XXI 
HORNS 
On euteriiig the house of settlers, the halls of hotels, 
the billiard-rooms of clubs and similar places in British 
East Africa, the first thing that arrests the attention of 
visitors is the display of horns, especially those of 
antelopes. In a large collection there are, as a rule, 
the horns of a rhinoceros. 
Horns usurp the place occupied by pictures in 
similar institutions in European cities and towns : they 
are usually attached to the walls of the room, or the 
verandah, by means of that portion of the skull from 
which they grow. In many specimens the horns with 
their sheaths remain attached to the skull; in others 
the skin of the head and neck is preserved and carefully 
stuffed. It is not common to find stuffed heads, 
because the ants soon destroy the skin. 
In order to appreciate the significance of these hunt¬ 
ing trophies, those who visit Eastern Ethiopia should 
devote their attention to horns in general. 
Among mammals, horns are of four kinds :— 
{a) Solid horns or antlers like those of deer. 
{h) Hollow horns which decorate the heads of oxen, 
sheep, goats, and antelopes. 
(c) Solid skin-covered horns which exist in giraffes. 
{d) Cutaneous horns, such as grow on the nose of the 
rhinoceros and the tail of the elephant. 
Antlers, which are such conspicuous features on the 
heads of the red and the fallow deer so common in 
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