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thus preserving them from the extermination which 

 had already long overtaken the blaauwbok of 

 the same district. Dr. Albertyn also enclosed 

 between twenty and thirty buck on his own farm, 

 Zeekoe Vley ; as late as 1895 some wild individuals 

 were said to linger outside the enclosures near 

 Breasdorp, and also near Swellendam. The bonte- 

 bok is now even rarer than the blesbok ; it is said 

 that only about two hundred of the former are left, 

 though happily this shows considerable increase since 

 the enclosure was effected. 



The following specimens have been brought to 

 Europe : 



1. Bontebok preserved in the museum of Sir 

 Ashton Lever (dispersed in 1806) ; this specimen, 

 according to Pennant, stood " three feet to the top 

 of the shoulders," and had horns 16 inches long. 



2. Stuffed male specimen in the National Collec- 

 tion, received in 1839 from Dr. Smuts. 



3. Stuffed female, from Dr. Smuts (Dr. Gray's 

 handlist of mammalia in the British Museum). 



4. Young animal, stuffed, face brown, from 

 M. Verreaux (Dr. Gray). 



5. Another young animal, stuffed, face brown 

 (Dr. Gray). 



6. 7. Mounted pair from Nachtwacht Farm, in 

 National Collection. 



8. 9. Pair of adult bontebok, purchased at the 

 Knowsley sale in 1851 by Mr. D. W. Mitchell for 

 the Zoological Gardens. 



