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The Greater Kudu exists around Lake Bariiigo, and 

 a good specimen shot by Powell-Cotton in 1893 stood 

 five feet nine inches at the shoulders and weighed 654 

 pounds. Kudus must be fairly abundant in Somaliland, 

 if one may judge from the number of horns of these 



The Greater Kudu is a magnificent antelope. 



antelopes ofiered for sale by natives at Aden to the 

 passengers on the great ships which call there. This 

 may account for the frequency with which their horns 

 are met with as trophies in British East Africa, although 

 the animal itself is rare in that Protectorate. 



Elands, the largest of all anteLjpes, are distinguished 

 by their horns, which present a closely-set spiral near 

 the base. The cows have horns which are usually longer 



