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As a grasper and feeler, the tongue of the giraffe is used, as the trunk of the elephants; and its great height enables it to gather the leaves of the mokhala far beyond the reach of the latter. The camelopard's skin is exceedingly thick, often as much as an inch and a half and so difficult of penetration, that frequently, twenty or thirty bullets are required to bring the creature to the ground.
The herd was again headed towards the river. In forcing them round, Arend was placed within a few yards of the largest. The instinctive desire to bring down such a grand creature could not be resisted, and, without bringing his horse to a stand, he placed the barrel of his rifle on a line with the camelopard's head and fired. Skill or chance favoured him, and the giraffe dropped to the shot.
Herschel is well acquainted with him, and was so fortunate as to see the first interview between him and a kangaroo: it stood and gazed for one instant, and the next leaped at once over the camelopard's head, and he and his great friend became hand and glove. To MR. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 14, 1827.
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