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variety of Grant’s gazelle, only found on the coastal 
regions. So far as I know, only Mr. Jackson of late 
years has collected specimens of this gazelle. Several 
of us, however, partly through ignorance and partly 
through a desire to go one better than our neighbour, 
have at times so described ordinary Grant’s Gazelle 
from the Serengati plain or some such locality. 
Reedbuck in the Protectorate differ considerably both 
in size and shape of horns. I do not know whether the 
question is yet decided as to the existence of one or two 
varieties in addition to Chanler’s. From Muhoroni to 
the Lake reedbuck are certainly very small, and an 
adult male would weigh little more than half as much 
as would be the case on the Uasin Guishu plateau. 
Mr. Stigand calls the former Ward’s reedbuck and the 
latter the Bohor reedbuck. The more usual method 
is to admit but one variety, Ward’s Bohor reedbuck. 
Reedbuck are very destructive to young crops, though 
otherwise an attractive adjunct to a farm. 
The Giant Hog , though for some years regarded as 
a mythical beast, is in reality quite a common inhabit¬ 
ant of thick forest, where his spoor is everywhere 
abundant. He is black in colour, with comparatively 
short tusks, and weighs up to at least 600 lb. The 
native hunters have brought in plenty of skins, but not 
more than two or three Europeans, among whom is 
Lord Delamere, have secured specimens. Mr. 
Dugmore had the great luck, as well as skill, to 
photograph a living specimen in thick bush on the 
northern Guaso Nyero. Giant Hog are common in 
the Mau forest and the Kenia forest, especially in the 
neighbourhood of the Embu Station. 
The Lynx is a recent discovery in British East 
Africa, but is possibly not very uncommon. I have 
