last year or 

 so, 1897-98, they have been encountered within a few hours of Kassala by 

 officers of the recent Italian garrison. In East Africa and in parts of 



Giraffe (1 



Central Africa giraffes are often to be met with, especially in the open 

 forests to be found in the territories of British and German East Africa. 



The giraffe was, however, probably most abundant, in the good days 

 of African hunting, between the Orange River and the Zambesi. It is 

 doubtful whether its range ever extended south of the Orange River, 

 although an old Hottentot tradition that the animal once sheltered in the 

 Amaebi thorn country, in the Oueenstown district of Cape Colony, may be 

 referred to. In South Africa it is not now to be encountered until the 

 traveller reaches the north-eastern border of the Transvaal. In the country 



