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characteristics. A well-grown bull stands some 4 ft. 

 high at the withers ; the general body-colour is deep 

 brown ; the body is shapely, strong, and muscular ; 

 the neck thick and arched, and surmounted by a full, 

 whitish hog-mane. The legs are fine, slender, and 

 beautifully clean. The head is heavy and fierce - 

 looking. In the middle of the face a thick mass of 

 long black hairs stands bristling outwards, and 

 there is more of the same bristling hair beneath the 

 eyes, and under the jaw and throat, as well as between 

 the fore-legs and some way under the belly. These 

 masses of hair tend to impart a wild and heavy 

 appearance to the creature's head and front. The ears 

 are short and pointed. The eyes are wild and fierce 

 — not unlike those of an excited ox — and are sur- 

 rounded by long bristling white hairs, which also 

 adorn the upper nostril, adding still more to the 

 singularity of this singular animal. The horns, 

 strong and thick at the base, trend downwards 

 sideways over the eyes, and then suddenly turn up- 

 wards in a sharp hook. They are no mean weapons 

 of offence, as many a slain dog and wounded man has 

 testified. Only a year or two since a Dutch farmer 

 in the Orange Free State, at Lindley, had six black 

 wildebeest upon his run — two of them bulls. One 

 of these bulls grew troublesome, escaped from the 

 " camp " (enclosure), and was shot. Shortly after a 

 native entered the ''camp" and fell asleep by an 



