200 , THE TAKHAITZE. 



colour like that of the Nyl-gau of India, to which, 

 indeed, its general shape approaches, but it is some- 

 times seen of a tawny brown. Both male and female 

 have horns, pointing backwards in a regular curve, 

 and annulated to within less than one-third of their 

 length from the point. They are usually found graz- 

 ing on the edge of the Karroo Plains, near the foot 

 of hills that are covered with the common Karroo 

 mimosa and other shrubby plants ; mostly in pairs, 

 but sometimes in small herds of five or six tuget/?er.* 



