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The harte-beest, the bonte-bok, the bless-bok, the tetel, and its cousin the 

 antelope of Senegal (all but the first figured on our plate) are all African 

 antelopes, which are frequently seen in menageries, and which also figure 

 in every volume of African travel. In habits they are very similar to all 

 the rest, and may be dismissed without further mention. Little also needs 

 to be said of the two species of gnus, otherwise known as wilde-beestes and 



Fig. 509. — Chamois (Rupicapra). 



horned horses of South Africa, one of which is shown in our cut. It 

 needs but a glance at the cloven foot to show that these species are not 

 horses, but are merely strange antelopes. They live in moderate-sized 

 herds, and are pursued by the African colonists for the sake of their hides. 

 The transition from the antelopes to the goats is furnished by the 

 chamois of the mountains of southern Europe, whose curved and tapering 



