THE SASSABY. 661 
a large nearly triangular white spot on the haunches, a black streak on the face, another 
along the back, and a black-brown patch on the outer side of the limbs. It is a large 
animal, being about five feet high at the shoulder. Being of gregarious habits, it is found 
in little herds of ten or twelve in number, each herd being headed by an old male who 
has expelled all adult members of his own sex. 
Not being very swift or agile, its movements are more clumsy than is generally the 
case with Antelopes. It is, however, very capable of running for considerable distances, 
and if brought to bay, becomes a very redoubtable foe, dropping on its knees, and charging 
forward with lightning rapidity. The Hartebeest is spread over a very large range of 
country, being found in the whole of the flat and wooded district between the Cape and 
the tropic of Capricorn. 
The BUBALE, or BEKKER-EL-WAsH, of Northern Africa (Alcephalus Bubalis), belongs to 
the same genus as the Hartebeest. It may be mentioned here, that the word “beest” is 
employed by the colonists in the same sense that it is used by British drovers; so that 
Wildebeest signifies “ wild-ox,” and Hartebeest “ hart-ox.” 
SASSABY.—Damalis lundtuse 
The SAssaBy, or BASTARD HARTEBEEST, as it is sometimes called, is by no means an 
uncommon animal, although some few years ago it was only known through the means 
of a mutilated skin. 
The general colour of this animal is reddish-brown, the outer sides of the limbs be/ng 
dark, and a blackish-brown stripe passing down the middle of the face. Sometimes the 
