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A COLONY IN THE MAKING 
CHAP. 
Grants Gazelle and its various sub-species have 
provided the settler with many a dinner, while as its 
horns are extremely handsome and more easily 
obtained than those of any other animal they form an 
adornment on the walls of most farms. This gazelle 
varies slightly in different portions of the Protectorate 
in the prominence or otherwise of the dark bands 
which mark its flanks, and considerably in the shape 
and size of horns, and at least four sub-species have 
been enumerated. Thus (a) Gazella granti typica as 
found on the Athi, Kapiti and Serengati plains, has 
practically no flank markings when adult. The horns 
are long and lyrate, but the spread between the horns 
seldom exceeds 14 inches. A big ram weighs 160 lb. 
(b) Going south-west from the Kedong valley, the 
flank marks remain invisible, but the spread of the 
horns increases markedly and very greatly even up to 
27 inches or 28 inches. The gazelle grows very large 
here up to at least 170 lb. Here a sub-species has 
been named Robertsi. (c) Going north to Likipia and 
round Lake Baringo, the dark flank bands become 
prominent, and the horns run close together. The 
animal itself also is small, a full-grown ram not exceed¬ 
ing 125 lb. A sub-species is formed here and termed 
Gazella granti notata. (d) Proceeding northwards 
again into the Northern Game Reserve and right on 
the border and into Abyssinian Boran, we find further 
differences. The animal becomes bigger again, up to 
140 lb. A large white patch runs from the rump on 
to the back, and there are very marked hairy tufts on 
the knees. The face markings are also very distinct 
and the horns more massive than anywhere else. This 
is, I believe, the animal that Mr. Stigand terms the 
Haul and may possibly be what is known as Gazella 
