CHAPTER XXXI

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TROPICAL RUMINANTS AND EQUIDÆ.

The Camel--Its Paramount Importance in the great Tropical Sandwastes--Its Organisation admirably adapted to its mode of Life--Beauty of the Giraffe--Its Wide Range of Vision-- Pleasures of Giraffe Hunting--The Antelopes--The Springbok-- The Reedbok--The Duiker--The Atro--The Gemsbok--The Klippspringer--The Koodoo--The Gnu--The Indian Antelope-- The Nylghau--The Caffrarian Buffalo--The Indian Buffalo and the Tiger--Dr. Livingstone’s Escape from a solitary Buffalo-- Swimming Feats of the Bhain--The Zebra--The Quagga--The Douw 399

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