258 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



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FEMALE GORAL 



Tht goral is a Himalayan antelope, -with umKohat the habits of a chamois 



it from sinking. 

 When forced out into 

 dry ground by heavy 

 floods, the formation 

 of its feet so hinders 

 it in running that it 

 can be overtaken and 

 speared by a native 

 on foot. I was 

 informed by the 

 natives on the Chobi 

 River that, when the 

 floods enabled them 

 to paddle their canoes 

 through thereed-beds, 

 they often killed con- 

 siderable numbers of 

 the sitatungas. These 

 animals, they said, 

 when theysaw a canoe 

 approaching, would 

 often not attempt to 



seek safety by flight, but would sink down in the water, submerging their whole bodies, and 



leaving only their nostrils above the surface, and in this position were easily speared. 



The sitatunga is not gregarious, but is met with singly or in pairs. The hair is long, 



but soft and silky ; and the skins are much sought after by the natives for blankets. 



In addition to the bushbucks and sitatungas, two more very notable spiral-horned African 



antelopes remain to be mentioned namely, the GREATER KUDU and the LESSER KUDU. 



The GREATER KUDU is one of the most magnificent-looking of the whole family of antelopes, 



and is an animal of 



large size, an adult 



male standing 4 feet 



9 inches and upwards 



at the withers. The 



general colour of this 



species is light brown 



to dark grey, the old 



males looking much 



darker than females 



or younger animals, 



because the scanti- 

 ness of their coats 



shows the dark colour 



of the skin beneath. 



On each side of the 



body and hind- 

 quarters there are 





several white stripes, 

 which varyin number 

 from four to eight or 

 nine. As in all this 

 group of antelopes, 



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Part 



HARNESSED ANTELOPE 



. very beautiful species, in which the ground-colour of the coat is a rich chcstnut t while the spots and stripe* 



are pure 'white 



