THE COLLARED DAMALIS. -75 



In the Dictionnaire Classique, it is mentioned, that 

 on some antique carving, the peculiarity of the 

 horns which the Bubal is exhibits, is distinctly marked 

 on some ox-like animals represented harnessed to a 

 chariot ; while in others, supposed to be true oxen, 

 no such marking of the horns is visible : from hence 

 it becomes a question whether or not this animal 

 was not tamed and sometimes used by the ancient 

 Egyptians as beasts of draught, for in these represen- 

 tations such minute descriptions are often most scru- 

 pulously attended to. 



The Corina is another fine animal belonging to 

 this group, the Hartbeest of the Cape colonists, but 

 now, from being much hunted, having become rare 

 within the bounds of the colony; according to Pen- 

 nant, who confounds this with the last, they go in great 

 herds, a few only being solitary. They gallop with a 

 heavy pace, yet go swiftly, and drop on their knees 

 to fight like the white-footed Antelope or Nil-Ghau.* 

 This is stated on the authority of Sparman, but Ma- 

 jor Smith observes that they reside in small flocks of 

 ten or twelve, in the interior of Caffraria. 



The Collared damalis, A. saturosa, is another 

 animal but little known, and supposed to inhabit 

 Africa, is described in the Berlin Transactions. A. 

 Senegalensis, the Koba, is known almost only by 

 the skull, and has yet been imperfectly described; 



* Pennant's Quadrupeds. 



