CONTENTS XV 



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for long periods — Love of brack-pans — Hartebeests 

 in British Bechuanaland — In Ngamiland — Descrip- 

 tion and peculiarities — Hartebeest hunting — Chased 

 and killed by wild himting-dogs — Flesh — Specimens 

 in Zoological Gardens — Other forms of Hartebeest ... 225 



CHAPTER XIX 



THE PRINCE OP ANTELOPES 



Magnificence of the Koodoo — Still fairly abundant — Dis- 

 tribution in the interior — Still found in Cape Colony 

 — In South Bechuanaland and other places — Live 

 specimens seldom seen in England — Specimens in 

 Natural History Museum — Description of the Koodoo 

 Bull — Its characteristics — Cows and Calves — Favour- 

 ite ground — Uses of hide — Flesh — General distri- 

 bution in Africa — Native names — Its indexDendence of 

 water — Koodoos in Khama's country 241 



CHAPTER XX 



THE WHITE-TAILED GNU 



Fast disappearing — Present numbers and habitat — 

 Curious characteristics — Sparrmann's and Barrow's 

 description — A true Antelope — Wild aspect — A dan- 

 gerous beast — Resemblance to horns of Musk Ox — 

 Grotesque evolutions — Gordon Cumming's description 

 — Inquisitive traits — Ravages of " brandt sickte " — 

 Ancient habitat — Liking for Quagga and Ostriches- 

 Specimens at the Zoological Gardens — Curious like- 

 ness to cattle — Poverty of specimens in Natural His- 

 tory Museum 252 



CHAPTER XXI 



THE SABLE ANTELOPE 



Captain Cornwallis Harris — The Transvaal sixty years 

 since — The Zwart- wit-pens — Native names — Its char- 



