Tin: .///(AM/. OR JKMl.AH OOAT. .-.,-. 



eggsh.-IU till.-.! with water accompany the hunters, so that they are n.>t fon-.-d t.. civ , M . ( |,,. 

 chase through (hint As the chase continu.-. ih.- Koodoo begins to be worn out with -, 

 ual running, and lies down to rest, th.-i.-l.y affording a great advantage- t<> it- pm-uer*, who 

 soon niin.- within si-ln. ami force it to rie and r..iitiniie the hopelem race. At but it sinks 

 wearied to Uie earth, und folia an unresisting prey to its foes. 



I in KI.AICD, IXPOOFO, or CANNA, in the largest of the South African Antelopea, being 

 equal in dimensions to a very large ox. 



A fine specimen of an adult bull Eland will measure neurly six feet in height at th.- 

 shoulders, ami is more than proportionate-! y iM,nd.-nms in his build, being heavih l.uMi-n.-d 

 w ith fat iM well as with flesh. Owing to this great weight of body, the Eland is n..t * ,-ndur- 

 ing as the generality of the Antelopes, and ran usually IK- ridden down without inurh trouble. 

 Indeed, the chase of this animal is *, Mnq.1.- a matter, tluit the hunters generally contrh.- t.. 

 drive it towards their encampment, and will not kill it until it has approached tin- wagon so 

 closely that the hunters will have but little trouble in conveying its fl t -*h ami hide to tli.-ir 

 u heeled frea.sinv lion>e. 



The tl.-sh <>f tin- Klaml is jM-culiarly excellent; and as it possesses the valuable quality of 

 t.-ii.l.-r immediately after the animal is killed, it is highly api'D-nated in th- iut.-rior of 

 South Afrira, where usually all the meat is as tough as >li<- -leather, and m-arly a> dry. In 

 - >, -M -,!!_. 1 1.: i mi. i. -i Klai i rontriv.-s to liv< : : no " - tagethei without drinking, ^ 

 vi-n when the heritage is so dry that it rrumbli-* int< jM.wder in tin- hand, the Klaml ; 

 its good condition, and is, moreover, found to contain wat-r in its .stomach, if ojH-m-d. For 

 it.s abstinence in liquids, tin- Klaml c<>ni]>ensat<-s by its ni\-nons ;i|,jM-tit.' for solid food, and is 

 so large a feeder that the expense of keeping the animal would IH- almost too great for any <>!, 

 who endeavored to domesticate the animal with any lio|-- of profit. 



The color of the Eland is a pale gr.iyish -brown, and tin- horns an? nearly straight, spindh 

 twisted, and of considerable size. 



A variety of this animal, termed the Striped Eland. N -.imi-timi's, but rarely, seen. Some 

 fi-M yt-ars ; ; . -. HlM ''!! '< I' . Id] - i'. -'.":. Africa, In 1 t scvcnil of the HtaMll, 

 and brought their skins home as trophies of success. Neither at tin- ( '.!]> nor in Kmrland was 

 h- l>-lii'vcd when he dfscrilxNJ the animals which In- had been fortunai-- i-mm^h to kill, and it 

 was not until he produced the skins that his account :it-d. Tin- skins were presented 



to the institution attached to the Royal Artillery barracks at Woolwich, and may be seen in 

 til-- museum. 



GOATS AND SHEEP. 



CLOSELY allied to each other, the GOATS and the SIHEP can be easily separated by a short 

 examination. In the Goats, which will first come under consideration, th- horns ore 

 decidedly compressed, curved backwards and outwards, and are supplied with a ridge or heel 

 of horny substance in front. The males generally possess a thickly bearded chin, and are all 

 notable for a powerful and very rank odor, which is not present in the male sheep. 



The JIIARAL or JKMLAII GOAT (Hfrnitrayu* jemlaicut) is a remarkably handsome animal. 

 inhabiting the loftiest mountains of India, and traversing with ease the ppTipitoiis mi:- which 

 are inaccessible to almost any wingless beings except themselves. Their strongholds, win -M- 

 they pass the night, and to which they fly wh.n alarmed, are situated above the line of vege- 

 , and border upon the limits of perpetual snow. By day they descend to f.--d in little 

 of twenty or thirty in numlT. -ach flock being under the puidnnce of an old male. 

 m:i!i. !:it,-, th.-\ ini]ilicith obeg Tli--\ MtA] :m-l WMllMi Hteals. and the 



