HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE HART-BEEST. 



(Lc Bubalc, Buff. 



THIS is the most common of all the larger 

 Gazelles, known in any part of Africa. The follow- 

 ing accurate description is taken from Sparrman, 

 to whom we are indebted for the best accounts of 

 such of these rare animals as are to be met with 

 near the Cape. Its height is somewhat above four 

 feet: the horns are from six to nine inches long, 

 very strong and black, almost close at the base, 

 diverging upwards, and at the top bending back- 

 wards in an horizontal direction almost to the tips, 

 which turn a little downwards; they are embossed 

 with about eighteen rings of an irregular form. 

 The general colour of the Hart-Beest is that of 

 cinnamon; the front of the head is marked with 

 black, as is likewise the fore part of the legs; the 

 hind part of the haunch is covered Avith a wide 



