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GAZELLES 
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A graceful antelope, the Impalla (or Palla), widely 
distributed through British East Africa, is common 
in open bush and thinly wooded districts near water. 
Its horns are ringed and lyrate : they spread evenly 
and are only possessed by the male and may attain a 
length of thirty inches following the curve. The rings 
(Want’s Gazelle. The horns are favourite trophies : they are 
lyrate, and often 24 inches and occasionally .SO inches long. 
on its horns are imperfect. There are tufts of black liair 
at the back of the hind legs just above the foot. Eacli 
tuft surrounds an area of bare skin which is usually 
described as a gland. The impalla received the specific 
name melampus in consequence of the black tufts on 
its feet. A good sized buck will stand three feet at the 
withers and weigh upwards of 150 pounds. Lions and 
leopards take a fair toll of these antelopes and they are 
