-> The Antelopes of Hast Africa 



of the appearance of cattle: in its shape and bearing. This 

 is especially the case with the bulls ot larger si/e, some- 

 times weighing as much as 2,000 pounds, and with 

 neck and shoulders strongly developed. I found that 

 while the- females were always stripeel, the old bulls some- 

 times lost their stripes altogether ; and, while- 1 never 

 noticed anything exceptional about the horns ot the: bulls. 



those ot the: cows varied greatly in length and shape:, 

 sometimes being all twisted, sometimes <|iiite llat. 



It was long believed that these elands, like the 

 buffaloes, had been practically exterminated 1>\ the rinder- 

 pest. I am glad to say that I found this w.is not the 

 case. I found the biggest herd ot" all in the Kikmu 

 countrv ; it was a herd ot lortv-seven head, and 1 saw 

 them gra/ing upon the bare-looking plain in company 



