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sideways over the eyes, and uncinate up into a pointed liook, 

 sweeping with a regular curve, and producing a sinister and 

 suspicious aspect. Shoulder deep. Neck thick, and much 

 arched. Body round. A pillow of fat on either haunch. Legs 

 slender and long. A full vertical mane on the neck, composed 

 of wiry white hairs. A bushy black beard on the under jaw 

 and throat; and a bush of full black hair between the fore legs, 

 extending some distance along the belly. Tail equine, white, 

 and reaching to the ground. General colour of the hair deep 

 brown. Hoofs pointed, blue-black. 



Female similar, but slighter. Base of horns less approxi- 

 mated. An udder with four mammfe. 



Very gregarious. Abundant on the plains south of the Vaal 

 River. 



19. Catohlepas Gorgon. The Brindled Gnoo. Blauw Wilde 

 Beest of the Cape Colonists. Kokoon of the Bechuana and 

 Matabili. 



Adult male about four feet six inches high at the shoulder, 

 and nine feet eight inches in extreme length. Withers very 

 elevated. Neck not arched. Nose aquiline, and covered with 

 coarse black hair. Muzzle broad and square : bare, with large 

 hanging nostrils. Horns black, placed horizontally on the 

 head ; the points turned upwards, and then acutely inwards ; a 

 few rugosities at the base. A long flowing mane. on the neck, 

 extending beyond the withers. Chin covered with a copious 

 bristly black beard, descending down the dewlap to the breast. 

 Tail black, flowing, and reaching to the heels. Ears small and 

 pointed. Eyes very high in the head. A large glandulous 

 naked spot, of an oblong form, below each eye, distilling a 

 viscous humour. Legs slender. General colour dirty dun, or 

 sepia grey, variegated with obscure streaks or brindles. Four 

 or five cross streaks on each arm. 



Female precisely similar, but on a smaller scale. 



Gregarious. Inhabits the plains beyond the Orange River in 

 vast herds. 



