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The Hartebeest may be easily known by the peculiar shape of the horns, 

 which are lyre-shaped at their connnenccment, thick and heavily knotted nt the 

 base, and then curve ofl' suddenly nearly at a right angle. 



Not being very swit or agile, 'its movements are more clumsy than is generally 

 the case with Antelopes. It is, however, capable of running for considerable 

 distances, and if brought to i)av, becomes a redoubtable foe, dropping on its 

 knees, and charging forward with' lightning rapidity. The Hartebeest is spread 

 over a large range of country, being found in the whole of the district between the 

 Cape and the tropic of Capricorn. 



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