Hi! HAHTEBEEST. 



la-, horn-., ami U-inu thus incapacitated from running, was easily intercepted ami killnd. It 

 had prol.abl\ iM into thi> unpleasant position while fighting. The Mnoo U about throe feet 

 ni,,,. j,,, I, :it tin- shoulder*, and measures about six feet six iu. !> from the none to the 



root of tin- tail. 



OF the genus Alcephalus, or Klk-h.-ad.-d. tin- II MM UIKK-I. or LECAMA, IB a good examj>l> 

 ThN hand-nine animal may U- easily known by the jtecnliar sha]-- of tin- horns, which are 

 lyrate at th.-ir .omineiirement, thick and heavily knotted at the base, and thru > mve off 

 ^iiddrnh in -arly at a ri^lit an.u'li'. Iti gBMral color IH a gruyish ln>n. diversified by a large, 

 m-arlx triangular. whit- >jMit on tin- haunrli.-s, a Mm-k streak on the fuoe, anoth.-r idoiiK tin- 

 |M< k. 'and a Mark brown iut< h on the outer side of the limbo. It ia a huyj animal, I- m_ 



almut five feet high at the shoulder. Being of gregarious habits, it is found in little herds of 

 ten or twelve in number, each herd being headed by an old male who has expelled all adult 



iiH-mbera of his own sex. 



Not being very swift or agile, its movement* are more clumsy than is ggMnBj the case wit 

 \!it.-lo|N-s. It i-v how.-v.-r. very capable of running for considerable 'li*tance, and if brought 

 to bay b.H o.,..-< :i V.TV PMlouhtable foe, dropping on its knees, and charging forward with light - 

 ningnii)ility. Th- Ha n.-ln-est is spread over a very large ninin- of .-..untry. U-inir boa in 

 th.- whole of the flat and wooded district between the Cape and the tropic of Capricorn. 



THE BfBAi.K. or HKKK \\'A-H. of Northern Africa (Alnyhaln* bubal i*,. U-lougs to 



the same genus as the Hartebeest. It may be mentioned here, that the word "l^-t " i, 

 employed by the .-ol..nits in the siune sense that it i- use.1 by drovers; 80 that WildeUest 



itii- --wild ..\." an.l H.-irt.->.H.st --hart-ox." 



