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the rest of the herd of five, knocked them off when they were not more than 
two inches long, and when I last saw her there were two warty scars where the horns 
had been. I should think that a similar accident is probably a very common occurrence 
among the wild herds ; so much so, that I should not be surprised to see a herd of does 
‘without horns.’ The yearling fawns running with their mothers would have horns not 
more than half an inch long, and therefore invisible. If a man, for any reason, were 
to shoot a doe out of such a herd he would probably choose the largest animal. 
Afterwards, if the question were raised, he would say that he saw a herd of does of 
Thomson’s Gazelle absolutely hornless, and on shooting one found there were only 
little marks on the head where the horns would have been if the animal had had any. 
“T have myself seen hundreds of these Gazelles in Ukambaui, some without horns, 
some with one, and some with both horns. Of those I have shot or seen shot myself, 
two were without horns, one had one horn about three inches long, and four had both 
horns averaging three and a half inches in length, while two had horns about three- 
quarters of an inch long.” 
Passing on to German East Africa we find, from Dr. Matschie’s volume on 
the Mammals of that country, that Thomson’s Gazelle was met with by 
Herr Oscar Neumann at various points on his journey north from Tanga to 
the Victoria Lake. Mount Gurui, Lake Manyara, Ndalalani on the Natron 
Lake, and the district between Guasso Nyiro and Ngare Dobasch are 
specially mentioned, but north and west of the latter locality Herr Neumann 
did not find it. It was also obtained near Mount Meru by Herr v. Hohnel, 
and in Northern Irambi by Herr Stuhlmann. 
We are not aware that examples of Thomson’s Gazelle have ever been 
brought to Europe alive ; but it would appear that young individuals of this 
species are often captured and kept in confinement in British East Africa. 
The late Capt. B. L. Sclater, R.E., who made the road from Kibwesi to Port 
Victoria in 1895-97, in his letters written home refers to several such cases, 
and Lieut. G. E. Smith, R.E., who was second in command of Capt. Sclater’s 
party, kindly sends us the following notes about them :—“ Early in January 
1896 Capt. Sclater obtained from the Masai two young Thomson’s Gazelles, 
which were fed by hand and throve well. ‘They became quite tame and 
used to tun about the camp and play with a puppy. One of them 
subsequently ran away, but the other remained with the camping-party for 
nearly a year.” At Kikuyu, Lieut. G. EK. Smith saw a pair of Thomson’s 
Gazelles then fully grown, having been in possession of Mr. Hall, the 
Resident, for more than two years. The buck was rather fierce and apt to 
attack natives with his horns. Major Eric Smith, we are told, also generally 
