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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Male Vaal Rhebok. 



GRAY or VAAL RHEBOK (Pelea capreolus). 



Iliza of the Swazis. PsJiiatla of the Basutos. 



Peeli of the Bechuanas. 



The short, upright, straight, and slender horns, together with the 

 somewhat woolly nature of the hair, serve to differentiate the Vaal 

 rhebok from the antelopes of the kindred genera. The tail, like that 

 of the reedbucks, is moderately long and bushy ; the ears are tall and 

 narrow ; the build is slight and graceful ; and the general colour is 

 uniformly pale gray, tending somewhat to fawn on the head and limbs. 

 Height at shoulder about 29 or 30 inches. The chief essential dis- 

 tinctions between this antelope and the reedbucks are the form of the 

 horns and the absence of the bare patches below the eyes. 



Distribution. The open hilly districts of Africa south of the Zambesi. 

 In the mountain ranges of the eastern and northern districts of 

 Cape Colony, and thence onwards to the Zambesi, the Vaal rhebok 

 affords good and exciting sport ; and although its somewhat stiff 



