484 THE SPRINGBOK. 



the Orange River, or to the northern frontier of the Cape 

 Colony. In their impetuous course they carry everything before 

 them. Even the lion has been seen wedged in amongst them 

 and hurried along 5 and droves of sheep are swept off with the 

 torrent, which, forcing its way across the cultivated lands, lays 

 waste all the labours of the husbandman, who at this period 

 is forced to consider himself as entirely dispossessed of his 

 lands until the heavy rains fall. No sooner do the bountiful 

 thunder- clouds empty themselves upon the parched-up country, 

 than the springboks begin to disappear, and in a few days 

 become as scarce on the northern frontier borders as in the 

 more protected districts of Bruintjes-Hoogte and Camdeboo. 



The springbok is easily tamed while young. Pringle frequently 

 saw tame ones playing about the doors of the colonists, among 

 the dogs and poultry, or accompanying the sheep and goats to 

 pasture, and returning as regularly and quietly as the rest. 

 Indeed, the springbok would make an excellent and handsome 

 addition to the cattle that are ordinarily kept even in Britain. 



When the springboks invade the Cape Colony, great numbers 

 of them are killed, and their flesh is eaten by all classes. 



THE INDIAN ANTELOPE, OR SASIN. 

 (Antilope cervicapra, Pallas.) 



This species appears to be common in the north of India. 

 In size, it is nearly equal to the fallow-deer. The full grown 

 male has the whole of the back and upper parts of the sides, 

 together with a broad band occupying the entire front of the 

 neck, the outsides of the limbs, the upper surface of the tail, 

 the ears, and a considerable portion of the head and face, of 

 a deep fawn colour, shaded more and more as the animal 

 advances in age, with an intermixture of black hairs, which 

 are most abundant over the shoulders, on the fore-legs, on the 

 front of the neck, round the bases of the horns, and on the 

 face, where they are still deeper than on any other part. The 



