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  Mr. 
  G. 
  Blaine 
  on 
  the 
  Konigum. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  liead 
  is 
  rather 
  large, 
  tlie 
  face 
  concave 
  in 
  profile, 
  with 
  

   an 
  elongated 
  and 
  slightly 
  tajiering- 
  muzzle. 
  The 
  limbs 
  are 
  

   fine 
  and 
  clean. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  slender, 
  of 
  medium 
  length, 
  witli 
  

   hair 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  surface 
  only, 
  and 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  tult 
  

   about 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  hocks. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  bare 
  anteorbital 
  glands, 
  and 
  the 
  female 
  has 
  two 
  

   mammte. 
  The 
  calves 
  are 
  coloured 
  dull 
  fawn. 
  

  

  The 
  horns, 
  which 
  are 
  sublyrate 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  strongly 
  but 
  

   not 
  closely 
  ringed, 
  are 
  stout 
  at 
  their 
  bases, 
  and, 
  rising 
  from 
  

   the 
  plane 
  of 
  the 
  forehead, 
  curve 
  backwards 
  until 
  their 
  ends 
  

   form 
  nearly 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  with 
  the 
  facial 
  plane, 
  the 
  tips 
  being 
  

   turned 
  slightly 
  inwards 
  and 
  upwards. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  body-colour 
  is 
  light 
  bay, 
  fading 
  to 
  cinnamon 
  

   on 
  the 
  belly 
  and 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  thighs. 
  The 
  legs 
  from 
  the 
  

   knees 
  to 
  the 
  hoofs 
  are 
  cinnamon. 
  A. 
  brownish-black 
  band 
  

   encircles 
  both 
  fore 
  and 
  hind 
  limbs 
  above 
  knees 
  and 
  hocks 
  

   respectively, 
  and 
  spreads 
  upwards 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  greyish 
  patch 
  on 
  

   shoulders 
  and 
  quarters. 
  A 
  blackish-grey 
  blaze 
  extends 
  

   down 
  the 
  face 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  horns 
  to 
  the 
  muzzle, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  triangular 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  occiput. 
  The 
  ears 
  

   are 
  narrow 
  and 
  pointed, 
  tan 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  blackish 
  tips, 
  

   and 
  pale 
  buif 
  inside. 
  

  

  The 
  coat, 
  which 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  short, 
  close, 
  stiff 
  hairs, 
  is 
  

   very 
  fine 
  and 
  glossy, 
  imparting 
  a 
  sleek 
  blood-like 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  to 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  Huhils. 
  

  

  The 
  Korrigum 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  fleetest 
  antelopes. 
  In 
  

   galloping 
  it 
  has 
  beautiful 
  action, 
  flexing 
  both 
  knees 
  and 
  

   hocks 
  well, 
  and 
  covering 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  long 
  level 
  strides. 
  

   In 
  this 
  respect 
  it 
  resembles 
  a 
  racehorse 
  more 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  

   antelope 
  that 
  I 
  know, 
  and 
  differs 
  from 
  a 
  hartebeeste, 
  which 
  

   has 
  a 
  stilty 
  gallop, 
  performed 
  with 
  rigidly 
  held 
  limbs, 
  the 
  

   spring 
  appearing 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  fetlocks 
  only. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Upper 
  Gambia 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  season, 
  when 
  the 
  bush- 
  

   fires 
  have 
  left 
  the 
  ground 
  bare 
  and 
  parched, 
  and 
  the 
  fierce 
  

   heat 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  intensifies 
  daily 
  until 
  the 
  breaking 
  of 
  the 
  

   rains, 
  Korrigum 
  pack 
  into 
  large 
  herds, 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   upwards 
  running 
  in 
  one 
  troop. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  then 
  stray 
  

   farther 
  than 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  being 
  always 
  found 
  

   within 
  that 
  radius 
  in 
  the 
  orchard-bush, 
  which 
  smothers 
  every 
  

   feature 
  of 
  that 
  wide 
  country 
  in 
  an 
  interminable 
  jungle 
  of 
  

   small 
  trees. 
  They 
  are 
  grazers, 
  and 
  feed 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  on 
  

   the 
  young 
  green 
  shoots 
  that 
  spring 
  from 
  the 
  burnt 
  grass- 
  

   stubs 
  in 
  the 
  bush 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  little 
  plains 
  bordering 
  the 
  river, 
  

   supplementing 
  this 
  scanty 
  diet 
  by 
  digging 
  up 
  bulbs 
  and 
  

   tubers 
  with 
  their 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  hoofs. 
  They 
  drink 
  at 
  

  

  