. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. EL BO GOT TO MOMBASA 413 forehead just above the eyes, cyhndrical, from 3 to 5 inches long ; in the young animal this position is occupied by a prominent tuft of black hairs. Inhabits Gallaland from the Tana River northward, Somaliland, Abyssinia, Kordofan, and probably ranges right across Africa to Sene- gambia, in suitable localities, from the Equator
. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. EL BO GOT TO MOMBASA 413 forehead just above the eyes, cyhndrical, from 3 to 5 inches long ; in the young animal this position is occupied by a prominent tuft of black hairs. Inhabits Gallaland from the Tana River northward, Somaliland, Abyssinia, Kordofan, and probably ranges right across Africa to Sene- gambia, in suitable localities, from the Equator to about i 5° N. It will be seen that with the material I have been able to collect, some dozen skins ^ and thirteen skulls of both species of all ages, I cannot give more than a general outline of colouring. The adult. Three-Horned Giraffe Skull {Giraffa camdopardaiis) (From , February iSgy.) Southern Giraffe has the general effect of a dirty white animal covered with brown blotches, with wider light spaces between them, the lower legs mottled, and upper face grizzled. The adult Northern Giraffe has clearly defined polj'gonal patches, the light intervening spaces narrower, the lower legs white and upper face roan. The horns of the northern species are longer, more massive, and slope backwards more than those of the southern species. I have never seen the two horns of equal length in either species. Mr. Selous tells me that he has never seen a bull Giraffe with a third horn in South Africa, and I\lr. Neumann says the same. Noticing the great difference in the weight of the skulls of the two ' Since writing the above, Messrs. Rowland Ward &. Co. have shown nie about a flozen scalps and neck-skins of the southern form, and they all show the same characters, though the light intervening spaces vary in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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