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beholding a sight so thrilling to the sportsman's eye ; he stood with a small troop 

 of palas right in our path, and had, unfortunately, detected us before we saw him. 

 Shouting to my pack, I galloped after him ; but the day was close and warm, and 

 the dogs had lost their spirit. My horse being an indifferent one soon lost ground, 

 and the beautiful creature, gaining a rocky ridge, was quickly beyond my reach, 

 and vanished for ever from my view. I sought in vain to close my eyelids that 

 night, for the image of the sable antelope was still before me." 



In the Sudan the genus is represented by Baker's antelope 

 "(H. bakeri), standing upwards of 4 feet 8 inches at the withers, and 

 distinguished by its pale liver-colour, pencilled ears, and some black stripes across 

 the shoulders. Its horns are of a massive type. 



Fossil antelopes from the Pliocene deposits at the foot of the 

 Himalaya indicate the existence of the genus Hippotragus at a former 

 period of the earth's history in India, and it is not improbable that it was also 

 represented in Europe during the same epoch. 



Baker's Antelope. 



Extinct Species. 



head or sable antelope. —After Nicolls anil Eglington. 



