THE ANTELOPES. 



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to its comrades by means of a kind of detested by the Kaffirs and Namaquas on 

 sneezing as many antelopes do; and it is account of the devastation which it works 





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Fig. 171. The Harnessed Antelope or Guib ( Tragdaphus serif tus] 



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their fields. It is very tenacious of life. 



Its flesh is highly esteemed. 



The Harnessed Antelope, the Guib (Tra- 

 gelaphus scrrptus), fig. 171, an animal of the 





Fig. 172. The Saiga Antelope (Colus tartaricus}. page 96. 



of a fallow-deer, a native of Abyssinia 

 and the whole of West Africa, is remarkable 



for the bright colours of its coat. The head, 

 the neck, the breast, and the back are of a 



