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more than ten inches at the shoulder. Its colour is 

 a bright reddish fawn, browner about the head, the 



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chin and under parts being pure white. The horns 

 are actually less than an inch in length, and are 

 smooth and sharply pointed. This rare little creature 

 is scarcely known to European sportsmen. It runs 

 in pairs or singly, is remarkably active, scudding off 

 with high leaps, and is best secured at close quarters 

 with a shot gun. Two hundred years ago the negro 

 name for this tiny ruminant seems to have been 

 " King of the harts," and it has ever since -been 

 known as the " Royal antelope." 



