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was in what is now German East Africa. In this country, according to 
Herr Matschie, it has an extensive range over the whole western portion of 
the colony, extending up to Mpapwa, in which district several sportsmen 
have met with it, and through Irangi on to Lake Victoria on the borders of 
British territory. Over this country it has been found in many localities by 
Fischer, Neumann, and Stuhlmann. Throughout these districts it appears 
to resort principally, as stated by Grant, to the more open sandy plains, 
which are thinly covered with euphorbias and other trees, especially where a 
saline vegetation is prevalent. 
In the castern districts of British East Africa, Grant's Gazelle appears to 
be not less prevalent in similar spots. Mr. Hunter, in his Appendix to 
Willoughby’s ‘ Kast Africa,’ tells us that during his expedition in 1886 it 
was found to be common everywhere in the open plains near Kilimanjaro, 
one male being generally accompanied by from 10 to 15 females. It was at 
that time most common in the direction of Useri. The longest pair of horns 
obtained by the party measured 30 inches in length, but 27 inches were 
considered to constitute a big head. The best female’s head obtained 
measured 17 inches along the inside curve. Dr. Abbott, during his expedi- 
tion to Kilimanjaro, as recorded by Mr. True, obtained a good series of 
specimens of this Antelope, which are now in the United States National 
Museum. Capt. F. D. Lugard, in his volumes on ‘The Rise of our East- 
African Empire,’ writes of Grant’s Gazelle as being “‘a model of symmetry,” 
while ‘its large and massive horns are most beautiful in their curve and are 
carried most gracefully.” He continues as follows :— 
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“‘Grant’s Gazelle is always found on the open plains and in rocky ground far from 
water, and never near forest. Both sexes are horned; the female carries thin but long 
horns (up to 17 inches in length), the points, as is the case in all horned female 
Antelopes, turning inwards, the curve being more or less lyre-shaped. I have weighed 
a male and found it weigh 115 lbs. without the stomach ; female 65 lbs. The horns of 
the male measure up to 30 inches and are about 7 inches in circumference at the base. 
They are annulated, black in colour, and bend backwards and then forwards at the tip. 
Anything above 25 inches would be a ‘ good head.’ ” 
Another excellent authority on the Antelopes of British East Africa, 
Mr. F. J. Jackson, in a recent article on the subject, writes as follows :— 
“ Grant’s Gazelle ranges north into Turkwel and the Sak country, but is not found 
on the Mau plateau. At Njemps and Baringo, and in Turkwel, this Gazelle is con- 
