CHAPTER XIV 
who’s who in jungleland. the hartebeest and 
THE WILDEBEEST, THE AMUSING GIRAFFE AND 
THE UBIQUITOUS ZEBRA, THE LOVELY GA¬ 
ZELLE AND THE GENTLE IMPALLA 
In the course of the average shooting experience in 
British East Africa the sportsman is likely to see 
between twenty and thirty different species of ani¬ 
mals. From the windows of the car as he journeys 
from Mombasa to Nairobi, three hundred and 
twenty-seven miles, he may definitely count upon 
seeing at least seven of these species: Wildebeest, 
hartebeest, Grant’s gazelle, Thompson’s gazelle, 
zebra, impalla, and giraffe, with the likelihood of 
seeing in addition some wart-hogs and a distant 
rhinoceros, and the remote possibility of seeing 
cheetah, lion, and hyena. Of the bird varieties the 
traveler will be sure of seeing many ostriches, some 
giant bustards, and perhaps a sedate secretary-bird 
or two. 
These animals are the common varieties, and 
after a short time in the country the stranger learns 
to tell them apart. He knows the zebra from his 
previous observation in circuses; he also does not 
have to be told what the giraffe is, but the other 
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