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chest, belly, buttocks, and inside of the limbs are pure white. 

 His horns attain the length of thirteen inches, and sometimes, 

 at an advanced period of life, they attain sixteen, twenty, or 

 even twenty four inches in length. The female has no horns, 

 and her general colour is of a lighter fawn, and never acquires 

 the dusky tinge of the male ; on the front of her neck she is 

 of a light ashy grey 5 and a greyish line passes along each side 

 of her back from the shoulders to the rump. 



These animals are usually seen in small herds, consisting, 

 probably, of only a single family, which is under the guidance of 

 an old male. They are extremely shy and timid, and by their 

 surpassing velocity and the great length of their bounds, they out- 

 strip the fleetest dogs. They are occasionally captured, however, 

 by flying hawks at them, and which engross their attention until 

 the dogs have time to come up to the spot and seize them ; and 

 sometimes they are surprised by chetahs trained for the purpose 

 (see page 242). Being easily reconciled to captivity, these 

 elegant antelopes would prove an ornamental and, perhaps, 

 advantageous addition to the live stock in the parks of Europe, 

 the climate of which they appear to bear without injury. 



