ELAND,—Ureas Cannas 
The flesh of the Eland is peculiarly excellent ; and as it possesses the valuable quality 
of being tender immediately after the animal is killed, it is highly appreciated in the 
interior of South Africa, where usually all the food is as tough as shoe-leather, and nearly 
as dry. In some strange manner, the Eland contrives to live for months together without 
drinking, and even when the herbage is so dry that it crumbles into powder in the hand, 
the Eland preserves its good condition, and is, moreover, found to contain water in its 
stomach if opened. For its abstinence in liquids, the Eland compensates by its 
ravenous appetite for solid food, and is so large a feeder that the expense of keeping the 
animal would be almost too great for any one who endeavoured to domesticate the animal 
in England with any hope of profit. 
The colour of the Eland is a pale greyish-brown, and the horns are nearly straight, 
spirally twisted, and of considerable size. 
A variety of this animal, termed the Striped Eland, is sometimes, but rarely, seen. 
Some few years ago, when Colonel Faddy, R.A. was in Southern Africa, he shot several 
of these animals, and brought their skins home as trophies of success. Neither at the 
Cape nor in England was he believed when he described the animals which he had been 
fortunate enough to kill, and it was not until he produced the skins that his account was 
credited. The skins were presented to the institution attached to the Royal Artillery 
barracks at Woolwich, and may be seen in the museum. 
For the following account of the BoscH-Box, I am again indebted to Captain 
Drayson’s MS. 
“The Black Bosch-bok is upwards of three feet in height, and five feet in length, 
very elegant, and stouter than the generality of Antelopes. The horns are a foot in length, 
