. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. iropSoAtj, a pard.) NATURAL HISTORY. 147. Oiraffe. ilthougli in plaj' the ike with it, yet when ourse to violent and ; and swift are these iiem, and so powerful y driven off by them, was hunting, kept off Indeed, if it vera to r from his ti'emendous nal prostrate, reaching the ground with its mouth, nor does it often attempt to do so, imless it is bribed with something of which it is very fond, siich as a lump of sugar. It then straddles widely with its fovc-legs, and with some trouble succeeds in reaching the
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. iropSoAtj, a pard.) NATURAL HISTORY. 147. Oiraffe. ilthougli in plaj' the ike with it, yet when ourse to violent and ; and swift are these iiem, and so powerful y driven off by them, was hunting, kept off Indeed, if it vera to r from his ti'emendous nal prostrate, reaching the ground with its mouth, nor does it often attempt to do so, imless it is bribed with something of which it is very fond, siich as a lump of sugar. It then straddles widely with its fovc-legs, and with some trouble succeeds in reaching the object aimed at. This attitude was noticed and copied in the rreuiestine pavement. . , â ⢠The appearance of this animal in its native haunts is very magnificent. "These gigantic and exquisitely beautiful animals, which are admirably formed by nature to adorn the forests that clothe the boundless plains of the mterioi-, are widely distributed throughout the interior of Southern Atrica, but are nowhere to be met with in great numbers. In countries unmolested by the intrusive foot of man, the Ciratte is found generally in herds vai7ing from twelve to sixteen ; but I have not unfrequently met with lierds containing thirty individuals, and on one occasion I counted forty together; this, however, was owing to chance, and about sixteen may be reckoned as the average number of a herd. These herds are composed of Giraffes of various sizes, from the young Giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark chestnut coloured old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above his companions, generally attaining to a height ct upwards of eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature, and more deMcately formed than the males, their heiglit averaging from sixteen to seventeen feet. Some writers have discovered ugliness and a want of grace in the Girafte, but 1 consider that he is one of the most strikingly beautitul animals in the creation; and when a herd ot them is seuu scatt
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