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uniformly of a delicate roan colour. It is heavily built, and 

 has an uprig-ht mane, long" asinine ears, and robust scimitar- 

 shaped recurved horns. Here, too, I first met with, and slew, 

 the koodoo.* Majestic in its carriag-e, and brilliant in its 

 colour, this species may with propriety be styled the king" of 

 the tribe. Other antelopes are statety, eleg*ant, or curious — 

 but the solitude-seeking- koodoo is absolutely reg-al ! The 

 gTound colour is a lively French gTey approaching- to blue, 

 with several transverse white bands passing* over the back 

 and loins 5 a copious mane, and deeply fring-ed, tricoloured 

 dew-lap, setting- off a pair of ponderous, yet symmetrical, 

 horns, spirally twisted, and exceeding- three feet in leng-th. 

 These are thrown along- the back, as the stately wearer dashes 

 throug-h the mazes of the forest, or clambers the mountain 

 side. The old bulls are invariably found apart from the 

 females, which herd tog-ether in small troops, and are des- 

 titute of horns. 



Every open g-lade abounds with the more common species 

 of g-ame, such as the brindled g'noo, hartebeest, sassaybe, and 

 quag-g-a, tog-ether with the ostrich and wild hog-j the tusks 

 of this latter most hideous animal attaining- in some instances 

 to an enormous size, although its stature is insig-nificant. 

 Among- the sedg-e-g-rown rivulets, the riet-buck is common ; 

 and the mountain rang-e and its g-rassy environs are the 

 resort of six smaller species of antelope, hitherto unnoticed 

 in these pag-es ; viz., the klipspring-er, rheebuck, rooe rhee- 

 buck, or nag-or, ourebi, steenbuck, and duiker,t of each of 

 which I obtained several specimens. Althoug-h described in 

 the Appendix, the remarkable character of the first two 

 demands further notice ; the klipspring-er, which is closely 



* Strepsiceros Koodoo. 



t Oreotragus Saltatrix, JRedunca Capreolus, R. Lalafidii, R. Scoparia, 

 Tragulus Rvpestris, and Cephalopiis Meergns. Delineated in the Portraits of 

 Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa. 



