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GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 



brindles from whicli the animal gets its name. The female is precisely 

 similar, but smaller. 



The Eland. — The next in order is the eland or impoofo. This 

 animal, while belonging to the order of rmiiinants, is the largest and 

 most beautiful of the antelope family. Its height at the shoulder is 

 about six feet six inches and the greatest length about twelve feet. In 

 many ways the eland is much like the ox. The muzzle is broad and 

 the facial line straight with a square forehead covered with a cluster 



THE ELAND 



of Strong wiry brown hair, margined on either side by a yellow streak, 

 commencing above the eyes, and nearly meeting half way down the 

 face. The eyes are large and brilliant. The horns are placed on the 

 summit of the forehead, are about two feet long, massive and nearly 

 straight, with a ponderous ridge ascending in a spiral direction nearly 

 to the tips. The neck is very thick and the shoulders deep and power- 

 ful. The larynx is very prominent and there is a long dewlap fringed 

 w^ith long wiry brown hair descending to the knees. From the fore- 



