NATURAL HISTORY. 



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in full condition, may be likened to a herd of stall-fed 



oxen. 



" I have repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end 

 of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the 

 eland I had just shot emitted, like most other antelopes, the 

 most delicious perfume of trees and grass." 



ORYX. (Gr. *Opvi-, a word from Herodotus, denoting a gazelle.) 



Leucoryx (Gr. tJic white Oryx,) the Oryx. 



The ORYX, also a South African animal, is well known 

 among hunters as the only antelope that revenges itself on 

 the lion. When the lion springs on it, it lowers its sharp 

 horns, receiving the lion on their points. It invariably 



