GEMS-130K,— 6';7/c? GuzcUa. 



The Gr.Ms-BoK, or Kookaam, is a large and powerful member of the Antelope 

 tribe, equalling the domestic ass in size, and measuring about three feet ten inches 

 at the shoulder. The peculiar manner in -which the hide is decorated -with boldly 

 contrasted tints, gives it a very ])eculiar aspect. 



The long and shaiply-pointed horns ^vith Avhich its head is armed, are terrible 

 weapons of oflfcnce, and can be wielded with marvellous skill. Striking right and 

 left with these natural bayonets, the adult Gcnis-bok is a match for most of the 

 smaller carnivora, and has even been known to wage a successful duel with the 

 lordly lion, and faiily to beat off its antagonist. Even when the lion has overcome 

 the Gcms-bok, the battle may sometimes be ccjually claimed by both sides, for in 

 one instance, the dead bodies of a lion and a Gcms-bok were found lying on the 

 ])lain, the horns of the Antelope being driven so fiinily into the lion's body, that 

 they could not be extracted by the efforts of a single niiiu. The lion had evidently 

 spmng upon the Gems-bok, which had received its foe upon the points of its 

 horns, and had sacriticcd its own life in destroying that of its adversary 



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