CHAPTER X. 



ENJOYMENT. 

 The Vley Ostriches Old Bull. 



UNTIL we get to the out span, I will say a few words 

 about the spring-bok (Gazella euchore], for the reason 

 that for one that is familiar with them at home, 

 there are thousands that are not. 



This beautiful and most graceful animal breeds 

 in the Kalihari Desert, and I am inclined to believe 

 that none which enter the colony ever return from 

 it. They are about the size of our fallow deer, but, 

 from possessing greater length of limb, appear to 

 stand higher. Their colour on the back, flanks, and 

 a portion of the head, is the brightest fawn ; else- 

 where they are snow - white. Their heads are 

 beautifully long and tapering, and they are crowned 

 with the most perfect lyre-shaped horns, deeply 

 corrugated for several inches from the base, where 



