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THE STORY OF THE ANTELOPE. 



bucks utter a short grunt, and the does a kind of hissing sound when 

 alarmed. 



THE ADDAX ANTELOPE. 



The addax, or spiral horned antelope, is a native of Northern Africa, 

 ranging from the Nile to Lake Tchad and Senegal. It is a genuine desert 

 antelope. Sometimes it is called the Mendes antelope, because in the 

 Egyptian temple of Mendes are many images of Egyptian gods wearing head 



FEMALE SWAMP ANTELOPE. 



dresses of horns which were spiral shaped. The addax is of uniformly Tight 

 color, with a brownish grey mane. It has a huge tuft of hair on the forehead 

 which looks as if it had received the attention of a hair dresser. The ancient 

 Egyptians kept the addax as a domestic animal. 



THE SWAMP ANTELOPE. 



The harnessed antelope of West Africa greatly resembles the kuau or 

 pigmy antelope. The species shown in the accompanying illustration is 



