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thorn Ijusli country. They inhabit waterk^ns parts and 

 depend a good deal on the heavy dew for moisture, l)ut 

 they like the thick bushes along the banks of water- 

 courses. They possess elongated hairy noses and a 

 tuft of hair on their crowns : the horns are short, 

 straight, almost vertical, and possessed by the male only. 



The head of the Dik-dik, Madorpta i/neiilheri. 



The smallest antelope in East Africa. Uik-dik (sometimes called 

 Dig-dig) is the native name. Its chief peculiarit}' is its long 

 hairy snout and shoit tail. 



The skull is als<j remarkable for the shortness of the 

 nasal Ijones and the large size of tlie nasal chamber. 

 The dik-diks are about fourteen inches hioh at the 

 shoulders, with a body no l)igger than that of a 

 rabbit. These small antelopes were discovered by 

 Henry Salt, who travelled in Abyssinia in the early part 



