SPRINGBUCK 163 
SPRINGBUCK (Gazella euchore). 
The Springbuck is happily still abundant in many parts of South 
Africa, although not now to be found in those innumerable myriads in 
which, forty or fifty years since, it overran the Karroos and_ plains. 
Thanks to some little attempt at preservation, it still retains its footing 
in many parts of Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, On? the 
plains about the Botletli River and the saltpans of that region, in 
Great Namaqualand and Damaraland, and upon the Ovampo Flats, 
it is still to be found in large numbers. It is curious to find that its 
range extends so far to the north and west as Mossamedes, and even 
Benguella, in Portuguese West Africa, Mr. G. W. Penrice, an English- 
man, having recently shot considerable numbers in the plains near the 
Atlantic littoral in those regions. There are few better forms of rifle 
practice than stalking the fleet and wary Springbuck upon the great 
plains on which it loves to feed and disport itself. The venison of 
this antelope, when fat and in good condition, is, upon the whole, the 
most delicious of all African game animals. 
HEIGHT at shoulder about 28 to 30 inches. WEIGHT, clean, 
50 to 60 lbs. 
Distribution—Preserved in portions of Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 
and the Transvaal. Still to be found in their wild state in parts of 
Ovampoland, Great Namaqualand, Damaraland. This species does 
not appear to occur in the Zulu country. 
