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railway engine. They were in the protected area, 
however, and seemed to know that no harm would 
reach them there. Later on in the morning we saw 
other herds, but invariably at long range, some¬ 
times teetering along the sky line or appearing and 
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disappearing behind the flat-topped umbrella aca¬ 
cias. 
The giraffe is most laughable when in action. 
He first looks at you, then curls his tail over his 
back, and then lopes off with head and neck 
stuck out, and with body and legs slowly folding 
and unfolding in a most ungainly stride. It is hard 
to describe the gait of a giraffe to one who has never 
