THE HARTEBEESTS AND GNUS 109 



Tetel, Neumann's, Swayne's, Coke's, and Jackson's 

 hartebeests, the Cape hartebeest, and Lichtenstein's 

 hartebeest. All these are large antelopes, ranging in 

 stature from 3 feet 7 inches in the Bubal, to 4 feet 

 or thereabouts in the Cape, Tora, Swayne's, and 

 Neumann's species. All are distinguished by their 

 high withers, drooping quarters, long narrow faces, 

 and nearly uniform body colouring, ranging from 

 the greyish-brown of the Bubal, to the bright, reddish- 

 brown of the Cape Hartebeest. In all both sexes 

 carry horns, those of the female being somewhat 

 slighter than are the horns of the males. All are 

 possessed of marvellous speed and staying powers. 



The Cape Hartebeest (Bub alls caama\ being un- 

 doubtedly the best known and the most typical of all 

 the group, may be first touched upon. This fine 

 sporting beast, which once ranged freely all over Cape 

 Colony and from thence to the Mababi river in the 

 region of Lake Ngami, is now somewhat restricted in 

 its habitat. Except in the Bushmanland country, 

 towards the Orange river, to the north-west of the 

 Colony, these antelopes have disappeared from the 

 Cape territory south of that river ; however, they are 

 still fairly plentiful in many places, especially in the 

 western parts of Bechuanaland, the Kalahari Desert, 

 Khama's country, and the Botletli river veldt. At 

 the Mababi river, just north of the Botletli, their 

 northern range suddenly ceases. They are not found 

 in Matabeleland, their easterly range ending at about 

 the Serule river in Khama's country. In parts of 

 Great Namaqualand and Damaraland they are still 



