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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
account of the European cemetery it contains. We 
were anxious to obtain a specimen of the miniature 
gazelle, which is said to be peculiar to this group of 
islands. This particular island is one and a half 
miles from Zanzibar, and about half a mile in length, 
and two or three hundred yards in breadth. We 
found it so thickly overgrown with cacti and thorn 
bushes, that without dogs and proper beaters our 
chances of sport were small. Numerous tracks of 
the gazelle were to be seen, and our boatmen did the 
best they could to beat for us, but as they were all 
bare-footed they could not enter far into the bush. 
After some time 13 - was lucky enough to bag a 
very good specimen, about the size of a hare, with 
four little feet which could all stand on a penny piece. 
The horns are straight, about two and a half inches 
in length, and a tall crest of hair grows between 
them. How the little creatures came to these islands 
I cannot say ; for though found in Zanzibar, and on 
the other adjacent islands, they are unknown on the 
mainland. 
We found some beautiful shells, and were impressed 
by the artistic effects produced by the action of the 
waves upon the coral, which was in places hollowed 
into a series of natural arches. The cacti are of 
common growth in these latitudes, and contain a 
milky juice which is a powerful and most incon¬ 
venient local irritant if applied to the human skin ; 
hence the caution displayed by our bare-footed boat¬ 
men in giving them a wide berth. 
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