ON RETICULATA GIRAFFE 
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ON RETICULATA GIRAFFE 
By A. Blayney Peecival 
The photograph of Reticulata Giraffe which forms the 
frontispiece to this number of the Journal was taken at a 
water-hole near the Lorian Swamp at a distance of about 
twenty yards. 
It was particularly interesting while waiting in the hide 
for game to come to drink, to note the way the game, in general, 
gathered together a few hundred yards away from the water 
and waited till the giraffe appeared. Once these long-necked 
gentlemen had decided that the place was safe the other game 
flocked down to the water quite satisfied that the giraffe 
would give the alarm if anything dangerous showed up. 
Actually I found that the giraffe were by no means the 
most wary of animals, waterbuck giving the alarm more 
often than any other species. 
During the few days I sat over this water-hole I saw the 
following animals : 
Reticulata Giraffe, Grevy’s and Common Zebra, Oryx 
beisa, Waterbuck including a white fawn, Palla, Waller’s 
Gazelle, Bright’s Gazelle, Northern Warthog. 
LIONS KILLING GIRAFFE, ROMBO HILL, 
OCTOBER 1912 
By C. W. Woodhouse 
This forms an authentic case of three or four lions pulling 
down a full-grown male giraffe. The lions were seen on the 
carcass and the condition of the skin and carcass pointed to a 
desperate struggle having taken place. The legs, shoulders, 
and neck were much ripped and lacerated. 
The giraffe was apparently lame, suffering from a disease 
