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the second in some mountains of British East Africa. 

 The one shows a tendency to albinism, the other 

 exhibits a dark nose-streak. The venison of the rooi 

 rhebok is very fair eating. The Cape Kaffir name 

 for this antelope is Inxala. 



THE VAAL RHEBOK 



This ib another of the mountain -dwelling ante- 

 lopes, found, as I have said, often upon the same 

 hills as the rooi rhebok. It affords most excellent 

 sport, and I have enjoyed some of the finest of hill 

 stalking in the wilder mountains of Cape Colony 

 with this buck. The Vaal or grey rhebok differs 

 from every other antelope in Africa, and has for that 

 reason been placed in a genus of its own, Pelea. Its 

 scientific name is Pelea cafreolus. The Bechuanas 

 call it Peeli ; the Zulus and Swazis, lliza ; and the 

 Transvaal Basutos, Pshiatla. This antelope stands 

 not more than 30 inches at the shoulder, and carries 

 straight, slender, sharp horns, annulated over half 

 their length, and measuring from 7 to 1 1 inches. 

 The record pair, from Spitzkop, in the Eastern 

 Transvaal, reach n^ inches. The colour is pale 

 grey, and the coat is unique among African ante- 

 lopes, being of a thick, woolly texture, not unlike the 

 fur of a rabbit. The form is slight and graceful, 

 but the long slender legs impart a somewhat stilty 

 appearance to this buck. When fully extended this 

 stiff, stilty action is more apparent than real, and no 

 beast that I am aware of can climb hills at the pace 



