ANTILOPID^E. MAMMALIA. AXTILOPHXE. 



foot, leaping, it is said, as much as thirteen feet in 

 height, and clearing a space of twelve yards at a single 

 bound ! The flesh is insipid. 



THE PALLAH (Antilope melampus), or BETJUAN, is 

 a native of South Africa. It is a fine species, standing 

 upwards .of three feet high at the shoulders. The 

 horns are twenty inches in length, lyrate, and coarsely 

 annulated. The general colour is rufous, being much 

 darker above than below, whilst the belly is quite 

 white. The tail is about a foot long, white at the 

 extremity, and marked by a dark-brown streak down 

 the middle. The Pallah is gregarious in its habits; 

 only six or eight individuals constituting a herd. The 

 females are hornless, and provided with two teats. 

 The flesh is coarse, but palatable. 



THE MADOQTJA {Antilope Saltiana) is a remarkably 

 small and slim-built antelope inhabiting the mountain- 

 ous districts of Abyssinia. The summit of the shoulder 

 is only fourteen inches above the level of the ground ; 

 but it stands rather higher on the hind quarters. The 

 horns are correspondingly thin, and about three inches 

 in length, whilst the tail is only rudimentary, measuring 

 scarcely more than one inch and a half from root to 

 tip. The females are hornless. 



THE GrCTEVI (Cephalophiis pygmmis] Plate 19, fig. 

 C4 is even smaller than the species above described, 

 and has been variously designated the Pigmy antelope, 

 Kleene, Blauw-boc, and Monmetzi. It is a native of 

 South Africa, dwelling either singly or in pairs amongst 

 dense woods and thickets near the sea-coast. The 

 head is long and pointed, with a wide muzzle, short 

 round ears, and diminutive horns ; the latter being less 



Fig 



than two inches long, black, conical, and strongly 

 annulated. The tail is about the same length, dark 

 above and white below. The fur exhibits a dull- 

 brownish, buff, or mouse colour, generally ; being lighter 

 underneath. The females are hornless. 



THE MOHR (Antilope Mohr) is an inhabitant of 

 Western Africa, and stands about two and a half feet 

 in height at the shoulder. The horns are of moderate 

 size, thick, and strongly annulated at the lower two- 

 thirds of their extent, the tips being rather sharp, and 

 bent forwards. The fur exhibits a deep brownish-red 

 colour generally, but is white underneath and on the 

 back part of the rump. The Mohr is highly valued by 

 the Arabs on account of the bezoar stones or concre- 

 tions found in its intestines. 



THE SAIGA (Antilope colits\ or COLUS, is an inhabi- 

 tant of eastern Europe from Poland to the Caucasus, 

 being also found in Northern Persia and Siberia. It is 

 of moderate size, and rather bulky in appearance. It 

 is gregarious in its habits, many thousands of them 

 herding together, and migrating southwards during the 

 cold season. They are much hunted and valued for 

 the sake of their horns, which are light-coloured, 

 semitransparent, and slightly twisted on their axis ; 

 the skins of the young are likewise highly esteemed, 

 and employed in the manufacture of gloves. 



THE CHERTJ (Antilope Hodgsoni) is another gregari- 

 ous species inhabiting the open plains of Thibet. It is 

 a fine animal, measuring three feet in height at the 

 shoulder, and furnished with annulated horns more 

 than two feet in length. The fur displays a bluish- 

 grey colour generally, overcast with a rufous tint. 



The Spring-hoc (Uazelle Euchore). 



The tail measures about eight inches from root to tip. 

 The Chiru is shy, bold, swift, and, like other species 

 in which bezoar stones are found, is very partial to saline 

 matters, which it licks greedily. 

 VOL. I. 



THF SPEING-BOC (Gazella Eucliore) is a beautiful 

 little creature, everywhere scattered over the plains of 

 Southern Africa in countless herds (fig. 60). The 

 horns are black, lyrately disposed, provided with about 



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