THE ANTELOPES. 



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to its comrades by means of a kind of 

 sneezing, as many antelopes do ; and it is 



detested by the Kaffirs and Namaquas on 

 account of the devastation which it works 



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Fig. 171. — The Harnessed Antelope or Guib { Trageiaphus serif tus). 



in their fields. It is very tenacious of life. 

 Its fle.sh is highly esteemed. 



The Harnessed Antelope, the Guib (Tra- 

 geiaphus scriptus), fig. 171, an animal of the 



l-'ig. 172. — I'hc Saiga Aijtuiui^c \L>jUi^ iuiiat-uu^\. jjage 96. 



size of a fallow-deer, a native of Abyssinia 

 and the whole of West Africa, is remarkable 



for the bright colours of its coat. The head, 

 the neck, the breast, and the back are of a 



