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to me and cantering leisurely away. It is wonderful to 

 see the ease and grace with which this antelope bounds 

 up the steep sides of a rocky hill, the muscular develop- 

 ment of the hips and shoulders being immense. Young 

 animals are excellent eating, although the old ones are 

 somewhat coarse. This animal is easily killed, being 

 amongst the softest of the Antelope. 



Genus PELEA. 

 Fur woolly and of a peculiar texture. Horns straight. 

 Otherwise much like the foregoing genus. 



Pelea capreolus. Grey Ehehuck. Vaal Bliebok. 

 Shiatla (Basuto) ; Peelie (Becbuana) ; Ilieza (Swazi). 

 Colour greyish brown, almost pure grey in young 

 examples ; head and limbs of a darker tint. Fur rabbit- 



FiG. 101.— Vaal Rhebuck. 



like or woolly, thick and soft; ears very long, pointed 

 and narrow ; neck long and slender ; tail moderately long 

 and bushy ; horns straight, pointed and ringed for about 

 half their length ; length, 7 to 9 inches ; record, lU inches. 



