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to have a definite calving time—September.* I shot only 
bulls (there was no meat, either for the porters or ourselves, 
except what I got with the rifle), and they were so wary that 
almost all those I killed were shot at ranges between three 
hundred and five hundred yards; and at such ranges I 
need hardly say that 1 did a good deal of missing. One 
wounded bull which, the ground being favorable, I gal¬ 
loped down, turned to bay and threatened to charge the 
horse. We weighed one bull; it tipped the scales at four 
hundred pounds. The lion kills we found in this neighbor¬ 
hood were all oryx and zebra; and evidently the attack was 
made in such fashion that the oryx had no more chance to 
fight than the zebra. 
The zebra were of both species, the smaller or Burcheirs, 
and the Grevy’s, which the porters called kangani. Each 
animal went in herds by itself, and almost as frequently 
we found them in mixed herds containing both species. 
But they never interbreed, and associate merely as each 
does with the oryx. The kangani is a fine beast, much 
bigger than its kinsman; it is as large as a polo pony. It is 
less noisy than the common zebra, the ‘‘bonte quagga’’ of 
the Boers, and its cry is totally different. Its gaits are a 
free, slashing trot and gallop. When it stands facing one 
the huge fringed ears make it instantly recognizable. The 
stripes are much narrower and more numerous than those 
on the small zebra, and in consequence cease to be dis¬ 
tinguishable at a shorter distance; the animal then looks 
* Of course this represents only one man’s experience. I wish there were many 
such observations. On the Athi in May I found new-born wildebeest and harte- 
beest calves, and others several months old. In June in the Sotik I saw new-born 
eland calves, and topi calves several months old. In September on the Guaso Nyero 
all the oryx calves were new-born. The zebra foals were also very young. 
