Daily Colonist (1902-10-26) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1902-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

One of the many new mammals recently discovered by Sir narr.v ..Tohii-ston, the British commissioner ot tlie Uganda Protectorate, in East .Africa, is a ilive-hprned. Kiraire..,5,This animal was .tiuknowii :tb;Vseientigt8,.ithpiigh for centuries this cprloiis • bienst -has' probably been roaming tho great une-^ploretj portions of E<]uatorial Africa'.

iBcing a dnring hunter as well as "a nntnralist. Sir 'Harry has found many hitherto,unknown mammals; whose .skins have'beeri' pfcseiited'to the British mu-

seum and the London Zoological ;Socict>'. A herd of fivo-liorned giraffes was ijud-deiil.v come upon hy his caravan during an exploring tour. At the first sight oft the travelers tliey dashed off for a short distance, ascending thn top of some anthills, where they began view-iiig tlio cnrn-ran,'. Sir .Harry shot four him!c1-merisl^'.''.'^-',:-^

They-nr0''of greater height than tlio nsnnl two-horned type, and differed'nl.iio in color, being distinctly black and"white,, v^ith cream--like bellies.-■

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