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Lakes Navaisha and Baringo, particularly in the vicinity of the small salt- 
lake Elmatita, where these beautiful beasts inhabit the open woods of 
juniper-trees.” In his paper on the Antelopes of the Mau district, recently 
read before the Zoological Society, Mr. Jackson likewise speaks of this 
Antelope, and again mentions the large size of the horns of the bucks in 
that part of British East Africa, which he gives as 22 and 23 inches from 
base to tip. 
Fig. 47. 
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Head of Pallah, ¢, front view. 
Whether the Pallah ranges further north than British East Africa and the 
neighbouring district of Turkwel is perhaps not quite certain, though it may 
possibly be the case. Our only authority on the subject is Heuglin, who 
states that the Pallah occurs on the White Nile at Scherk-el-Akaba, and is 
“very common” on the Djur River, where it is known by the Arabic name 
of ‘Om-gaba,’ or ‘Om-saba.’ But Heuglin’s observations on this point, so 
