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Description, &c. 



that the Dutch sportsmen at the Cape have, in 

 many instances, hunted elk antelopes for miles 

 together from the open plains, and driven them 

 to their own doors, before they thought it worth 

 while to kill them* 



THE HJRT BEEST. 



THE height of this animal, according to 

 Sparrman, is somewhat above four feet: the 

 horns are black, and embossed with about eight- 

 teen rings of an irregular form; they are almost 

 close to each other at the base, but diverge up- 

 wards, and bend backwards in a horizontal di- 

 rection almost to the tips, which turn a little 

 downwards. The general colour of the animal is 

 that of cinnamon : the face and the fore part of 

 the legs are marked with black; the hinder part 

 of the haunch is covered with a wide black 

 streak, which reaches down to the knee; and a 

 narrow stripe of black runs from behind each ear 

 all along the ridge of the neck ; a dark brown 

 oval spot extends over the back, and terminates 

 just above the tail, which is slender, like that of 

 an ass, and covered with long black hairs. About 

 an inch below the eye there is a small pore, 

 whence distils a sort of gum, or wax, which the 

 Hottentots consider as a most excellent medi- 

 cine. The legs are slender, with small hoofs and 

 fetlocks. 



