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GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 



destroy a far greater quantity of game than falls before the rifle. It is 

 hoped that these facts will induce the reader to look upon the game 

 reports without hasty and ill-considered judgment and with a clearer 

 understanding of the facts and necessities involved. 



The Oryx. — We now come to a smaller species of antelope, the 



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THE ORYX 



oryx or gemsbok. The male stands about three feet ten inches at the 

 shoulder. The horns of the oryx are peculiar and worthy of note. 

 Upwards of three feet long, they rise nearly or quite straight up from 

 the head and seen in profile the long straight horns so exactly cover 

 one another as to seem but one. Hence, this animal is supposed to 



