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ANTELOPES 
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The Grep.ter Kudu exists around Lake Baringo, and 
a good specimen shot by Powell-Gotton in 1893 stood 
* five feet nine inches at the shoulders and weighed 654 
pounds. Kudus must be fairly abundant in ►Somaliland, 
if one may judge from the number of horns of these 
The Greater Kudu is a magnificent antelope. 
antelopes offered for sale by natives at Aden to the 
passengers on the great ships which call there. This 
may account for the frequency with which their horns 
are met with as trophies in British East Africa, although 
the animal itself is rare in that Protectorate. 
Elands, the largest of all antelopes, are distinguished 
by their horns, which present a closely-set spiral near 
the base. The cows have horns which are usually longer 
