The giraffe, although from sixteen to twenty feet in height, is perfectly defenceless, and can only trust to the swiftness of its pace and the extraordinary power of vision, for its means of protection.

The eye of this animal is the most beautiful exaggeration of that of the gazelle, while the color of the reddish-orange hide, mottled with darker spots, changes the tints of the skin with the differing rays of light, according to the muscular movement of the body.

No one who has merely seen the giraffe in a cold climate can form the least idea of its beauty in its native land.
Life at Sofi was becoming sadly monotonous, and I determined to move my party across the river to camp on the uninhabited side.

The rains had almost ceased, so we should be able to live in a tent by night, and to form a shady nook beneath some mimosas by day.

On the 15th of September the entire male population of Sofi turned out to assist us across the river.