the crest of a ridge or rise till they have put a considerable distance between themselves and their enemy. They go singly or in bands, but most commonly there are two, three, or more together. I have never seen more than fifteen in one band, and in that case twelve out of the fifteen were females. There is no part of Somaliland that I have visited where they are not common. In 1897 I saw some within five miles of Berbera, in 1896 and 1897 in the maritime plains, in the Golis, on the Haud, in distant Ogaden, and far Bourha, but nowhere more numerous than in the Godabürsi country. They are easily killed by anyone who can shoot standing up, as the long-line shot at the perpendicular, even when as narrow as that of a Gerenuk’s chest and neck, is a comparatively easy one, and no very nice judgment of range is necessary. Their meat is generally despised by the Somalis, but eaten by the Midgans; but to my own taste it is not very much less nice or more nasty than most other Antelope flesh. The Somalis have an expression ‘_Gerenuk_,’ which is derived from their opinion as to the merits of its flesh, as it is generally considered nasty meat, yet not actually forbidden, and occasionally even relished by individual Somalis. The word is used constantly as an interjection to express dissent, either in chaff or contempt, in the sense: ‘That may do for you, but it won’t do for me!’” We subjoin Mr. E. N. Buxton’s lively account of his experiences with this Antelope, extracted from the second series of ‘Short Stalks’:--