202 NEIGHBORS WITH CLAWS AND HOOFS. 



at hand the deadly strife ; and Captain Harris relates that, 

 while he was encamped on the banks of a small stream, a 

 camelopard was killed by a lion while in the act of drink- 

 ing at no great distance from the wagons. It was a noisy 

 affair ; but an inspection of the scene on which it occurred 

 proved that the giant strength of the victim had been par- 

 alyzed in an instant. 



14:. One of the most singular of all the antelope species 



The G-nu. 



is the gnu, or, as it is popularly called, the " horned horse." 

 At first sight it has the appearance of being made up of 

 portions of several other quadrupeds. It is about the size 

 of a half -grown colt, and it has the body and croup of a 

 horse. It is covered with short, brown hair^ and it has a 



