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23. jlcronotus Lunata. The Sassayby. Bastard Hartebeest 

 of the Cape Colonists. Sassabe of the Matabiti and Bechuana. 



Adult male four f(5et six inches high at the shoulder, four feet 

 at the croup. Eight feet two inches in extreme length. Horns 

 robust, about twelve inches long, placed on the summit of the 

 ■frontals, turning outwards, and forming two crescents with the 

 points inwards ; marked with from twelve to fifteen incomplete 

 annuli. Neck short. Body rather bulky. Legs slender. 

 Withers very elevated. Head long, narrow, and shapeless. 

 Facial line strait. A dark streak from between the horns to 

 the nose. Ears fawn colour, nine inches long. General colour 

 deep blackish purple-brown above, fulvous beneath. A dab of 

 slate colour extends from the middle of the shoulder to the 

 knee; and another from the middle of the flank to the hock, 

 outside. A band of the same colour passes across the inside of 

 both fore and hind legs, upon a fulvous ground. Lower part of 

 the legs, deep fulvous. Tail twenty-two inches long, rufous, and 

 covered with posteriorly directed black hair. Rump fawn 

 colour. Eyes fiery red. A half muzzle, and very indistinct 

 lachrymary perforation. 



Female precisely similar, but smaller, with more slender horns. 

 Mammae two. 



Gregarious. Inhabits the country of the Bechuana in con- 

 siderable herds. 



Genus. Antilope. 



24. Aigocerus Harrisi. The Sable Antelope. Undescribed 

 by Naturalists, Unknown to the Matabili, 



Adult male four feet six inches high at the shoulder; nearly 

 nine feet in extreme length. Horns thirty-seven inches over the 

 curve ; placed immediately above the eyes ; flat, slender, sub- 

 erect, and then strongly bent back scimitarwise ; at first gra- 

 dually diverging, and then running parallel to each other; 

 three-fourths annulated with about thirty strongly pronounced 

 incomplete rings, more rigid on the edges, but chiefly lost on 

 the outside of the 'horn ; the remaining one-fourth, smooth, 

 round, slender, and pointed. Head somewhat attenuated towards 

 the muzzle, and compressed laterally. Carcase robust. Withers 

 elevated. Neck broad and flat. Hoofs black, obtuse, and 



